Talk:What Dreams May Come (film)/Archive 1

I added a section about differences with the novel
It amazes me how few people have actually read the novel (which I consider far superior to the film), but I have now greatly expanded the article on the novel, and added a section to both articles about the differences between the film and the book. marbeh raglaim 16:20, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

After watching the movie again, I have revised the section on differences with the novel, making it much more thorough and in paragraph form rather than with bullets. It looks good to me, except for one thing: I am extremely tempted to write that the novel is far less sentimental, schmaltzy than the film. But I have hesitated to write that, because it is too POV. I am wondering if there is a neutral way to convey this point in the article. marbeh raglaim 22:37, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

I wrote that the novel's approach to the love story is considerably less sentimental than in the book. I think that is a pretty objective, fair statement to make. If anyone disagrees, feel free to discuss it. marbeh raglaim 13:41, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

I have just read the book again
I think I've done what I can, and I tried to edit the movie's plot summary as best as I could. Though the summary is nice, it may possibly be too lengthy and detailed for Wikipedia's standards. I made sure, in my summary of the book, not to include everything but to explain the broad outline of the story. marbeh raglaim 05:40, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Where was the meeting scene filmed
I was just wondering, does anyone know exactly where in or around Switzerland the meeting scene between the protagonist and his wife was filmed? The article doesn't give too much detail there... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.181.124.51 (talk) 18:07, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Albert and Leona's ethnicity
Somebody recently added some information to the section on the differences between the book and film, and I altered it to the following sentence: "Albert is Chris's cousin and not African American as in the film, while Leona's ethnicity is not divulged."

I think this is a reasonable observation, and I'll leave it at that, but I believe the book does imply that both Albert and Leona are white. Chris first mistakes Leona for Ann, and there's a moment when Chris is walking through a crowd in the afterlife and realizes that he wasn't used to seeing people of other races when he was alive. (Not surprising, since he comes from a different generation and background than the Robin Williams character in the film.) marbeh raglaim (talk) 14:25, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Alternate Ending
The description about the alternate ending says that Annie's reincarnation wasn't a choice, but in the alternate ending Albert said that it was about Annie "choosing" to go back, which implies that it was a decision that she made herself. Starone (talk) 17:16, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

why is there abslutely nothing about the making of this film in terms of conceptualisation, development and how the special effects were realised. theres just nothing except a couple of random trivia notes... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.240.126.30 (talk) 23:41, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Reference
I was pretty surprised not to see one single reference to Dante Alighieri's Divina Commedia throughout the article, the story upon which this one was based. 186.52.225.225 (talk) 14:18, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Its about thought directly affecting reality
All over the movie, what people think changes the world around them. The color of the birds flying, and where their paintlike droppings fall as practical jokes. The pleasant vs hellish environments created by the state of mind of those who live there, and the conversion of his girl from her own personal hell to her own personal heaven when he decided to stay there with her as her hell was caused by reliving the loss of him over and over, and more generally that suicidal people create their own hell by their state of mind. The shared areas defined by many people's thoughts. The saying that "god" (or various levels of life forms some more advanced than others) is up there somewhere, like us, defining realities with various levels of skill. While containing some dogma, the movie is really about the connection between thought and form.

Unlike dualism, there is a connection between the painting in the physical world and the tree in the afterlife, while those 2 worlds are still mostly separated, so we can at least say its about thought directly affecting reality within afterlife.

Id like to see something like this, maybe a more summarized form, instead of just the literal plot. Or maybe the plot could have some of these things added, if people are to entirely find the possible meanings on their own. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.89.104.85 (talk) 03:03, 26 July 2014 (UTC)