10/10
Flawless
22 July 2000
If you're stuck on action/adventure...don't bother.

I found this film at two or three in the morning, so I missed the beginning. Regardless, it kept me awake watching until the credits finished rolling by.

The story touched me. The visuals are impressive if you can live without many special effects. The few parts I didn't enjoy were those that hit a nerve too deeply. But, that's the point, isn't it?...why we watch.

It is filled scenes reminding me of friendships and loves past and present...the mistakes we all make in relationships and questions of how far would you go for the important people in your life. On vacation, the characters make their fleeting time precious and show that we all could realize how short a time we have together.

Watching, I found it comedic and tragic with an undercurrent of binding love. The visual beauty is overshadowed by the human drama. I think the film would be different but no less meaningful in any other setting.

People change. If it bored you, give it a few years and try it again...you may have outgrown snow boarding through terrorist machine gun fire while aliens invade, volcanoes erupt, and our hero has an endless supply out glib remarks.

In the mean time...I've been searching for a copy of this film to share with the people important to me...I'd be very grateful if anyone could help me find a VHS...or any format ...I can get it converted if I must.
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