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The Lake House (2006)
space and time people...
Even if you accept certain things like melodramatic directing, non-dynamic (slow, boring)editing, there are still some things that have to bother any viewer who saw more then two films in his life. Dialogs like the one between Sandra Bullock and her mother where Sandra asks her "WHY DID YOU MARRY DAD" and mother replies "SO YOU COULD ASK ME THAT QUESTION"! And that's it, THE END OF SCENE. Why is it there in the first place?
THE BIGGEST FLUKE!!!
After they established their communication via the magic mailbox, one of the first things that Sandra(in 2006) writes to Keanu(in 2004) is that "she had a tough day, a man died on her hands at the Daily Plaza." As the first doctor who tried to help the man she would have surely remember his face, and his name too, because she would write a report, and death certificate containing his personal info.
Now as the film goes on we find out that they(Sandra and Keanu, both in 2004) have met and even kissed at a party. Sandra Bullock's boyfriend interrupts their kiss, now, every person can remember who did he/she kissed (assuming they weren't under influence of alcohol :)), especially if the kiss was seen by your boyfriend, and caused a brake-up.
Next, Sandra?(2006) figures out that IT WAS HIM!!! She immediately sends him a letter saying IT WAS YOU, and a lot of blah blah...
Where is the problem? Now we set the time-line.
1. They meet and kiss at the party
2. He gets killed in the accident
3. She figures it was him at the party, but not in the accident too.
She knows his name, She knows how he looks like and she remembers him from the party that occurred before the accident but she does't find out that it was him who died until the very end. HOW???
And at the end, He just shows up in front of the house, but what happens with his brother,and the rest of people in the world who think he is DEAD. What happens? Does he come to his brother and says Hi I'm alive now... An attempt to explain that, with CHANGE OF COUNCSNECES, does't do the trick, cause if that was the case Sandra Bullock is not immune to it, she would have to suffer the same consistencies. If he was alive she wouldn't be at the lake house at all, because there would be no need...
A cut-back to the restaurant with him showing up would be a better solution...
Casshern (2004)
Nice animation and effects, but lacks deeper story
Well... the movie was said to be a Japanise version of "The Matrix", best and most expensive Japanese film ever made etc.
The most expensive part is probably true, but the movie is far from being, not best, but good.
The worst part of the "Casshern" is the story. It is surely the best "Anima" movie with real actors, but that is only because of heavy animation that actually makes the move look more like a cartoon then a motion picture. Although all animas usually have complicated, confusing, and hard to track plots this one is "over the top". It lacks continuity, point(pointless-Hollywood happy ending"), and what is most important EXPLANATION! The thing I like the most about Animnas is that at the and almost nothing is left UNEXPLAINED. Everything has to make sense (expl. If someone has superpowers it is explained how he/she got them, and how do they work).
Due to poor editing, a lot of parts in the move are needless, even some entire sequences look as if they aren't in the right place.
A LOT of effects, too much effects, a lot of too much effects, the movie gives out an impression that they just wanted to try out some new effect. A lot of them are (again) pointless, and "Just To Be There", they are nice to see, but most of them do not add anything to the story.
If you like visually attractive films, and animas you will surely like this one...