This is a first – I have never seen this movie – by this I mean it is not a remake or rehash of anything I have ever seen before and I’ve seen lots of movies from the 1930s to the present.
Clint Eastwood directed it, but it is not your mama and daddy’s Clint Eastwood fare – he took a risk with this one and “good for him for doing it.” The tsunami and the aftermath of the tidal wave – I know it was computer generated, but it is amazing and I’m still asking myself, “how did they do that?
This movie is about “life after death” and “life itself,” but it is not going to be everyone’s cup of tea. It presents ideas to you, like the concept of near death experiences and mediums; that you might not want to believe or accept. It is okay - you don’t have to, just sit back, enjoy the story, and watch out for that tsunami.
Quotes
George Lonegan: Sometimes, I mean you know, knowing everything about someone, it seems nice, but really, maybe it's better to hold stuff back.
Plot Summary
Hereafter is drama centered on the lives of three people -- a working class American with a special gift (Matt Damon), a French journalist who encounters a Tsunami (Cecile de France) and a London school boy who is looking for answers (Frankie/George McLaren) – all of these characters are touched by death in different ways and looking for someone who will understand what they’ve been through.
Life Lessons
“Life lives, life dies. Life laughs, life cries. Life gives up and life tries. But life looks different through everyone's eyes.”
Each of us has a belief system – discovered through our own study or taught to us by those that were and are important to us. That is a good thing and it is important to respect each person’s belief system without prejudice as long as no one uses that belief system to persecute others as “they” did during the Salem Witch Trials and the Holocaust or to encourage isolation and blind allegiance as “they” did in Jonestown and Waco.
Watch this movie, if you’d like, through that set of lens.
Clint Eastwood directed it, but it is not your mama and daddy’s Clint Eastwood fare – he took a risk with this one and “good for him for doing it.” The tsunami and the aftermath of the tidal wave – I know it was computer generated, but it is amazing and I’m still asking myself, “how did they do that?
This movie is about “life after death” and “life itself,” but it is not going to be everyone’s cup of tea. It presents ideas to you, like the concept of near death experiences and mediums; that you might not want to believe or accept. It is okay - you don’t have to, just sit back, enjoy the story, and watch out for that tsunami.
Quotes
George Lonegan: Sometimes, I mean you know, knowing everything about someone, it seems nice, but really, maybe it's better to hold stuff back.
Plot Summary
Hereafter is drama centered on the lives of three people -- a working class American with a special gift (Matt Damon), a French journalist who encounters a Tsunami (Cecile de France) and a London school boy who is looking for answers (Frankie/George McLaren) – all of these characters are touched by death in different ways and looking for someone who will understand what they’ve been through.
Life Lessons
“Life lives, life dies. Life laughs, life cries. Life gives up and life tries. But life looks different through everyone's eyes.”
Each of us has a belief system – discovered through our own study or taught to us by those that were and are important to us. That is a good thing and it is important to respect each person’s belief system without prejudice as long as no one uses that belief system to persecute others as “they” did during the Salem Witch Trials and the Holocaust or to encourage isolation and blind allegiance as “they” did in Jonestown and Waco.
Watch this movie, if you’d like, through that set of lens.
End of Story….almost….
Things you might or might not know about Clint Eastwood:
• Born in 1930 in California
• An American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician.
• Served in the military in the 1950s.
• Breakthrough role was Rowdy Yates in the TV Show Rawhide from 1959-1965.
• Since 1967, he has run his own production company, Malpaso, which has produced the vast majority of his films.
• Served as mayor of Carmel, California from 1986 to 1988.
• Loves jazz music and plays the piano.
• Contributed to over 50 films over his career as actor, director, producer, and composer.
• Won Oscars for best director, producer, and actor.
• And my most favorite fact of all….he is still working on projects like a bio of J. Edgar Hoover (I think this one is filming or has been filmed) and possibly a remake of A Star is Born with Beyonce (Not sure if this is fact or fiction, but there is buzz on the Internet about it).
One More Thing....
Also a word about Bryce Dallas Howard (she only appears briefly in this movie, but her scenes with Damon are memorable) and Emma Stone (she is not in this movie, but was in The Help with Howard) are two actresses to keep your eye on.
Hereafter Movie Cast
• Matt Damon as George Lonegan
• Cécile de France as Marie Lelay
• Frankie and George McLaren as Marcus and Jason, twin brothers.
• Lyndsey Marshal as Jackie, Marcus and Jason's mother
• Thierry Neuvic as Didier, Marie's lover
• Jay Mohr as Billy Lonegan
• Bryce Dallas Howard as Melanie
• Marthe Keller as a doctor and the director of a hospice in Switzerland
• Derek Jacobi as himself
• Niamh Cusack as foster mother of Marcus
• George Costigan as foster father of Marcus
• Richard Kind as Christos Andryo
• And Others
No comments:
Post a Comment