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Im one hour into this film and lol.
Is this a comedy? Brad pitts performance is hilarious at times, would death really act like he was born yesterday..
 
rubbish movie

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Imagine young Brad Pitt growing up in todays world of Tik Tok and Instagram looking like that.


Dude would never have touched acting.
 
Saw this at the cinema back then, it bored me shitless, being 18 and wanting to just go out and party probably didnt help. Time to rewatch it.
 
Brad Pitt's dark age of cinema. Glad he recovered and moved past the sappy rom-com schlock. He became one of my favourite actors.

"Adult" Pitt has an amazing list of movies under his belt.
 
I've always liked this movie for some reason. Anthony Hopkins is a damn good actor, but a movie like this should never be made. A 3-hour supernatural, dark romantic comedy? This thing is longer than LotR lol. The music in this movie is incredible in my opinion and I think it really carries the film.

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I remember really enjoying this movie, but may be nostalgia googles

What is certain tho is how awesome the soundtrack is





It's absolutely beautiful. I listen it from time to time.
 
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Hugare said:
I remember really enjoying this movie, but may be nostalgia googles

What is certain tho is how awesome the soundtrack is





It's absolutely beautiful. I listen it from time to time.
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Was about to post this and I'm not surprised to see I was beaten. Another thing that's extremely beautiful is Anthony Hopkin's speech to his daughter about what it's like to be in love:
Anthony Hopkins said:
"There's not an ounce of excitement. Not a whisper of a thrill. This relationship has all the passion of a pair of tit mice. I want you to get swept away out there. I want you to levitate. I want you to sing with rapture and dance like a Dervish.

Yeah. Be deliriously happy or at least leave yourself open to be.

I know it's a cornball thing, but love is passion. Obsession. Someone you can't live without. I say fall head over heels. Find someone you can love like crazy, and who'll love you the same way back. How do you you find 'em? Well, you forget your head and you listen to your heart. I'm not hearing any heart. Because the truth is, honey, there's no sense living your life without this. To make the journey and not fall deeply in love, well, you haven't lived a life at all. But you have to try, because if you haven't tried, you haven't lived."
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ohhh fuck so THIS is the movie the gif is from .. never seen it before but at least I can mark that checkpoint off.
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This used to go round on P2P services like Ares and Limewire marked as something like "REAL SNUFF VIDEO MAN KILLED CROSSING STREET".
 
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I actually purchased the "ultimate edition" of the DVD set because it contains the original and far superior version "Death Takes a Holiday". While the remake looks great and Hopkin's performance is quite good the story is really watered down and the ending is a cop-out (plus, it's way too long). Although Pitt seems to be nearly autistic, in the original Death is portrayed as a being who's savvy and essentially behaves like a god. In the remake Death can handle its business like a CEO does while shaving (according to the film), so why the urgency to move things along? A lifetime with Forlani would be but the blink of an eye for such a being. In the original nobody can die, and while the premise is silly at least it provides a sense of urgency since it compels Death to finish its business ASAP. As for the ending, the Forlani character willingly sacrifices herself, making Death realize how love can be as strong as death itself. It's much more satisfying and true to the spirit of the story.

It is, however, a film from 1934, with overwrought acting typical of the time and very little sense of grandeur given the subject matter (and probably a tiny budget). Had the remake simply retold the story with a few tweaks it could have been a far better film than either.
 
I've only seen some scenes of this movie when it was broadcast on tv lots of years ago. What I've seen was kind of interesting but it had Hopkins in it too.
Hadn't even seen the car hit scene :D
 
First time I watched this the rasta scene convinced me that it was originally going to be an Airplane style comedy. It would've been an all time classic if Pitt had kept up that accent throughout the whole movie
 
The film is more famous for being the film the first teaser for 'The Phantom menace' was attached to. That tells you all you need to know about this films quality.
 
I saw it for the first time last year. It was WAY funnier than I was expecting! Brad Pit had me laughing during the peanut butter scene.

Also the cinematography is fantastic.
 
Hero of Spielberg said:
More the way once 'it' goes she continues with the suit.
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I believe the premise is that Susan was attracted to the initial interaction with Pitt from the coffee shop. This was explicitly stated by William Parish to death in the movie. The brief time with death, as seen through the movie, had a mixture of feelings from confusion over why he's acting so odd, to curiosity to understanding and finally some degree of attraction.

They comment on this in the ending when standing on the bridge and Susan rementions the coffee shop and death realizes that it's in fact feeling love for Susan that isn't quite reciprocated, she's still hung up on the initial encounter. He then mentions something to the effect of 'you'll always have what you found that day' and he goes on his merry way.


Anyways, wonderful movie. I should rewatch it. I find it highly charming and enjoy the subtlety: the flirting, the posturing, the politics, the unknown. It's underappreciated.

Also, Susan Parish is gorgeous and looked stunning in the dress at the end.
 
I watched this for the first time seven years ago and apparently gave it 5/5 so I must have enjoyed it a great deal. I do not remember much in specifics except that Claire Forlani was 12/10 in it and I have no idea how she never became a huge star, her looks alone are just mindblowing (and she is a good actress too, yes). I also remember loving the music in this.
 
I had not watched it for so long, but I remember I enjoyed it and that the movie is very pleasing to the eyes and it's at least interesting. might see if I can find it to watch again over the weekend.
 
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