Reign Over Me

[Monochrome Rainbow]

I saw this earlier today and I must say that Adam Sandler's performance in this is fantastic. Everyone should definitely check it out.

[marx marvelous]

lol @ him playing Shadow of the Colossus throughout the movie.

[Crusader]

was this a patriotic movie or was it good?

[Monochrome Rainbow]

Not patriotic at all. His family just died in the 9/11 attacks, which when they first mentioned it in the movie (had no idea it referenced 9/11 before going) I cringed a bit and thought it was gimmicky but then just reminded myself about how families were actually torn apart that day and just chalked it up to the writers picking a particular event so that the audience may connect with the character more. His family died in the attack and they basically left it at that, no cause for me to assume it was remotely patriotic.

 

 

And James, yeah that was awesome. I can't believe they focused on that as much as they did.

[Crusader]

I must see this film.

[Monochrome Rainbow]

You really should; you won't be disappointed. Plus they include The Who's "Love Reign O'er Me" throughout.

 

The ending wasn't spectacular (decent, but not incredible) but overall I was really impressed.

[Crusader]

was it a standard adam sandler ending?

 

e.g. down on his luck guy gets the girl and lots of money etc?

[Monochrome Rainbow]

No... Well, not really. You'll understand once you see it. It's not really a typical Adam Sandler movie at all so it's hard to have the typical ending. It just left a few unanswered questions, sorta...

 

I don't want to say much 'cause it may ruin it while you're watching.

[Crusader]

Okay. I will try to see this after finals. It looked so awesome in the trailers. Mainly because I'm a big fan of comedians doing serious movies.

[Sparq]

I haven't seen it, but the 9/11 thing sounds like a definite gimmick to me. The plot could have remained the same whether it had been a car crash, house fire, etc etc etc.

[Monochrome Rainbow]

Yeah, like I said, Sandler's performance in this is really something. I will probably see it again.

[bishopx]

The girl and I are going to see this, next weekend.

[Monochrome Rainbow]

I haven't seen it, but the 9/11 thing sounds like a definite gimmick to me. The plot could have remained the same whether it had been a car crash, house fire, etc etc etc.

I totally didn't see your post prior to now but yeah, it seemed a little gimmicky at first but it was refreshing that they didn't really get patriotic at all or even really mention the whole thing more than once or twice.

 

 

To me it really seemed like they picked 9/11 so that it personalized the characters a bit more and made it easier for people to identify with his situation. No different to me than referencing Swissair Flight 111 or any large scale natural disaster.

 

They were pretty tactful and as someone who didn't even bother seeing World Trade Centre or United 93, I was indifferent to the inclusion of 9/11, it didn't really take away from the movie at all.

[Matt]

It was good and well down... it wasn't patriotic at all.

[i_the_throw_away]

I absolutely loved this movie, Adam Sandler did such an amazing job in it and although it is a bit of a tearjerker in certain scenes, it also had some really good laughs. I would recommend everyone check it out, and go in with an open mind...its isn

[mbrinton]

The 9/11 part of the movie didn't play an overly large roll in plot development. Really, they could have just as easily replaced the words "9/11 attack" with "car accident" and it would have been alright that way too.

 

But the 9/11 attack aspect does play a vital roll in just how Adam Sandler's charecter gets so torn apart over it. I wont say much, but it was a internationally broadcasted event, and car crashes rarely take place on live television.