Message in a Bottle (Snap Case)
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Movie Reviews of Message in a Bottle (Snap Case)
Movie Review: A great love story with a tragic ending!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
The novel by Nicholas Sparks, Message In a Bottle, has been turned into a wonderful movie about loss and new-found love. It stars Kevin Costner, Robin Wright Penn and Paul Newman. The story begins when Theresa Osborne is jogging on the beach in Cape Cod and finds a corked bottle half buried in the sand with a rolled up note inside of it. She takes the piece of paper out of the bottle and discovers that it's a love letter written to someone named Catherine. Divorced and raising a son on her on, the letter touches something in Theresa's heart that's totally unexpected. She returns home to Chicago and to her job at the Chicago Tribune, where she works as a researcher. Theresa decides to share the letter with her friends at work and an article is written about the letter. This results in a ton of responses from the female readers of the newspaper. Two more discovered letters are eventually added to the one Theresa has, and she begins a search to find out who the author of the letters is. This leads her on a journey to the Outer Banks of North Carolina and Garrett Blake, a boat builder. Garrett lost his wife two years earlier to an illness and has never recovered. He still loves her and has kept their house the same since her death, refusing to allow her memory to fade. When Theresa Osborne enters his life, however, Garrett begins to believe that it might be possible to love again.
Message In a Bottle is a beautiful film with magnificent shots of the Outer Banks (though most of the movie was filmed on the coast of Maine) and powerful performances by Costner, Penn, Newman, and John Savage. Though the movie has a tragic ending, its message is still poignant in that it's possible to love again, even after you've lost someone close to you. Oh, boy, is the ending of the movie a real tearjerker. This is another 10-rating on the "Boohoo Scale." The music to the film by Gabriel Yared is lovely and heart moving, and you may want to buy the soundtrack after listening to it. Nicholas Sparks' Message In a Bottle is a great romantic novel and a wonderful movie about love that will have the eyes of most viewers brimming over with tears. This is the kind of cry that's good for the soul.
Movie Review: Poetry in Reality
Summary: 5 Stars
Thank God for films that do not follow the standard form of what is disgustingly called "chic flicks".(Sorry, ladies, but it's the hard and highly-biased truth). This movie is poetry in motion--by which I mean Shakespearian Love Sonnets,Keats, the Brownings and Shelley. The poem begins with breath-taking cinematography of the Maine coastine, reaching out toward the Atlantic. I believe these scenes are repeated throughout the movie to remind us that this is a seaman's story, which has, as many a coastline villager of any country will tell you, both poetry and pain. The film moves along at an easy, mellow pace, giving the viewer time to guess what really is going on in the characters' minds, and where the next fork in the 'road of life' will go. When you learn to love someone who "is your true north", and then lose them, think what that must feel like--total, utter abandonment, a sick-feeling in your gut that you are really, really ALONE. It doesn't surprise me that Gerrett is as open as he is toward Theresa; hugs are good for things like this, as are the things that go along with hugs. But Catherine is still there, much like Michelle Pfeiffer as Gillian in "To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday. There are some heart-breaking and gut-wrenching decisions to be made, as there are in real life. Those who 'pooh-pooh' the ending and Gerrett's death, would be better off reading Cinderella or eating chocolate. It's your right to be upset when you don't like a film's ending, but don't blast the whole movie because of it. I believe the acting of all three main characters to be flawless and well in-tune with what I believe the director and producers intended, a poignant, bittersweet tale of love lost, love gained and love lost permanently. If you have ever seen "Love Story" starring Ryan O'Neal and Ali Magraw, there are some striking similarities, including the ending. LIFE IS NOT FAIR!! but while you're living it, enjoy the environment around as best you can, enjoy the people around as best you can, and may God grant you the grace and friends you need should your "North" be taken from you.Movie Review: An unexpected surprise!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a movie I bought primarily for my wife, I thought on first impressions when reading the back cover it would be a chick-flick. How wrong I was. This movie is best enjoyed on DVD for its seaborne settings more than anything - the Maine locations, doubling up for South Carolina are a joy to look at and add to the movie's many delights. But most of all, the performers are superb. Robin Wright-Penn plays Thresea, a divorcee and reporter who stumbles across a message in a green bottle addressed to one Catherine. She tracks down the sender to South Carolina - boat builder Garret Blake, played brilliantly by Kevin Costner who proves he's not typecast in action roles all the time! Blake is mourning his dead wife Catherine . . . and before you know it, time spent on his yacht and a bit of opening up his feelings brings out the romantic in both of them. But all does not run well in love as the plot takes on an interesting twist when he visits Theresa and her son in Chicago.And the ending, although a wee bit predictacle, is a real crusher, but then life has its ups and downs as well, one may say. Overall, this movie, like the also thought-provoking and brilliant WHAT DREAMS MAY COME, is one which you must watch with a wife or partner. I definitely agree with other reviews - it will make you appreciate each other a lot more and not take him or her for granted. Also watch out for Paul Newman as Blake's father - another very talented performer! Also, you get to hear a great soundtrack, including a song called I WILL KNOW YOUR LOVE by the beautiful and talented Beth Nielsen Chapman! A must see.Movie Review: For the Ones who don't know what Respect, Decency & Love is...
Summary: 5 Stars
I am blessed to know that as a French of 16 (now 49 and going strong) growing up in Europe, we kids could kiss like as it were going out of style, be together in odd numbers and NEVER end up in bed after an afternoon of snogging in Paris or the countryside. Yes, when all we hung out, some guys/girls weren't dating.
To see at long last 2 adults getting to know one another by enjoying being together, I reiterate enjoying being together, in a bed, close, on an outdoor excursion hugging together, parting and saying goodbye WITH NO SEX IN BETWEEN, to all of you, in or outside of Europe, who've never experienced this sort of closeness for the beauty of just being together, then this film is not for you. Those who unserstand the meaning of allowing a relashionship to mature until the last minute will know what I mean, real men and women that is. There is nothing like it. Still together after 28 + years, and less than 50 yrs old.
Movie Review: Two thumbs Up!
Summary: 5 Stars
This was definitely a 5 tissue movie! I absolutely loved this movie! I watched and rewatched the video numerous time during a long three day weekend. If you could dog-ear a video, this one would have been dog-earred from so many rewindings. Who cares what the critics say, I thought the chemistry between the two characters, the romance, the setting, the music, everything was perfect. Like other reviewers, I would have preferred "the happily ever after" ending, but I can understand why the movie ended the way it did. After watching the video, I bought the book. I enjoyed the book, but I actually enjoyed the movie better. For a 2+ hour movie, it was definitely worth the time. I actually wish it were longer, so I could have seen the scenes they cut out. For people who love a good romance, then this is a definite must-see, but bring tissue because this is a major tearjerker.