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What Dreams May Come (1998)
Visually and emotionally beautiful
I first saw What Dreams May Come when it first came out. For the most part local critics panned it. It mostly got bashed for negative imagery and hard to follow story. I originally viewed it with someone who didn't get the story (the Albert/Leona thing) and just didn't like the look or message in the story. I just watched the DVD on the weekend with my 2 girls (13 & 16) and we all loved it. Robert Williams was great and Annabella (Annie "Bella" Nielson) was hypnotic. The imagery and feel of the movie was not lost on my kids. My oldest daughter is a young aspiring artist - and both my girls are brutal when it comes to bad special effects. We all agreed the movie looked fantastic and had a really warm sentiment about love and hope. I am not religious but I am a bit of a romantic and this was a breath of fresh air.
Colin
Angels Crest (2002)
Tight Entertaining Thriller
Ever walk through the local video store and you're just not in the mood for the current commercial movies. There are so many "independent" titles that you never heard of with actors and directors you've never heard of? I know, you've tried these types of movies before and 9 times out of 10 they are garbage with little or no production values, bad acting and ridiculous stories. And be careful - the better the cover of a straight to DVD movie chances are the worse the movie will be. Angel's Crest DOES NOT fall into that 9 out of 10 category. The plot on the DVD case does not give away much and neither will I. I rented this on impulse with very little expectation. The acting is very solid. The characters are interesting. There is a neat use of timeline that adds to keeping you interested. The movie has a strange calmness while also having a very nice tension to it. Many of the shots are very serene - close up of blood slowly dripping on leaves... almost has a time lapse look to it. Once the viewer finds out what the plot is really about you are compelled to see how the rest of the movie unfolds.
A wonderful little movie considering there are only 2 actors and a beautiful natural setting called Angel's Crest.