Remember a few weeks ago when I did a post on movies that used to be on all the time when I was a kid? Well this was on there- and I finally got to re-watch it as an adult... and it was wayyy better than I remember. But there are still some problems with it... so I'm going to talk about it today.
One thing that kind of upset me about the movie is that it is directed by Brett Ratner... who was one of the men that was accused of sexual harassment... and it also has Jeremy Piven in the movie... who was another one of those men. So with that I was happy I didn't actually buy the movie. My boyfriend checked it out at his local library because he knew I wanted to see it.
Anyway with that being said... the rest of the movie was really enjoyable. It took place in New York and New Jersey. Nick Cage's character is seen leaving his long term girlfriend to go take an internship in London- then we get a flash forward in his life and he's a powerful Wall Street Executive that somehow gets a glimpse at what his life would have been like had he stayed with the girlfriend, married her and had 2 kids.
At first Jack- Nick Cage's character- is pretty unlikable. He refuses to accept that he's in this new life and he's kind of a jerk about it to his wife- Kate (played by Tea Leoni) and his kids... and kind of to his friends really too. He just thought he was better than everyone... and every single time you thought that he was going to be a nice guy... he did something terrible... and that might have been bad writing and maybe an overly intense performance by Nicholas Cage... but still I think the movie kind of worked in the end.
This movie definitely took inspiration from It's a Wonderful Life and somewhat from A Christmas Carol too I think... and honestly I think it was a great modern re-telling of those stories in a really fun way. And I think Nick Cage was trying to channel Jimmy Stewart in some of these scenes... you can see why they went with him for this.
And the ending of this was just nice. It was sweet while still being who the characters were outside of the "Glimpse." It was just really cute and felt like a nice early 2000s movie.
Overall if you find this at your library- its worth checking out! It definitely isn't a bad movie.
Also I recommend this video... which my boyfriend remembered while we were watching the cake scene... it's pretty funny.
Hope you guys liked this!
Bye!
-Shannon
One thing that kind of upset me about the movie is that it is directed by Brett Ratner... who was one of the men that was accused of sexual harassment... and it also has Jeremy Piven in the movie... who was another one of those men. So with that I was happy I didn't actually buy the movie. My boyfriend checked it out at his local library because he knew I wanted to see it.
Anyway with that being said... the rest of the movie was really enjoyable. It took place in New York and New Jersey. Nick Cage's character is seen leaving his long term girlfriend to go take an internship in London- then we get a flash forward in his life and he's a powerful Wall Street Executive that somehow gets a glimpse at what his life would have been like had he stayed with the girlfriend, married her and had 2 kids.
At first Jack- Nick Cage's character- is pretty unlikable. He refuses to accept that he's in this new life and he's kind of a jerk about it to his wife- Kate (played by Tea Leoni) and his kids... and kind of to his friends really too. He just thought he was better than everyone... and every single time you thought that he was going to be a nice guy... he did something terrible... and that might have been bad writing and maybe an overly intense performance by Nicholas Cage... but still I think the movie kind of worked in the end.
This movie definitely took inspiration from It's a Wonderful Life and somewhat from A Christmas Carol too I think... and honestly I think it was a great modern re-telling of those stories in a really fun way. And I think Nick Cage was trying to channel Jimmy Stewart in some of these scenes... you can see why they went with him for this.
And the ending of this was just nice. It was sweet while still being who the characters were outside of the "Glimpse." It was just really cute and felt like a nice early 2000s movie.
Overall if you find this at your library- its worth checking out! It definitely isn't a bad movie.
Also I recommend this video... which my boyfriend remembered while we were watching the cake scene... it's pretty funny.
Hope you guys liked this!
Bye!
-Shannon
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