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What dreams may come
1998 Directed by : Vincent Ward
Beset with grief a mother who has lost her kids and husband to seperate car accidents takes her own life, not realising she has damned herself to eternal pain and suffering in Hell.
First off, I'm not a rom/com chick-flick kinda guy, but I'm trying new films through my course, and What dreams may come was recomended for it's visuals and special effects.
Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jnr, Max Von Sydow and the gorgeous Annabel Sciorra star in this epic love story set in heaven and hell.
On hearing of his wife's suicide and subsequent punishment, eternal misery alone in Hell, Chris ( Williams ) enlists the help of Albert ( Gooding Jnr ) and the Tracker ( Sydow ) to undertake a journey into Hell to rescue Annie ( Sciorra ) and hopes to bring her back to his own personal vision of Heaven.
OK, it's a little schmolzy at times, but the lavish Dahli inspired sets are stunning and there are some very clever effects, indeed there were times when the film came across almost Gilliam-esque, which was a bonus for me. The cinematography is fantastic, and colour plays such a large part in the film it's almost a character, for film enthusiasts like me this is definetly worth checking out.
Rating 3.5/5 ( an extra .5 for Annabel Sciorra, an actress with beautifully sad eyes that would sucker me into the gates of Hell too!!! )
1998 Directed by : Vincent Ward
Beset with grief a mother who has lost her kids and husband to seperate car accidents takes her own life, not realising she has damned herself to eternal pain and suffering in Hell.
First off, I'm not a rom/com chick-flick kinda guy, but I'm trying new films through my course, and What dreams may come was recomended for it's visuals and special effects.
Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jnr, Max Von Sydow and the gorgeous Annabel Sciorra star in this epic love story set in heaven and hell.
On hearing of his wife's suicide and subsequent punishment, eternal misery alone in Hell, Chris ( Williams ) enlists the help of Albert ( Gooding Jnr ) and the Tracker ( Sydow ) to undertake a journey into Hell to rescue Annie ( Sciorra ) and hopes to bring her back to his own personal vision of Heaven.
OK, it's a little schmolzy at times, but the lavish Dahli inspired sets are stunning and there are some very clever effects, indeed there were times when the film came across almost Gilliam-esque, which was a bonus for me. The cinematography is fantastic, and colour plays such a large part in the film it's almost a character, for film enthusiasts like me this is definetly worth checking out.
Rating 3.5/5 ( an extra .5 for Annabel Sciorra, an actress with beautifully sad eyes that would sucker me into the gates of Hell too!!! )