This movie has a complete error in it in the first minute after the credits start, In the opening scene they show a lighthouse flashing on some rocks, well now that happens to be Portland head light house in cape elizabeth maine, and the whole story takes place on the opposite west coast, surprised no one caught that, they threw that in thinking no one would notice. I can back up what Im saying, because that lighthouse use to be my home for 3 years as a light keeper in the coast guard ! lol
My first and only love was with a Chinese girl. I would do anything to get my beloved Minqiong back... Back into my arms... Back into the empty space in my heart that she can only fill... I was torn at the end of this movie... It made me cry...
a good representation of the book, and very emotionally engaging. it obviously wasn't as good as the book, but that can't be helped when you've only got 2 hours to capture the setting and all the nuances of the plotline and all the characterization and backstories that guterson does. BUT SERIOUSLY GUYS, READ THE BOOK!
Not often we get to watch movies with stories that are heart worming and true to life. This movie grasps life in all of it simplicity and also its complexities. This movie also tells of love between a man and a woman in a time when hatred, fear and disbelief consumed a nation. Lives torn apart by war. Men not only lost their lives, they also lost their soul. This movie showed that true love sometimes demands sacrifices and it takes great courage to do so. It’s truly a cinematic masterpiece.
Truly beautiful brilliant movie, I really wanted Ishamel to stay with Hasue, it touched me so many times when she said " can I hold you now", he let go the love of his life to do whats right. Truly brilliant.
I don't see why people say it was better than the book...I like the movie, the directing and acting were amazing! But I don't think it captured the power the book did. David Guterson's writing was astounding, and the monologues of each character really helped develop the plot. The movie had good writing and great directing but I don't think it matched the book. The book built suspense. For me it seemed like the movie wouldn't have made sense if I hadn't read the book...
Wow! I can't believe I am only now seeing this amazing film. This is 2010 and it was released in 1999. Better late than never. I must say that I am awed by this production. Simply an amazing film. Incredible storytelling. Film making at it's best. I've watched it twice now in 24 hours. I am stunned. I cannot believe I have not seen this before. Kudos.
This movie had me torn in two! I definitely wanted Hatsue to be with Ishmael, but at the same time, I knew that the kids needed their father. When I was younger, I hated how the story turned out, but as I've grown more mature, I've come to love this story. I understand now that love is never simple.
Fear GOD who hath power to cast you into HELL(Luke 12:5)! Fear God and depart from evil(Proverbs 3:7)! God is ANGRY with the wicked everyday(Psalm 7:11)! Jesus Christ is the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE, there is NO OTHER WAY to be saved(John 14:6)! For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved(John 3:17)! TURN FROM YOUR SINS AND SUBMIT 2 THE LORDSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST NOW! DON'T BOAST OF HAVING TOMORROW! Proverbs 27:1
omg I love this movie. I've seen it four times already. The end always gets me ( when she asked, "can I hold you now" omg) I didn't know that it was a book first. Gotta get it now :)
omg I love this movie. I've seen it four times already. The end always gets me ( when she asked, "can I hold you now" omg) I didn't know that it was a book first. Gotta get it now :)
Not as repulsive n over rated as twilight. I used to like that but it's too shoved down it throat now. N the actin is shit. This is a real film. The acting n story is stunning. I luv ethan hawke acting.
I read the book and watched this. I think they're both very much alike and the director did a good job... but yes the book is a little more detailed and always better :)
This picture was very underrated at the time it came out and the tragedy of love denied weighs heavy in it but most appealing for me is Max Von Sydows monologue at the trials end. Words that must find ressonance for all time.
(Laughs) I have to disagree with that. A movie like this is unique. There are tons of other things like Harry Potter. Personally, I think Harry Potter is repulsive. I hear about it too much.
Unrequited love can be worse than death or betrayal. I've been there...as have so many others before us and the unknown number of people who will also go through it as well.
I loved the book and the movie, read all your comments and reviewed mine. I love my grade school crush who is getting married. I haven't lost sleep over anybody in a long time let alone, cried my eyes out, thrown up, cursed god. All I want is to hold her, walk away and never speak to her again before it kills me. This is probably the dumbest post I've left but sometimes we can't control our actions when our hearts dictate our choices. first love never leaves us.
This film would have been really hard to follow if you didn't read the book first. As a stand alone, it wasn't that good. Cut out a few important scenes from the book, and it had almost a rushed feel to it.
Why isn't Rick Yune's name in the starring role list? Doesn't the whole movie revolve around his character's trial and the prejudice against him due to his ethnicity?
