The Sea Inside
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Movie Reviews of The Sea Inside
Movie Review: Sea Inside versus hollywood schlock
Summary: 5 Stars
The other reivers give this film it's much deserved praise. I would like to add one comparsion. There is always some overlap in film releases during a given year. Subject matter always seem to coalesce. This year the subject of euthanasia was tackled by two films, the Oscar winning American-made Million Dollar Baby and the Spanish film The Sea Inside.
Baby was a great film up to the poinit when the plot shifted and the real purpose of the film was presented to viewers. This is the point at which the film should have ended. The last 45 minutes of Baby were excruciating to watch. I walked out of the theatre with absolutley no sense of empathy for any of the characters. I didn't care. It just simply wasn't very effective and DID NOT, in any sense, present the subject of euthanasia in a manner that would convince anyone it is a personal decision, not a religious one.
The Sea Inside is, in my opinion, one of, if not the best movie this year. It presents the issues of euthanasia in a very effective and thought provoking way. In addition, the empathy you feel for all the characters is palpable.
Hollywood's watered down messages and pathetic attempts to speak about important issues will always fall short of foreign films.
Movie Review: Bardem in a right-to-die true story.
Summary: 5 Stars
Javier Bardem gives another brilliant performance.
Based on a true story.
For 26 years, Ramon Sampedro (Javier Bardem) has been bed-ridden. He can not move his body, but his head. With his mouth, he can hold a writing instrument. He has been telling his family he would like to die. He can not enjoy his life outside. He had snapped his neck when the undertow pulled back after he jumped into the sea. He is currently going through a legal petition to have the right to die when he chooses. Rosa sees Ramon's interview on television and decides to visit this man for the first time. She likes him, but Ramon of course feels intruded upon and becomes sarcastic. She leaves. While on her radio show, she apoligizes to him and encourages him to make a request.
Ramon has mentioned he still visits the sea, but pretends he flies there.
Will he find a reason to live or die with dignity.
DVD includes deleted scenes in "Special Features", but none with Bardem.
Also included is a documentary of the making of "The Sea Inside" with video of the real Ramon Sampedro. Also see how Javier bardem had to prepare his body to play someone paralyzed.
Movie Review: A Celebration Of Life
Summary: 5 Stars
If you were told that this story was about a quadriplegic that wants to end his life and the people who want to help or hinder him, you'd probably turn away. But this film is inspiring and life affirming without melodrama or cheesy dialogue. Based on a true story of a Spaniard who has been disabled since a neck injury 30 years prior, Ramon Sampedro (played to perfection by Javier Bardem from "When Night Falls") embarks upon a political journey to end his life legally. Ramon is surrounded by three strong women (his mother, a lover `wanna-be' and a journalist) and a loving family. His insights are thoughtful and beautiful, with director Alejandro Amenabar ("The Others", "Permanent Midnight"), flashing a fantastic style ranging from heartfelt close-ups to wild flying scenes against the backdrop of the Spanish countryside and seaside. Whether one agrees with Ramon's decision is irrelevant to the story, as it is all about celebrating life. The truly human dialogue backed with brilliantly subtle cinematography is refreshing. The only drawback is the ending - not that you guess what happens, but because the film is over and so is the life it so beautifully portrays.Movie Review: what a beautiful film...
Summary: 5 Stars
Javier Bardem is perfectly cast as Ramon Sampredo, a quadriplegic who fights unsuccessfully for the right to end his life for 30 years before finally meeting someone who is brave and loving enough to help him do it. Yes there are tons of arresting questions, philosophical and existential, that this movie touches on but it does so economically rather than pedantically, and does not indulge in polemic.
I originally had some reservations about seeing this film because the plotline seemed a bit too soap-operatic, like a made-for-TV production. Luckily this was not the case, in large part due to the decidedly un-Hollywoodish Spanish director Alejandro Amenabar (whose "Abre Los Ojos" was far superior to "Vanilla Sky" the Hollywood remake of it) which keeps lots of zingy humor and vivid color in front of us rather than going for the cheap tear-jerking hooks. Also there are enough involving secondary characters and locations to avoid a claustrophobic bedside film---Belen Rueda, who plays Sampredo's lawyer and then love interest, is without a doubt one of the most strikingly gorgeous women on the planet and definitely kept my interest throughout.
Movie Review: An interesting view about the euthanasia
Summary: 5 Stars
"Sea inside" is a good movie that has a very controversial issue: Euthanasia.
It is a Spanish film that tells the story of a man, called Ramón, who has been paralized(neck down) since he was a teenager because of an accident in the sea.
Through the relationship of Ramón with the other characters and discussions between them, the film shows us a very interesting point of view about euthanasia.
Ramón wants to get the permission to commit suicide. The arguments that he used in the movie, make us reflect about topics such as living withou freedom. As well as if somebody (in the same situation of Ramón), that is dependent on somebody else to do even the simplest things can feel like a human being. Ramón thinks not. He tried to show that life belongs to us, so we should have the right to choose to live or to die. And dying is the choice of Ramón, because for him, his situation was not living.
These are just some points that we can reflect about, that are a lot of others things which can promote good discussion, too. That is why I recommend everybody to watch this film.