ollicshe
I don't understand really why so low rating on IMDb. It's beautiful movie with talented actors, with nice soundtrack, with important thought about relationship and how we wast time of our life for quarrels. I enjoyed watching this movie. Highly recommended for couples.
jimbillc
Excellent movie that makes you really think about how life has many twists and turns and sometimes can be pretty rough for a while, and yet as we persevere we eventually see why things happen in our lives the way that they do. Our lives are really a series of unique tests that are individually tailored to each of us so that we can gain useful and crucial experience that helps us grow and be able to deal with each next step we take on our journey of life.The movie has a lot of parallels with Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life: Think of the Japanese man, Takumi Nakamura, that Arthur Brennan meets in the forest as It's a Wonderful Life's Clarence the Angel who jumps off the bridge right as George Bailey is almost ready to jump off, because he knows that George will instinctively jump off to save him, instead of taking his own life. Takumi and Arthur's subsequent conversations and journey trying to find their way back to the trail/parking lot is a lot like George Bailey in the end wanting to get back to his life that he hadn't previously thought of as being anything close to a wonderful life. Very last scene of It's a Wonderful Life is the written message George Bailey receives from Clarence in a copy of Tom Sawyer that states. " No man's life is a failure who has friends." Near the end of Sea of Trees Arthur receives the book Hansel and Gretel in which there is a message from the Takumi that has the season and color that is Matthew's wife's favorite season and color.
Srodger1-622-250999
This movie was so moving, beautiful and so well acted. Matthew McConaughey and Ken Watanabe are so good in this. Make sure you can sit down and really focus on it. I don't get the reviews that describe it as slow. I loved it! The critical reception of this film boggles my mind. Some of the worst movies gain critical praise, and gems like this go unnoticed.
maardza
This scenario has a really good potential. A man who want's to end his life, meets another man who want's to be saved. Through this interaction the first man starts to heal himself. There were a lot of metaphors in speech and symbolism with objects - nature. It is a deep movie, one of those which can be watched multiple times to discover something new every time. You could say that this story is about human soul - it's weaknesses, struggles, salvation etc. It leaves you hopeful at the end despite of the things that had happened although it's quite heavy movie altogether. Couple of things that I didn't like was one quite unbelievable coincidence that happened and the explaining of the mystical events at the end. The mystery was gone for me. Usually it's done for the audience - because the director or someone thinks that people will not understand the event's/not smart enough, so it has to be fed to them artificially. This moment took away so much for me. I wish they hadn't done that... But I liked watching it, living through this story, feeling that atmosphere. You could feel that people who created this movie have put a lot of thought into it.
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