OK, so my wife and I just finished watching this film and I can say that it was a little hard to not think that the movie was going to be not so great based on the ratings we saw for it. But as the movie went on it was surprisingly better than the ratings the critics gave it.
I thought the acting was done really well and the storyline - although a little on the slow side, turned out to be interestingly thought provoking How would you react if suddenly one day you woke up from being blind for many years?? Would your ambitions change?? Would you allow your own selfish ambition to destroy everything you previously loved??
Though it would be a change indeed, how would I respond to that change?? Well, it seems that is what this film is about. One man's response to how he woke up one day able to see.
The movie does tend to focus a lot on James (actor Dan Stevens) much more than the characters around him like his wife, son, best friend, etc, but I don't think that was done too heavily. It just seems like the story was told in a way from James' perspective instead of from others. That kinda makes sense since he is the one who went from being blind to able to see again.
Really it seemed the worst part about the movie was the music. It was too dreary from beginning to end (maybe with exception from the dancing music). Seriously, it didn't match most of the film and had they went another direction with the music it really would have made a better impact on this movie. It seemed it never changed from the dreariness, but it should have. It really only communicated 2 emotions - sadness and mystery. Though those two emotions were definitely a part of the film, the story had much more to offer than that the joy and excitement of being able to see again, the fun James and his son had looking for fish, the hope and comfort James experiences near the end of the film, etc.
Despite the seemingly wrong direction with the music and kinda slowly unfolding story, it's still worth a watch.
I thought the acting was done really well and the storyline - although a little on the slow side, turned out to be interestingly thought provoking How would you react if suddenly one day you woke up from being blind for many years?? Would your ambitions change?? Would you allow your own selfish ambition to destroy everything you previously loved??
Though it would be a change indeed, how would I respond to that change?? Well, it seems that is what this film is about. One man's response to how he woke up one day able to see.
The movie does tend to focus a lot on James (actor Dan Stevens) much more than the characters around him like his wife, son, best friend, etc, but I don't think that was done too heavily. It just seems like the story was told in a way from James' perspective instead of from others. That kinda makes sense since he is the one who went from being blind to able to see again.
Really it seemed the worst part about the movie was the music. It was too dreary from beginning to end (maybe with exception from the dancing music). Seriously, it didn't match most of the film and had they went another direction with the music it really would have made a better impact on this movie. It seemed it never changed from the dreariness, but it should have. It really only communicated 2 emotions - sadness and mystery. Though those two emotions were definitely a part of the film, the story had much more to offer than that the joy and excitement of being able to see again, the fun James and his son had looking for fish, the hope and comfort James experiences near the end of the film, etc.
Despite the seemingly wrong direction with the music and kinda slowly unfolding story, it's still worth a watch.