CHUD.com Community › Forums › THE MAIN SEWER › Focused Film Discussion › The Life Before Her Eyes Post-Release Discussion
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

The Life Before Her Eyes Post-Release Discussion

post #1 of 14
4/15/08 at 1:54am
Thread Starter 
From Vadim Perlman, coming out this week. Evan Rachel Wood grows up to be Uma Thurman.

Don't see it.

Honestly, it's the first serious contender for worst non-spoof film of the year. I put this thread out as an early warning for anyone who might be interested- please don't see this. It's astoundingly bad on every level, not a single scene works. And that's before one of the more maddening, obnoxious, audience-hating "twists" I've seen in awhile.

Just absolutely terrible.
Reply
post #2 of 14
4/15/08 at 4:30am
What's the twist?
Reply
post #3 of 14
4/20/08 at 9:16pm
Thread Starter 
Spoilers?

The young girl died during the shooting, and the Uma Thurman portions are merely what she sees in a flash when she imagines what her life would be like. Except she clearly imagines her life as a result of her friend dying instead. Also, the film endures this last minute reveal like a supersecret twist, and implies that all that stuff did happen and that she eventually lived through it as a ghost.
Reply
post #4 of 14
4/21/08 at 12:49pm
HATE.

Not much of a twist, though. It's right there in the title of the movie. And Uma's husband does give her a necklace that looks like bullet wounds.
Reply
post #5 of 14
4/21/08 at 12:51pm
Why the fuck are you still here?
Reply
post #6 of 14
4/21/08 at 1:14pm
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is still the best.
Reply
post #7 of 14
4/22/08 at 11:43pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by fabfunk View Post
Also, the film endures this last minute reveal like a supersecret twist, and implies that all that stuff did happen and that she eventually lived through it as a ghost.
Wait, this movie is coming out in 2008? This sounds like a premise I would've found shitty ten years ago. This looks worse than The Forgotten.
Reply
post #8 of 14
4/22/08 at 11:56pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by fabfunk View Post
Spoilers?

The young girl died during the shooting, and the Uma Thurman portions are merely what she sees in a flash when she imagines what her life would be like. Except she clearly imagines her life as a result of her friend dying instead. Also, the film endures this last minute reveal like a supersecret twist, and implies that all that stuff did happen and that she eventually lived through it as a ghost.
Mom called it psychologically taut
Reply
post #9 of 14
4/23/08 at 1:00am
Also: this was called IN BLOOM last year.
Reply
post #10 of 14
4/25/08 at 4:06pm
http://chud.com/articles/articles/14...YES/Page1.html
Reply
post #11 of 14
4/25/08 at 4:51pm
Perelman possesses the right amount of humorlessness to transform ATLAS SHRUGGED into one of the great unintentional comedies. I hope this makes tons of money.
Reply
post #12 of 14
4/25/08 at 4:54pm
I don't like Perelman, but you make a fair point about Atlas.
Reply
post #13 of 14
4/25/08 at 5:01pm
Actually, I think I disagree with myself. ATLAS SHRUGGED already is an unintentional comedy.
Reply
post #14 of 14
5/11/08 at 6:00am
I'm a little late on this, but came to the exact same conclusions when I saw it. I was just fucking angry when I walked out of the theater. Especially considering that there were ideas in this movie that could've been worked into a movie 100 times better.
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Focused Film Discussion
CHUD.com Community › Forums › THE MAIN SEWER › Focused Film Discussion › The Life Before Her Eyes Post-Release Discussion