It uses Enya's "Only Time", it was filmed in 2001 and I somehow had the feeling that it first should have been set in New York, judging by the city-shots during the first 20 minutes. The story is so utterly uninspiring that you think the authors wrote the script hastily within a week and still did a poor job.
I didn't buy Keanu Reeves, I didn't buy Charlize Theron, I didn't buy any of the characters. Maybe Liam Aiken, but even him only a little bit.
There are only two things about this movie that are not totally fucked up and these make up the two points I give: 1: The camera-work is really good and the warm filter they used really helps establishing an environment one could feel comfortable in. 2: The choice of music (with the exception of the Enya song mentioned above) is really good. Neither is it annoying, nor too subtle, just about right, and it harmonizes perfectly with the cinematography. It is almost as if the music and picture tried to make a decent movie, but then the script and actors came and ruined it.
I really think that this movie conceptualized to be something else and then 9/11 happened and they rewrote it to adress the general need of the masses for soothing heart-warming stories as some kind of mass-therapy.
As I mentioned before, 2 out of 10 for this sorry excuse for a melodrama.
Oh and one more thing, I realized that this movie was still shot using film (as you can tell by flickering and slightly moving opening credits) and I just wandered when did they stop filming analogous? Anyway it really has nostalgic value for me. I miss non-digital movie making.
I didn't buy Keanu Reeves, I didn't buy Charlize Theron, I didn't buy any of the characters. Maybe Liam Aiken, but even him only a little bit.
There are only two things about this movie that are not totally fucked up and these make up the two points I give: 1: The camera-work is really good and the warm filter they used really helps establishing an environment one could feel comfortable in. 2: The choice of music (with the exception of the Enya song mentioned above) is really good. Neither is it annoying, nor too subtle, just about right, and it harmonizes perfectly with the cinematography. It is almost as if the music and picture tried to make a decent movie, but then the script and actors came and ruined it.
I really think that this movie conceptualized to be something else and then 9/11 happened and they rewrote it to adress the general need of the masses for soothing heart-warming stories as some kind of mass-therapy.
As I mentioned before, 2 out of 10 for this sorry excuse for a melodrama.
Oh and one more thing, I realized that this movie was still shot using film (as you can tell by flickering and slightly moving opening credits) and I just wandered when did they stop filming analogous? Anyway it really has nostalgic value for me. I miss non-digital movie making.
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