The first time I watched the 2006 movie【The Lake House】 was like two years ago, the result of random channel switching. When turning to HBO, my eyes were immediately attracted to the postcard-like scenes and dreamy dialog and music. Last weekend, random internet surfing led me to rewatch this movie again. And about four more times after that. An unexpected obsession.
Somebody told me this movie was adapted from a Korean movie. Not a big fan of Korean movies, I am not going to do the comparison. Not a big fan of Sci-Fi, the technical inconsistency of time travel part doesn't bother me at all. (I didn't even perceive those as inconsistencies as suggested by some reviews. Everything works just perfectly for me.) What I see is ... modern and classic beauty of Chicago, and amazing chemistry between Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves, though they don't share many scenes together. Chemistry comes out with no reason. Some people seem meant to be paired but some are just discordant (Like Jennifer Aniston and Aaron Eckhart in 【Love Happens】, the worst screen couple ever!)
The main message the movie tries to convey might be the spirit of soul mates. Don't settle for anyone unless he or she is the one. It's worth waiting. This is the ideal scenario though. The movie also raises the question: What if there is no one there waiting for you? The time and faith could be in vain. Anyway, life always works in a mysterious way. And there is only one single choice at a time. We'll never know what is gonna happen unless we proceed.
The View I See
