The Lake House
05-27-06, 02:40 PM
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*high five* to Kal-El; I think it's pretty clear from the posts in this thread, mrhan, that I'm hardly the only one offended by your diarrhea of the mouth...
05-27-06, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Kal-El
You can drop the smugness there dude. It was a legit complaint. Even though I'm still seeing the movie, having the knowledge of what you posted does somehow reduce some enjoyment. When all you had to do was tag your stupid post.
05-27-06, 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by mrhan
Okay, I'm sorry. Really.
Originally Posted by mrhan
Damn, it's just funny that you and that other poster sound like a couple of girls throwing a hissy fit over a chick flick. LOL
05-27-06, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by mrhan
Okay, I'm sorry. Really. Damn, it's just funny that you and that other poster sound like a couple of girls throwing a hissy fit over a chick flick. LOL
Can he be banned?
05-27-06, 05:24 PM
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Damn, you guys need to relax. I didn't mean to spoil anything. I really meant my apology but I find it so funny how you guys respond to something so insignificant or meaningless in the long run.
Edit: fixed my original post for whoever hasn't clicked on this thread yet. Filmmaker, I suggest you fix yours since it is still clearly being seen there.
Edit: fixed my original post for whoever hasn't clicked on this thread yet. Filmmaker, I suggest you fix yours since it is still clearly being seen there.
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05-27-06, 11:40 PM
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Originally Posted by mrhan
Damn, you guys need to relax. I didn't mean to spoil anything. I really meant my apology but I find it so funny how you guys respond to something so insignificant or meaningless in the long run.
Edit: fixed my original post for whoever hasn't clicked on this thread yet. Filmmaker, I suggest you fix yours since it is still clearly being seen there.
Edit: fixed my original post for whoever hasn't clicked on this thread yet. Filmmaker, I suggest you fix yours since it is still clearly being seen there.
06-10-06, 02:52 AM
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Two thumbs up from Ebert and Roeper.. "One of my favorite movies so far this year." -Roeper. They're both fans of the time travel genre 
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06-11-06, 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by mrhan
Okay, I'm sorry. Really. Damn, it's just funny that you and that other poster sound like a couple of girls throwing a hissy fit over a chick flick. LOL
06-11-06, 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by NitroJMS
I didn't know this was a remake, but its basic business sense. Most foreign films rarely become hits and the few that do are rarely a blockbuster like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and most of the "big" ones perform modestly at best (Amelie, Cinema Paradiso). There's been a good amount of Hollywood foreign remakes that have become hits (Insomnia, The Ring, Vanilla Sky) over the past few years so you will see the practice continue. The originals tend to only really capture an audience in the art house world or on video.
Originally Posted by whoopdido
I don't really get why some people get so bent out of shape when Hollywood remakes foreign films. It's common sense. Most foreign movies (even the good ones) don't get released in The United States and the VAST majority of Americans are not going to go out of their way watch a foreign film.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...22544?n=283155
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06-17-06, 10:31 PM
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I enjoyed the experience of watching the film unfold, though it got a little hairy at the end with the time travel aspect of the notes being exchanged between Alex and Kate, played by Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bulloch, respectively, at the mailbox of a lake house that was occupied by each characters, but 2 years apart. Additionally, the impact of changing events if you could communicate with someone in the past, and other ripples of such changes in the time stream, the mind boggles at times, but thankfully the film doesn't get bogged down in such minutia and moves in step with the burgeoning, and complicated love affair that develops from notes exchanged through a time-portal of a mailbox.
I did like the pairing of Reeves and Bulloch a decade after from their initial pairing in "Speed", the on-screen chemistry was still there.
Yes, there are perhaps some head-scratching levels of non-inquisitiveness shown by Kate of present-day Alex, but it could be explained away by her not wanting to ruin a good thing with the exchange of notes and letters, while being inside a time bubble or sorts.
I give it 3 stars, or a grade of B.
I did like the pairing of Reeves and Bulloch a decade after from their initial pairing in "Speed", the on-screen chemistry was still there.
Yes, there are perhaps some head-scratching levels of non-inquisitiveness shown by Kate of present-day Alex, but it could be explained away by her not wanting to ruin a good thing with the exchange of notes and letters, while being inside a time bubble or sorts.
I give it 3 stars, or a grade of B.
06-18-06, 01:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Patman
I enjoyed the experience of watching the film unfold, though it got a little hairy at the end with the time travel aspect of the notes being exchanged between Alex and Kate, played by Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bulloch, respectively, at the mailbox of a lake house that was occupied by each characters, but 2 years apart. Additionally, the impact of changing events if you could communicate with someone in the past, and other ripples of such changes in the time stream, the mind boggles at times, but thankfully the film doesn't get bogged down in such minutia and moves in step with the burgeoning, and complicated love affair that develops from notes exchanged through a time-portal of a mailbox.
Until the movie hits a point where it uses the time travel device to change the story/history you don't really think about it...and then it starts falling apart if you think about it too hard (well, maybe at all).
The movie ultimately feels really old fashioned, the romance never takes place in person, only in narration. Its interesting that one would even get sucked into that kind of story, credit for that goes to Bullock and Reeves.
