Lucius (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} luciusk) wrote,@ 2007-12-15 13:02:00 |
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50 First Dates (2004)
I had recently finished reading "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat" and now when I see this movie, I see the writer must have taken one of those case studies as inspiration for this movie, for the basis for Lucy's condition. They take this idea and with a dash of "Groundhog Day" make it into an exploration of what it might be like to meet someone whose forgets everything she did each day when she goes to sleep, and experiences each day anew.
It's set in Hawaii and has great songs and covers of 1980s songs. "Love is a very loaded word." I don't want to spoil the ending, but obviously a movie is a form of fantasy and like most other Hollywood movies, it neatly wraps everything up in a happy ending, even if it's not realistic. Maybe it's because I've been watching a lot of art-house films with unresolved endings (which is more like real life), but it's a big stretch to make the ending believable. Only someone with a strong will, supportive friends and family, and lots of time would be able to do all the things Lucy did, and even then it wouldn't have been easy and would have taken a lot of luck.
Overall it was a good movie, with a great script, great actors, great music, great locations, and great photography.
I had recently finished reading "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat" and now when I see this movie, I see the writer must have taken one of those case studies as inspiration for this movie, for the basis for Lucy's condition. They take this idea and with a dash of "Groundhog Day" make it into an exploration of what it might be like to meet someone whose forgets everything she did each day when she goes to sleep, and experiences each day anew.
It's set in Hawaii and has great songs and covers of 1980s songs. "Love is a very loaded word." I don't want to spoil the ending, but obviously a movie is a form of fantasy and like most other Hollywood movies, it neatly wraps everything up in a happy ending, even if it's not realistic. Maybe it's because I've been watching a lot of art-house films with unresolved endings (which is more like real life), but it's a big stretch to make the ending believable. Only someone with a strong will, supportive friends and family, and lots of time would be able to do all the things Lucy did, and even then it wouldn't have been easy and would have taken a lot of luck.
Overall it was a good movie, with a great script, great actors, great music, great locations, and great photography.
