HoardingHurley81
04-19-2010, 04:35 PM
The themes of Lost this season remind me of a movie called What Dreams May Come with Robin Williams.
For a plot synopsis, here is the link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Dreams_May_Come_(film)
Mother and father have two kids. Mom has been institutionalized for whatever reason and was ignored by her husband. Basically the family's two children are killed in a car accident and then a year later to the day, Robin Williams' character (Chris) is killed in a car wreck and ends up in heaven with his guardian angel played by Cuba Gooding Jr.
Unable to deal with the grief and guilt, Chris' wife kills herself and ends up in hell. Despite being in paradise (heaven), Chris is unhappy about not having his soulmate with him.
Says the angel sheparding Chris through the afterlife: no judgment has been made against her by God; it is simply the nature of suicides to create "anti-fantasy" worlds based on their psychological pain, similar but opposite to Chris' fantasy world in Heaven. This is a reference to Dante's Inferno where the seventh level of Hell is reserved for sins of violence — including violence against oneself.
Chris finds Annie pale and withdrawn, still tortured by her loneliness and her surroundings( imagine her behavior to be that of Sayid after he was consumed by the darkness). He decides to stay in hell with her forever, thinking this is the only way he can be with her. This being an opposite behavior than when she was institutionalized, she "wakes up" and is able to travel to heaven with Chris.
Chris and his wife are reunited in Heaven with their children, but Chris suggests being reincarnated so the pair can experience meeting and falling in love again, hopefully without the tragic ending.
Sorry that was a little long-winded....but I see the relevance.
Thoughts anyone?
For a plot synopsis, here is the link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Dreams_May_Come_(film)
Mother and father have two kids. Mom has been institutionalized for whatever reason and was ignored by her husband. Basically the family's two children are killed in a car accident and then a year later to the day, Robin Williams' character (Chris) is killed in a car wreck and ends up in heaven with his guardian angel played by Cuba Gooding Jr.
Unable to deal with the grief and guilt, Chris' wife kills herself and ends up in hell. Despite being in paradise (heaven), Chris is unhappy about not having his soulmate with him.
Says the angel sheparding Chris through the afterlife: no judgment has been made against her by God; it is simply the nature of suicides to create "anti-fantasy" worlds based on their psychological pain, similar but opposite to Chris' fantasy world in Heaven. This is a reference to Dante's Inferno where the seventh level of Hell is reserved for sins of violence — including violence against oneself.
Chris finds Annie pale and withdrawn, still tortured by her loneliness and her surroundings( imagine her behavior to be that of Sayid after he was consumed by the darkness). He decides to stay in hell with her forever, thinking this is the only way he can be with her. This being an opposite behavior than when she was institutionalized, she "wakes up" and is able to travel to heaven with Chris.
Chris and his wife are reunited in Heaven with their children, but Chris suggests being reincarnated so the pair can experience meeting and falling in love again, hopefully without the tragic ending.
Sorry that was a little long-winded....but I see the relevance.
Thoughts anyone?