I think if you're inclined to see it, you should and you'll probably like it. If you were turned off by the trailer, then there isn't enough in the movie that will change you mind, so save your money.
06-18-06, 11:13 AM
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Really tried to suspend belief during this movie...but I couldnt help but have questions pop in my mind about the plausibility and therefore spent more time thinking about it then enjoying the movie.
Thought Sandra Bullock spent most of the time looking down in this movie, but when I saw her face (a lot of close ups) she looked beautiful. Keanu did a surprisingly unstiff acting job her, kinda like in "A Walk in the Clouds" where a romantic lead was believeable with him. I think he looks better as he has aged.
I give it a sideways thumb, just saw it last night and still digesting it.
Thought Sandra Bullock spent most of the time looking down in this movie, but when I saw her face (a lot of close ups) she looked beautiful. Keanu did a surprisingly unstiff acting job her, kinda like in "A Walk in the Clouds" where a romantic lead was believeable with him. I think he looks better as he has aged.
I give it a sideways thumb, just saw it last night and still digesting it.
06-18-06, 07:44 PM
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Spoiler:
(I spoilerized the above because, while it doesn't give away anything specific, it might make it easier for someone to see what's coming.)
Nevertheless, I enjoyed it quite a bit. Both leads were personable, particularly Bullock. One must suspend much disbelief and it probably isn't wise to try and piece together all the time elements because it would at least somewhat fall apart. But I am a total sucker for time travel as in Back to the Future or Frequency so this film had a big head start with me from the beginning. I'd give it ***¼/****.
As an aside, I know it's not something the movie wanted to deal with or was about but if such a thing as this were really to happen, why wouldn't Kate feed Alex a few sports scores so he could get very rich? Then he could hide some of the money and tell her where to look and she could be rich too. As a White Sox fan and because the film was set partly in Chicago, I particularly think telling Alex that the Sox won the 2005 World Series would have been cool. I would expect Alex, upon receiving such information, to say "Whoa!"
I'm just sayin'.
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06-18-06, 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by movielib
Spoiler:
(I spoilerized the above because, while it doesn't give away anything specific, it might make it easier for someone to see what's coming.)
06-19-06, 12:42 AM
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If you have or haven't checked out "The Lake House", I highly recommend you check out the original Korean film, "Il Mare".
Here is my DVD review of "Il Mare": http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=22293
Here is my DVD review of "Il Mare": http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=22293
06-19-06, 10:21 AM
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...just don't check out this version since it's audio is chinese and neglects to include the original Korean.
06-19-06, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Randy Miller III
From a basic standpoint, both Il Mare and The Lake House remind me of The Love Letter, a Hallmark movie from 1998 (IMDb link). I'm sure the whole "sappy romantic time travel pen pals" theme goes back much further. Just an observation.
I'll let you off the hook since it has Jennifer Jason Leigh in it.
06-19-06, 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Patman
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I did like the pairing of Reeves and Bulloch a decade after from their initial pairing in "Speed", the on-screen chemistry was still there.
Yes, there are perhaps some head-scratching levels of non-inquisitiveness shown by Kate of present-day Alex, but it could be explained away by her not wanting to ruin a good thing with the exchange of notes and letters, while being inside a time bubble or sorts.
I give it 3 stars, or a grade of B.
I did like the pairing of Reeves and Bulloch a decade after from their initial pairing in "Speed", the on-screen chemistry was still there.
Yes, there are perhaps some head-scratching levels of non-inquisitiveness shown by Kate of present-day Alex, but it could be explained away by her not wanting to ruin a good thing with the exchange of notes and letters, while being inside a time bubble or sorts.
I give it 3 stars, or a grade of B.
As a fantasy-romance film I quite enjoyed it.
06-19-06, 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Randy Miller III
From a basic standpoint, both Il Mare and The Lake House remind me of The Love Letter, a Hallmark movie from 1998 (IMDb link). I'm sure the whole "sappy romantic time travel pen pals" theme goes back much further. Just an observation.
Haven't seen "The Love Letter" so I don't know what happens there.
06-20-06, 09:34 PM
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Saw this flick tonight and really liked it. I got confused in some parts but liked it overall. Reeves and Bullock still have the fire between them.
06-21-06, 02:38 AM
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I liked it a lot. At times it does get kind of annoying trying to figure out the 2 year time difference thing for a second while watching the movie but that comes with the territory. A couple parts were hokey like when they would almost converse as if they were talking face-to-face but they're still writing letters to one another. And at times it was amazing how bad Keanu was at just reading the narration of his letters.
06-28-06, 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Heliosphann
If you have or haven't checked out "The Lake House", I highly recommend you check out the original Korean film, "Il Mare".
Here is my DVD review of "Il Mare": http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=22293
Here is my DVD review of "Il Mare": http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=22293
What a wonderful film! Beautifully shot, beautiful music, wonderful performances. A little more subtle than The Lake House with less given away as it went along. I like both films but would have to say I prefer Il Mare for its gentler touch. Thanks so much for the recommendation.