Deja Vu - The Movie

[SummerChild]

Hope I'm not duplicating a thread.
For those who have not seen the movie, please exit now.


Ok, HC no one that I know that saw the movie understood it or liked it? HC my mother and I *brainstormed* lol for 1 hour after we had both seen the movie to figure out where the deja vu was in the movie or maybe what the writers were trying to show us. Ok, the last scene was obvious but I can't believe the movie was titled for a 1 minute last scene.

Did anybody figure out the deja vu? Please do tell b/c a sister is going to have to go back and see this movie again. As I said, my mother and I came up with something but it's kind of extensive given the storyline so I'd like to hear if anyone actually picked up on it by taking the movie at face value.

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[AKA2D '91]

Ummm, it was on my list for my T-giving break. Unfortunately, I had more to do than days off. I WILL see the film during my Winter break.


Will exit thread until I can participate!

[jubilance1922]

I saw it when it first came out, and I loved it...

I think the Deja Vu angle comes from feeling of being watched...remember how Denzel was able to show that Paula Patton knew someone was there, when they were watching the events from 3 days before? So I think they weren't necessarily going for the "you've been before" angle, instead they went for the "someone's watching and know's what's going to happen" angle.

But its just a guess *shrug*

[SummerChild]

Ok, I didn't consider these particular facts but I along with my mother did consider the "what if they're really talking about being psychic (such as knowing what's going to happen in the future)" instead of having true deja vu.
Is the case when "someone's watching and know's what's going to happen" a type of deja vu?

Ok, here goes what we came up with after an hour. lol.

Ok, we figured that you have to start with OUR (lol) meaning of deja vu:
1. you feel like you've been here before or know what's going to happen at that moment b/c you feel like you've done it before and
2. (this is totally made up) you can have deja vu b/c your mind is already operating in another time that your physical body hasn't caught up to yet.

if these are the case, we thought that the whole movie from the beginning until he went back in time, including when he saw her after she was killed, when he went to her house and saw the words on the fridge, when he was watching her through the back-in-time machine was all *actually in his mind and did not happen*. Kind of like when you have deja vu, maybe it's like your *mind* has already been there but your physical body has not - until later.

So then what was the purpose of the time machine. We figured that it was to support him being able to *know* all that stuff in detail b/c it seems like when I have deja vu, it is only a glimpse of something familiar and I would be skeptical of someone having all this detail.

Then, when he went into the time machine, this was the start of him being "physically there" like when you walk into a room (physically) and have deja vu about having already walked into that room before. Well, we thought that he (once he went into the machine, stole the ambulance, etc.) knew all about what was going to happen b/c he was kind of having an extended deja vu b/c his mind had already played everything that was going to happen from the time that the movie started up until the time that he got into the machine.

The only thing that doesn't make sense is how come he was able to walk up to her at the end --- given that he died in the water.

Well, my mother says that when he walked up to her at the end, that was *her* deja vu b/c at the beginning of the movie they told Denzel that there was a survivor that he should speak to - and it was her. So she had seen him before.

Doesn't really make sense if you assuem that the beginning was only in his mind (my first assumption).

Ok, I'm done - Calgon take me away.

This is ridiculous!! LOL.

SC

Originally Posted by jubilance1922

I saw it when it first came out, and I loved it...

I think the Deja Vu angle comes from feeling of being watched...remember how Denzel was able to show that Paula Patton knew someone was there, when they were watching the events from 3 days before? So I think they weren't necessarily going for the "you've been before" angle, instead they went for the "someone's watching and know's what's going to happen" angle.

But its just a guess *shrug*

[SummerChild]

Sorry Soror V!!!!

Originally Posted by AKA2D '91

Ummm, it was on my list for my T-giving break. Unfortunately, I had more to do than days off. I WILL see the film during my Winter break.


Will exit thread until I can participate!

[mccoyred]

I enjoyed the movie. Of course, one of my all time favorite movie series is Back to the Future so when My Other Husband (Denzel) went back in time, that sealed it for me.

I think the movie could have been more appropriately called 'A Wrinkle in Time' but 'Deja Vu' probably has more appeal.

BTW, what other movies or shows has this actress been in? She seems familiar to me....

[jubilance1922]

Originally Posted by mccoyred

I enjoyed the movie. Of course, one of my all time favorite movie series is Back to the Future so when My Other Husband (Denzel) went back in time, that sealed it for me.

I think the movie could have been more appropriately called 'A Wrinkle in Time' but 'Deja Vu' probably has more appeal.

BTW, what other movies or shows has this actress been in? She seems familiar to me....

She was Angel in "Idlewild"

She's also married to Robin Thicke and is in his latest video "Lost Without You"

[jitterbug13]

^^^^
That's who sings that song!!!! I've been wondering that since I first heard that song a few days ago.

Back to the topic: I also did see Deja Vu, but I thougth it was a regular cop movie. I didn't know it was about time travel until I saw it. I think everyone is pretty much thinking what I thought the movie's "Deja Vu" is.

[SummerChild]

So Jitterbug, what did you think that the deja vu was?
Please break it down b/c I refuse to believe that Denzel was in a movie that just did not make any sense and I have not figured it out yet.
SC

Originally Posted by jitterbug13

^^^^
That's who sings that song!!!! I've been wondering that since I first heard that song a few days ago.

Back to the topic: I also did see Deja Vu, but I thougth it was a regular cop movie. I didn't know it was about time travel until I saw it. I think everyone is pretty much thinking what I thought the movie's "Deja Vu" is.

[SummerChild]

Mccoyred, she seems familiar to you b/c she looks exactly like Halle Berry. LOL. I swear, if they wanted Halle, why didn't they just hire Halle??

SC

Originally Posted by mccoyred

BTW, what other movies or shows has this actress been in? She seems familiar to me....

[jitterbug13]

Originally Posted by SummerChild

So Jitterbug, what did you think that the deja vu was?
Please break it down b/c I refuse to believe that Denzel was in a movie that just did not make any sense and I have not figured it out yet.
SC

I think the deja vu was Denzel going back in time and causing the clues that were found at the crime scene or seeing things that he saw previously and seeing what caused them (i.e. bandages, message on fridge, ambulance at the hideout).

[Drolefille]

I do want to see this movie, but I haven't decided if its worth the movie ticket price.



/Thank you Ms. Mod

[mccoyred]

Originally Posted by SummerChild

Mccoyred, she seems familiar to you b/c she looks exactly like Halle Berry. LOL. I swear, if they wanted Halle, why didn't they just hire Halle??

SC

You are right. I had to keep looking at her and remember that she wasn't Halle!

[Kamryn]

I like this movie. It was a little confusing, but good.

[LadiBug]

I like it, but I was really confused. I'm not a big Paula Patton fan. She's gorgeous [no homo], don't get me wrong, but I just don't really GET her, you know? She hasn't GROWN on me, yet. Plus, Robin Thicke is kinda over-rated...*blocking face from stones*