https://filmjunk.com/2008/04/30/the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly-dvd-review/ The World's Longest-Running Movie Podcast Fri, 24 Sep 2021 10:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.33 https://filmjunk.com/2008/04/30/the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly-dvd-review/comment-page-1/#comment-414904 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:55:55 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/2008/04/30/the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly-dvd-review/#comment-414904 I loved “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”, but the movie I’d rather see is “My Stroke of Insight”, which is the amazing bestselling book by Dr Jill Bolte Taylor. It is an incredible story and there’s a happy ending. She was a 37 year old Harvard brain scientist who had a stroke in the left half of her brain. The story is about how she fully recovered, what she learned and experienced, and it teaches a lot about how to live a better life. Her TEDTalk at TED dot com is fantastic too. It’s been spread online millions of times and you’ll see why!

]]> https://filmjunk.com/2008/04/30/the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly-dvd-review/comment-page-1/#comment-390409 Sun, 04 May 2008 17:09:51 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/2008/04/30/the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly-dvd-review/#comment-390409 I certainly wasn’t as emotionally attached to Bauby as I thought I might be, partially because the movie just starts immediately after the accident. But I did find it to be profound, in the sense that it made me realize how important it is to have a purpose and inspiration in life to keep you going.

]]> https://filmjunk.com/2008/04/30/the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly-dvd-review/comment-page-1/#comment-390249 Sun, 04 May 2008 09:08:43 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/2008/04/30/the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly-dvd-review/#comment-390249 Aside from the visuals, I didn’t really like the film at all, and don’t really get what all the fuss is about. I mean, say all you want about the film techniques and camera work – but this is based on what was already a very popular book… its this source material, and Bauby himself, that I find very uninteresting. I didn’t have any expectations of the film other than to capture what it was like to be locked in, and at most maybe his condition would lead him to say something profound about life. I got neither, and quite frankly didn’t find much about Bauby to like. 2/4 for visuals alone, and even there I feel generous, because I wouldn’t normally cut a good looking blockbuster film the same slack.

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