On a related note, some of the discussion Sandy and I had about it while playing chess.
smirnoff04: omg... I started watching upstream color.... I don't get it at all.
smirnoff04: I mean I understand what's going on but not why ...
SandyKJ: I think the whys will reveal themselves, just watch the girls journey.
SandyKJ: I'll check back tomorrow. Hope there was something in the movie of worth smirnoff. This is what I figured it was about, but who knows?!
http://www.filmspotting.net/forum/index.php?topic=9536.msg747802#msg747802smirnoff04: Thanks for talking me down last night, I was thinking about abandoning the movie.
smirnoff04: I stuck it out, and tried to be patient while the film did its thing.
SandyKJ:
Any excuse I can use.
SandyKJ: Did it work for you at all? Are you glad you stuck it out?
smirnoff04: Did it work (for me)... is a tough question. In the most basic sense, i.e. did it naturally keep my attention as opposed to having to 'give' it my attention... no.
smirnoff04: It was an effort to watch.
smirnoff04: But...
smirnoff04: Does it work in and of itself? I believe there IS something to it, certainly.
smirnoff04: The spoiler thread has some interesting theories floating around... which I can't help buy feel frustrated by because I did not come up with any theories of my own...
SandyKJ: I don't have any theories. The sci fi aspect didn't hold my interest. Just her building from nothing. Well, worse than nothing really.
smirnoff04: It's hard to say what's "normal" for that character since we know so little about her before her "experience", but I got the impression that after the ordeal she never truly got back there. But what I'm not sure of is if she was just preoccupied with trying to explain what happened to her, or if there was something else going on...
smirnoff04: She seems to feeling things... hearing things... that are supernatural.
SandyKJ: her new normal i guess. She was manipulated and left for dead (mentally and emotionall). They didn't take into account the resilliancy of her sould, so she took all that they damaged her with and solved the mystery. She inspired me that way. Take what you've got, whatever burden or manimpulation that's been put there and solve the mystery (ie. fly). I may have missed the mark.
SandyKJ: sorry, my spelling! emotionally, soul
smirnoff04: You have a very interesting take on the movie. Very personal.
SandyKJ:
Sometimes a movie really hits home. Those are the keepers. I think I watch mot
SandyKJ: Oops stupid phone.
SandyKJ: I watch movies to find those that inspire me. Hit and miss isn't it?