I guess Asian males aren't seen as very appealing to American audiences.
Great movie. I just watched it on AMC. Love is probably the most powerful force on earth because like unlike gravity we can break free from it. Love doesn't allow you to choose. Love won't always be for the better. Love can turn even the most decent human being on earth into the most bitter, wrathful, vengeful destitute soul that ever lived. I think if it isn't properly healed it can damage a person for life and I think we've all come something close to that.
@crusader037972 Very true....this is the only question which keeps hitting me when i see such movie.....do i stilll love my first love? or i have moved on but still searching for same....this thing called Love!!!!
This is one of my absolute favorite movies. It's cinematography is incredible, too... INCREDIBLE.
The narrators voice for the trailor doesn't fit with this movie though. I think it would be more powerful without a narration-- the movie, images, and music speak for the movie.
Ok I keep playing this trailer over and over. The most beautiful I have seen so far. It makes me cry and I never cry. Im not waiting fking weeks for the books to maybe get delivered to me, whats wrong with tou Amazon?! Argh I want ze book NOW! Then I would like to see the film.
Im starting to have a bit of a lust crush on Ethan. He's so deep. lol
the book was pretty good but I always thought they should have ended up together..I mean at the end it seems like she really regrets not being with him..but at the same time she realizes that she loves her husband and thats where she's meant to be. love this movie so..bittersweet.
If people are so tapped into the emotional pulse of the score for this film, then why is it so hard to find the actual tracks? My favorite is "Humanity Goes On Trial," but it just doesn't exist. ANYWHERE! Someone...please. Upload it.
the songs from the movie are the best part about it....it makes it all the more beautiful. I cried so much during some of the scenes with the help of those haunting violins.
i looked this movie up cause Motherfucker Jones mentioned it on "Horrible Bosses"
BintouTV 2 weeks ago 3
I've met the author! first and only author i've ever met .-.
PastThoseStars 1 month ago
Motherfucker Jones had to go to jail because he recorded this movie in the cinema!
PS: Only people who watched the Movie "Horrible Bosses" will get that joke!
iblablaG4 3 months ago 5
This movie has a complete error in it in the first minute after the credits start, In the opening scene they show a lighthouse flashing on some rocks, well now that happens to be Portland head light house in cape elizabeth maine, and the whole story takes place on the opposite west coast, surprised no one caught that, they threw that in thinking no one would notice. I can back up what Im saying, because that lighthouse use to be my home for 3 years as a light keeper in the coast guard ! lol
mpdanna53 3 months ago
horrible bosses brought me here
jproxs86 3 months ago
I got ten years for pirating this
ZEPPELIN101 4 months ago
Good movie. In another movie, some... Motherf**ker tried to bootleg this movie and he did ten years in prison for video piracy. ... >_<
GAMBlT 4 months ago
i read this book for summer reading. best book i ever read
hotstuffwatcher 4 months ago
My first and only love was with a Chinese girl. I would do anything to get my beloved Minqiong back... Back into my arms... Back into the empty space in my heart that she can only fill... I was torn at the end of this movie... It made me cry...
terfelin 5 months ago
I'm starting to read the book right now and
the beginning is absolutely slow to be honest but I hope it turns out to be good once I get into it more...
kairinaminemix 5 months ago 4
a good representation of the book, and very emotionally engaging. it obviously wasn't as good as the book, but that can't be helped when you've only got 2 hours to capture the setting and all the nuances of the plotline and all the characterization and backstories that guterson does. BUT SERIOUSLY GUYS, READ THE BOOK!
markmannification 5 months ago
did they get back together in the end? coz if they didn't, i won't watch this movie..
AmorErotica 5 months ago
@AmorErotica NOPE they didnt get back together at least in the book they didnt i didnt see the movie
hotstuffwatcher 4 months ago
Cinematography is so beautiful like Memoirs of Geisha
109mytiger 5 months ago
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wow i gotta see this!
xxleannebabyxx 5 months ago
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what's spiderman doing in this movie?
lemonarm 5 months ago
reading the book for english class but the movie looks amazing! im actually excited about reading it now :D
missruyacherie 6 months ago
Not often we get to watch movies with stories that are heart worming and true to life. This movie grasps life in all of it simplicity and also its complexities. This movie also tells of love between a man and a woman in a time when hatred, fear and disbelief consumed a nation. Lives torn apart by war. Men not only lost their lives, they also lost their soul. This movie showed that true love sometimes demands sacrifices and it takes great courage to do so. It’s truly a cinematic masterpiece.
bakaninja42000 7 months ago 3
love smuck , that's why i've built my own dungeon
BayouBluesMan 10 months ago
@shortfu Actually, you will be bowing down to God one day.
tn342 10 months ago
Truly beautiful brilliant movie, I really wanted Ishamel to stay with Hasue, it touched me so many times when she said " can I hold you now", he let go the love of his life to do whats right. Truly brilliant.
