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State's Evidence (2004)
Get ready, and hold on to your hats people
Suicide is not often a subject Hollywood would take on, unless it is part of a action flick or if its done by some sort of hero to save the world.
I have often found this subject to be taboo, where Hollywood makers take foreign movies, re-make them and if there is suicide in the movie, they change the story to... suit a wider audience.
Growing up in todays society is not easy. Older generations might say it was not easy for them either but lets face it, todays youth are having a bit more obstacles to face. Obstacles our parents never had to worry about. How many school shootings did we have in the 60s and 70s and how much better is todays education system from back then? This movie draws us these factors and issues besides the everyday-Hollywood-teen-movie drug and alcohol issues. I think we have had plenty of that.
As you may already read, this is a movie about a group of teenagers who decide to commit suicide. We are taken on a journey, where we get to know each character and the issues facing them.
I really recommend this movie for everyone. This movie is very open and blunt and all though I have seen more gore in action movies this felt more real where you sometimes forget that its only a movie and not something you just downloaded form YouTube.
Not for the faint hearted and deferentially for parent and educators.
The Invisible (2007)
A Hollywood remake.
The Invisible, is a challenging movie that remind me of a nightmare I once had and I believe most of you had it to.
You know, your walking around in the streets with people around you and your screaming your lungs out but no one can hear you or see you. The thought, that you might just be dead, is something most of us are happy to just avoid.
But this movie is also about finding love amongst death and realizing often when its to late the mistakes you made. Nick, a smart but miss placed kid is introduced to us, living with his widowed moder in a sterile an arranged life where Nick's future is already set.
Due to a tragic mistake but also due to the lack of guts from his best friend, Nick finds himself trapped between this life, and the afterlife as a form of ghost that no one can see or hear. (no poltergeist powers here).
The movie is based on a Swedish book with the same title but a lot was changed to make sure a wide range of audience gets to see it.
Justin Chatwin who plays Nick does a great job in this movie allowing you to get close to the character almost as real as that nightmare you had.
Now, I will not tell you much more of this movie as I think its something you need to see for yourself (and I hate spoilers) but I will tell you that the only reason I did not give it a 10 is due to the "Hollywood" makeover this movie got. If you can get hold of the original Swedish version, I suggest you watch that one first!