Review of Last Chance Harvey (2008) by Chris C — 07 Apr 2011

Wonder why I watch all those other movies. That is not much of a review I know. But what is the deal with fantasy. Why does it have to be so extreme. Do we have to be convinced we are fantasizing. I mean this movie seemed fantastic enough anyway.

What are the odds of two simple tragedies in one day. But I was not thinking about that. I was just watching them talk and wondering if THAT was real or or not??? But talk of almost any sort is convincing if you let be.

So I let myself go more with choice rather than anxiety. I think that is what happens with heroism in films of all sorts: the comic hero, the action hero; the fatalistic hero get us so riled up. Then we expect romance to be heroism as well.

Something to be riled up about. But this film showed the heroism of our main character was in that realm calm and collected. He was anticipatory about his employment future and struggling to let go of his family life.

Yet it was eerily as if what he was good at, was romance. I know of course this is a projection. But you'd know what I was talking about by hearing his last speech.