David012186 10 months ago
i love the "camera work" in this.
I forgot the correct term to describe it, but I liked it.
Makes me want to minor in film.
BabyGirlGoddess 10 months ago
@BabyGirlGoddess cinematography
thesummersetsin 7 months ago
@thesummersetsin
thank you. The word escaped me for a moment.
BabyGirlGoddess 7 months ago
I don't see why people say it was better than the book...I like the movie, the directing and acting were amazing! But I don't think it captured the power the book did. David Guterson's writing was astounding, and the monologues of each character really helped develop the plot. The movie had good writing and great directing but I don't think it matched the book. The book built suspense. For me it seemed like the movie wouldn't have made sense if I hadn't read the book...
1093loveandbreak 1 year ago
Wow! I can't believe I am only now seeing this amazing film. This is 2010 and it was released in 1999. Better late than never. I must say that I am awed by this production. Simply an amazing film. Incredible storytelling. Film making at it's best. I've watched it twice now in 24 hours. I am stunned. I cannot believe I have not seen this before. Kudos.
kirbydan465 1 year ago
is love real or is it just lust and friendship?
mozzmarket 1 year ago
is this better than the book? Cause that would be, impossible
BeMyFirst 1 year ago
@BeMyFirst Hell yes, it is better than the book!
MitchellCave2 1 year ago
This movie had me torn in two! I definitely wanted Hatsue to be with Ishmael, but at the same time, I knew that the kids needed their father. When I was younger, I hated how the story turned out, but as I've grown more mature, I've come to love this story. I understand now that love is never simple.
CraZyAzNdReaMeR 1 year ago 7
@CraZyAzNdReaMeR Read the book! Now that was amazing...
1093loveandbreak 1 year ago
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Fear GOD who hath power to cast you into HELL(Luke 12:5)! Fear God and depart from evil(Proverbs 3:7)! God is ANGRY with the wicked everyday(Psalm 7:11)! Jesus Christ is the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE, there is NO OTHER WAY to be saved(John 14:6)! For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved(John 3:17)! TURN FROM YOUR SINS AND SUBMIT 2 THE LORDSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST NOW! DON'T BOAST OF HAVING TOMORROW! Proverbs 27:1
over9000christian 1 year ago
@over9000christian um..you alright there?
MaryanaS01 1 year ago
@over9000christian
God can kiss my ass!
shortfu 1 year ago
omg I love this movie. I've seen it four times already. The end always gets me ( when she asked, "can I hold you now" omg) I didn't know that it was a book first. Gotta get it now :)
WinterSnow93 1 year ago
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WinterSnow93 1 year ago
omg I love this movie. I've seen it four times already. The end always gets me ( when she asked, "can I hold you now" omg) I didn't know that it was a book first. Gotta get it now :)
WinterSnow93 1 year ago
Reeve hasn't changed at all he's just a little older looking :)
anitaforrester 1 year ago
Too Good
skafridi 1 year ago
One of the best books/movies ever. its too haunting!
skafridi 1 year ago 2
does anybodyanybodyanybody know where i can watch dis movie online fer free without all those 'love calculator' thingys??
Rebeccs777 1 year ago
Not as repulsive n over rated as twilight. I used to like that but it's too shoved down it throat now. N the actin is shit. This is a real film. The acting n story is stunning. I luv ethan hawke acting.
xNatalie24x 2 years ago
Everyone! You can watch this movie online p online @ MOOV ZON ,COM Google the above link
damienAlmann 2 years ago
Ethan Hawke <3
ColourfulWellies904 2 years ago 3
I read the book and watched this. I think they're both very much alike and the director did a good job... but yes the book is a little more detailed and always better :)
iAsian92 2 years ago
The soundtrack kills me everytime. It envelopes the scenes just uhh so right. BRAVO!
mindoermatta 2 years ago 3
a beautiful movie
hrafnsvegr 2 years ago
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jakemonrean 2 years ago
This picture was very underrated at the time it came out and the tragedy of love denied weighs heavy in it but most appealing for me is Max Von Sydows monologue at the trials end. Words that must find ressonance for all time.
mindoermatta 2 years ago
some of the best are underrated. i always come back to this one. clearly it's good if you tend to do that.
