lagreen14
How did I miss this when it first came out?? Very enjoyable movie. Engaging premise, nice acting, great visuals. Definitely worth watching.
digitalbeachbum
When I traveled to China in 2001 I had an experience where I saw my grandmother sitting on a bench. She was holding my hand and telling me that everything was OK and that she has passed. I had this dream twice in two night, until I learned from family that she did pass.I am an atheist. I do not believe in a god or creator. We are part of a bigger picture that as humans we are too ignorant to see, feel or hear. The dead are all around us all the time. We are caught up in our lives and material possessions. We sink in to our electronic devices and miss the world around us.Matt Damon does a good job of being a believable physic and the rest of the supporting cast is well matched. The special effects are good enough to keep you interested in the action. The script moves along at a good pace and takes you from moment to moment with no delays.I like how they portrayed the dead and their spirits in the afterlife. It reminds me of my experience with my grandmother.I think this movie is a bit better than "What Dreams This Way Came" because it gets rid of the abstract art and presents the viewer with reality of the scene. It is more realistic.While not all the movie is perfect, there are enough perfect scenes to give this move a thumbs up
Imdbidia
Hereafter is a film that I would have never thought would be directed by Eastwood, not because he's not interested in great stories, but because of the nature of the story itself.Hereafter is a three-way approach to death and focuses on how three different characters experience it. The first is the French journalist Marie Lelay, who survives a tsunami, but hast a near death experience and sees the other side, an experience that leads to a career path. The second is an English boy who loses his eldest twin in a accident, shuts down and tries to find a medium to speak to him. Finally, the American worker recently made redundant George Lonegan is a serious medium since childhood; however, he considers his gift a curse because he connects with dead people every time he touches a person, something that impedes her having a normal relationship. Their stories are presented separately until the three characters end connecting and their stories intersecting and becoming one.Hereafter is a film that does not dwell on controversy, or perhaps it does by departing from the existence of the afterlife. However, it is not dogmatic about what the afterlife is, it focuses mostly on how different people experience, see, imagine or think death and what lies beyond.The acting is solid and convincing, subtle but believable. Viewers come to empathize with the three characters, get to know them well, and develop a relationship with them. The narrative is certainly not innovative or original, but it works well because the character's stories and experiences are quite different. Certainly, the first 40 minutes are painfully slow because, until a certain point, the stories seem not to be leading anywhere. That is what I liked the least in the film. On the positive side, those minutes are the foundation of our understanding of the three characters. Yet, because the story spent so much time there, the last part of the movie, which is the most interesting, are hurried.I loved the music, most of it composed by Eastwood himself.I really enjoyed this emotive and touching story. And the ending was really sweet.
aldiexja
We all deal with death, with our loved ones with friends and finally we face it for ourselves. On the face of it, many people would say it is final. However, there are those of us who believe and wonder what it is really like. If only we could have a peek at what is waiting. This book deals with three people who are dealing with death. The man has the ability to see beyond the wall and bring back stories from the dead. The woman, a talented, no nonsense French investigative reporter who is almost drowned in the Indonesian Tsunami but is rescued from drowning by two rescue workers combing the beach on that dreadful day looking for those who might still have life in them. The third person is a young (11 or 12) boy who loses his identical twin in a violent accident. The child having shared every moment, even the womb, with his brother wants to speak to him one more time and find out how and why he is still alive when his brother is dead. He hears about Matt Damon's character and finally breaks through the seer's resistance and gets some answers to help him go forward with his life. The writer meets Damon and feels an immediate bond with someone who understands her experiences "something" which can't be explained. I would recommend this film. The acting is wonderful and the directing is great. I felt each person who worked on this film had a stake in presenting the facts of these "life after death" situations..
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