Intersection (1994)

Starring Richard Gere as Vincent Eastman
Sharon Stone as Sally Eastman and
Lolita Davidovich as Olivia Marshak.

It was showing on HBO when I was finishing my previous post so I was a bit distracted. But I forced myself to divide my attention and watch it because it was one of those Richard Gere films that I haven't watched. And what can I say, Gere's ma baby. :D

Anyway, the movie started at the end, where Richard Gere was about to get into an accident, and the whole plot unfolded through a series of flashbacks. It was very dramatic and all tied up in knots.

Vincent Eastman is in a dilemma choosing between Sally, his wife of already 16 years, and Olivia, a new love interest that he was slowly but surely falling in love with. This is basically the heart of it all, the main point that the story revolves around. It was basically about the decisions we make in life and in love. It doesn't go any deeper than that. Life is short, and sometimes decisions don't have to be as complicated as we make them to be. Sometimes the good decisions are the most irrational ones. And sometimes it doesn't even matter how irrational they may be, what matters is that it's what makes us happy.

It was a struggle for Vincent who to choose. He was married, but he wasn't happy. He was in a conflict. He didn't know how to get out of it. Somewhere in the middle of it, he even wrote a letter to Olivia saying that it wasn't going to work. But he never mailed it.

Towards the end of the movie, Vincent and Olivia gets into a fight where it eventually leads to their break up. He drives around a little bit more, and eventually comes into a profound realization that it really was Olivia that he wanted to be with and spend the rest of his life with. I especially loved that scene when he made a call to Olivia and basically poured out what he really felt and what he should have already told her. He proposed to her and asked her to meet him at this certain place.

The ending is my favorite. The movie held up its one last twist for the end. He then drove out to meet Olivia, driving at around 80-100, and then we go back to where it all began. He got into a car accident. He was rushed into a hospital. And he never made it out...

Sally, being his wife, received his belongings. And among those was the letter that Vincent wrote to Olivia ending their relationship. The last scene was when Olivia and Sally ran into each other outside the hospital. They merely acknowledged each other, and gave their condolences, but neither mentioned the letter that she read, nor the marriage proposal that she got. In the end, Vincent died happy finally able to make the choice that he really wanted, and both women believing that it was her that Vincent chose.

The movie actually received a rather bad review, with Sharon Stone receiving a Razzie Award for Worst Actress. I think the movie deserves a bit more credit than the reviews and critics gave it.

Only Richard Gere could pull off the unfaithful husband bit making both women happy in the end. Haha.

Oh and I was actually surprised to see little Jennifer Morrison in this film as Gere's 13-year old daughter. She still has that fierce look about her when she's in a serious mood which we all see so much of in House M.D. :) And if I'm not mistaken, Intersection is actually her film debut.

SAW 5

SAW 5 is COMING OUT. Jigsawwww is BACKKKKKKKKK.
Eeep. I'm uber excited. Definitely one of the movies to look forward to.

Directed by David Hackl
Written by Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan



Check out www.saw5.com for more details. :)

So if you guys are avid fans of the SAW film series, you'd know that David Hackl was not the director of the previous films--it was actually Darren Lynn Bouman. But apparently Lionsgate already signed Hackl,who was the production designer of Saw 2, Saw 3 and Saw 4, to direct SAW 5 and 6. There were talks back then on putting Hackl on the helm for Saw 4, but then I guess that didn't push through since it was still Bouman.

Plot details about Saw V and VI has actually been released by producer Marc Berg.

“[We have] six different traps, more gore" he tells Bloody-Disgusting. "People escape one trap, just to get caught in another; it's closer in feel to the original SAW as thematically it’s about teamwork. I am far and away convinced that these are the best traps we have ever had," he explains with a smile.---SOURCE: Bloody Disgusting

It is so amusing how creative they can get with these traps.

Oh and more juice! Hackl revealed that they actually filmed THREE different endings for SAW 5 all of which will be included in their DVD release. Also, Hackl talked about the traps and the person who actually helped him design the grand finale trap. This person, oddly enough, is actually his son.

“A couple of years ago my son Sean, who is now 9-years-old, did a drawing that was hanging in my office throughout the making of SAW III and IV, and that became the design of the trap for this film," Hackl tells us glowing with pride. "Certainly I could show you a drawing by a 7-year-old that would scare you all.”--SOURCE: Bloody Disgusting

Haha. This is rather morbid and sadistic, isn't it? It makes me all the more excited to see how a trap designed by a 7-year old kid scare the shit out of everyone. :D

I remember the first SAW film and it was such a great film. Some of the sequels weren't up to par with the expectations that came with it. I think by far Saw 4 would be the crappiest. I just hope Saw 5 and 6 would be so much better this time.