Renabulous 2 years ago
The movie wasn't what I expected it to be. Of course books are always way better.
Except for Harry Potter. Those movies are really good too and always live up to the book, even though they miss some scenes.
melindasoccer95 2 years ago
(Laughs) I have to disagree with that. A movie like this is unique. There are tons of other things like Harry Potter. Personally, I think Harry Potter is repulsive. I hear about it too much.
jakemonrean 2 years ago
@ melindasoccer95
.....No, just - ....no.
KyosOnigiri 2 years ago
the book was absolutely amazing. i couldnt put it down.
XDolcineaX 2 years ago
I couldn't put this book down either (spilled glue all over it and on my hand also) ROFL
mattsdad19 2 years ago
The author is coming to my school. =D
XxXEishieXxX 2 years ago
I'm studying this book in English Literature <3 We watched the film a few days ago. Brilliant. Such a perfectly written novel.
JackalFeatures 2 years ago
I've just seen the movie.. it's soooo sad and sooooo emotional.. I cried so much at the end :((((
Persiansweetcat1 2 years ago 3
Unrequited love can be worse than death or betrayal. I've been there...as have so many others before us and the unknown number of people who will also go through it as well.
crusader037972 2 years ago
crusader: I've been there, too. I still am in love and he likely doesn't know it anymore.
disgrl4 2 years ago
Reeve is adorable!!
tbgwb 2 years ago 2
hahh funny thing is that reeve looks the same... just in an older version hahah
xojonasbrothersox 2 years ago
OMG.. Reeve looks adorable!! Such a lovely guy... Love him!! He ROCKS!!
pamfate 2 years ago
woooooooooo lisa orgliasso posted dis on twiiiitttteeerrrr!!!!! xoxo
aimz0507 2 years ago
Reeve Carney was a cutie then too : )
taterchip123 2 years ago
omgg hahaha Reeve!! haha hes so cute ^.^
rinkibandaholic 2 years ago 2
Never seen this movie, but it looks pretty good. I love the line at the beginning of the trailer from Ethan Hawke.
Drumiester11 2 years ago
can you upload the final scene in the court great speech that it was please
ahmedh32 2 years ago
I can't wait to see this movie! I already read the book, and it was so good...I love war movies, and a war romance is really nice too!
I know I'll cry though...
lavenderblossom 2 years ago
whats the music towards the end?
seasicksally 2 years ago
Beautiful book and good movie.
NYCESOL11211 2 years ago
I loved the book and the movie, read all your comments and reviewed mine. I love my grade school crush who is getting married. I haven't lost sleep over anybody in a long time let alone, cried my eyes out, thrown up, cursed god. All I want is to hold her, walk away and never speak to her again before it kills me. This is probably the dumbest post I've left but sometimes we can't control our actions when our hearts dictate our choices. first love never leaves us.
crusader037972 2 years ago 10
Great Movie.
skafridi 2 years ago
This film has the saddest end I have ever seen: I eyes fulled in tears; but I couldn't shed them. T.T
mickeyelric11 2 years ago 4
To my love:-
"I know You think this is crazy, but all i wanna do is hold you and I think if you let me do that just for a few seconds,
I can walk away and never speak to you again!"
skafridi 2 years ago
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how to watch that full movie ?
chonggoaq 2 years ago
movie's amazing. better than the book, i would say. a rare thing.
okidoki0o0 2 years ago 29
Some really funny comments in here. This is one very good film. Not as good as the book, yes, but they never are.
msp1518 2 years ago 3
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this is a chick movie WTF!!!
guitarmenia 2 years ago
This film would have been really hard to follow if you didn't read the book first. As a stand alone, it wasn't that good. Cut out a few important scenes from the book, and it had almost a rushed feel to it.
Amibop 2 years ago
how to watch that full movie ?
chonggoaq 2 years ago 5
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we watched this shit in class..suzx dick
avaempire22 2 years ago
Why isn't Rick Yune's name in the starring role list? Doesn't the whole movie revolve around his character's trial and the prejudice against him due to his ethnicity?
I guess Asian males aren't seen as very appealing to American audiences.
n8dogg87 3 years ago 3
The whole book revolves around Ishmael really, seeing as most of it is flashbacks, and Kabuo says very little
dragonballmarcus 2 years ago
but there were many flashbacks of kabou
Minnnt 2 years ago
Great movie. I just watched it on AMC. Love is probably the most powerful force on earth because like unlike gravity we can break free from it. Love doesn't allow you to choose. Love won't always be for the better. Love can turn even the most decent human being on earth into the most bitter, wrathful, vengeful destitute soul that ever lived. I think if it isn't properly healed it can damage a person for life and I think we've all come something close to that.
crusader037972 3 years ago 4
theme of the movie "first love lasts forever".
guxiao2005 3 years ago 3
Lets discuss that. Do you still remember your first love and does it still last?
crusader037972 2 years ago 19
HaHAAAAA!! Lmao! Well played good sir. XP well played. lol
kingofworldnum1 2 years ago
@crusader037972
Yes, I still remember my first love. Although we're not together anymore, I still have feelings for him.
