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Thursday Mar 25, 2010
Time heals all wounds, unless it creates them.
Thursday Mar 25, 2010
Thursday Mar 25, 2010
Jim here. So, tonight, on the advice of The A.M.P., I watched "The Time Travelers Wife." The only conversation I've had involving this film was an argument with a coworker about what constitutes a "gay" act. Apparently, the book this movie is based on has a scene where the time traveler in question runs into a younger version of himself and an act of oral sex occurs. It was my contention that performing this act on a man, even if that man was you was a gay act. My friend considered it the same as masturbation. I disagree. That is a loophole that someone was using to justify his desire to experiment. Hey, man, just go for it. But I digress. The film in question is one I avoided for a while thinking it was just a chick flick, and in my defense it was, to a degree, advertised that way. To classify it that way is to do a rather great disservice to a really good film. This is the story of Henry, a man who, like Billy Pilgrim in Slaughterhouse Five, is "unstuck" in time. He travels back and forth to different points in his lifetime. Unlike Pilgrim he doesn't just end up in his body at that time. No, he arrives naked and confused. This leads to all manner of problems as he is unable to control when he goes and when it happens. The story mostly involves his relationship with a woman he met after he met her when she was years younger than when he first saw her. This will make sense. Getting into the main plot is where this film takes a rather significant jump from the typical time travel piece. While a good deal of time is spent on him, and how he deals with the situation, an equal or greater amount of time is spent on her. How does this sort of thing impact the people he loves and is closest to. The way these themes are handled is what sets this apart from the typical romantic comedy. it doesn't feel cheap or forced. As I feel with horror films, sci fi films are only as good as they could be without the sci fi element, and there are real world parallels that can be drawn from this. The issues are no different than if the relationship were with someone who is completely distant emotionally, who has a drinking or drug problem, or for any reason keeps people at a distance. This is, at its heart, a film about relationships and what happens when two people who truly love each other have a major obstacle to overcome. This might not be for you, but I found it to be an enjoyable and touching film that was well worth the time.
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