CraZyAzNdReaMeR 1 year ago
@crusader037972 Very true....this is the only question which keeps hitting me when i see such movie.....do i stilll love my first love? or i have moved on but still searching for same....this thing called Love!!!!
winsum20 1 year ago
I caught about the last 45 minutes of the movie on tv and I am about 3/4 done with the book. Its a great story. Desire can be a bitch.
crusader037972 3 years ago
1:22 --> Most amazing scene I've ever seen...!
juliabagaria 3 years ago
...perv...
Clayt111 2 years ago
I haven't watched this but it intrigued me still...Did this movie get an award?
RanKudo007 3 years ago
beautiful trailer !!! does anyone know the name of the song from 1:14 - end ?!
MattyAlmighty1987 3 years ago
Ishmael's lines at the beginning of this trailer are absolutely amazing.
StealThisMoment 3 years ago
this was made in my hometown greenwood bc :D
viligante11 3 years ago
This is one of my absolute favorite movies. It's cinematography is incredible, too... INCREDIBLE.
The narrators voice for the trailor doesn't fit with this movie though. I think it would be more powerful without a narration-- the movie, images, and music speak for the movie.
Izzit13 3 years ago 2
They should be together. I just read the book. Omg I loved it. So beautiful. Im goin to buy the movie like now lol.
PepperAnn15 3 years ago 2
you're absolutely right. read the book, watched the film and I'm not unhappy with the book but it just sucks that Ishmael had to give up Hatsue.
crusader037972 3 years ago 3
i love this film.. and also the novel, such romantic, and sad.... they should be together... they love each other so much.
ratzkyboithegreat 3 years ago 2
is this movie online?
54spiritedwill54 3 years ago
this movie is so romantic and sad one of my favorites.
Dundee2004 3 years ago
i love this movie so much. it's so romantic.
Fantasie0643 3 years ago
I think I'll never watch this movie again. The trailer alone is enough to make me cry
antalya1705 3 years ago
I love the book and love this movie, it's so beautiful
hellowjp 3 years ago
Ok I keep playing this trailer over and over. The most beautiful I have seen so far. It makes me cry and I never cry. Im not waiting fking weeks for the books to maybe get delivered to me, whats wrong with tou Amazon?! Argh I want ze book NOW! Then I would like to see the film.
Im starting to have a bit of a lust crush on Ethan. He's so deep. lol
drinksleepeatfilms 3 years ago
I sound retarded.
Beautiful movie and trailer.
drinksleepeatfilms 3 years ago 3
the book was pretty good but I always thought they should have ended up together..I mean at the end it seems like she really regrets not being with him..but at the same time she realizes that she loves her husband and thats where she's meant to be. love this movie so..bittersweet.
purplgoo 3 years ago
The best part is when hawke is reading her letter, edited mixing images of the war, the sea, and her lips. The music of this part is incredible
peibolchan 3 years ago
Omg, I read this book! It was pretty good (although boring at some parts).
yumsugarplum 3 years ago
If people are so tapped into the emotional pulse of the score for this film, then why is it so hard to find the actual tracks? My favorite is "Humanity Goes On Trial," but it just doesn't exist. ANYWHERE! Someone...please. Upload it.
04iamcalled08 3 years ago
i rele rele rele rele rele want to se this! anyone have the whole movie. or where i can get it?
sereniti2 3 years ago
go to emule to download
Crapidiot 3 years ago
one of my favorites movies ALSO!
i loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee it ! =')
Darkjoss 3 years ago
von sydow is outstanding in this film
space37man 4 years ago
I agree, I was hoping to find one of his speeches from this film on this site,or on american rhetorhic.
space37man 4 years ago
the songs from the movie are the best part about it....it makes it all the more beautiful. I cried so much during some of the scenes with the help of those haunting violins.
Em183 4 years ago
this is one of my FAVORITE movies! its really amazing.
psychoforeverr 4 years ago 5
one of my favourites movies, una de mis pelis favoritas
spikespiegel20 4 years ago
is this movie online?
gabe666666 4 years ago