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I loved the original. Simply put a great movie, great story line, good actors, done well.
From the trailer for the remake I really am interested in it. It just looks like a modernized feel to the same story instead of truly revamping it all. I will definitely watch it. I never discount a remake. Although not quite a remake make, IMHO Terminator 2 blew away the original.
I agree about JR and the movie's "late 80s vibe". In that era, the country was finally coming to grips with the history of the Vietnam War with films like "Platoon", "Hamburger Hill", etc. Julia Roberts brought a lot of realism to her character - a young girl whose father, a Vietnam Veteran, committed suicide. She blamed herself, which psychologists would refer to as the "ripple effect" for survivors of suicide in the family. The flashbacks and haunting brought extra intensity of drama to her scenes.
Another dimension of good acting was with the hyper-competition of academic perfectionism between the medical students. It was set in Chicago at an elite private medical school. The scenes were very realistic about medical school's "gunner" mentality of students competing for the elite residencies like dermatology, radiology, etc. The one guy who jokes about it was brilliant with his timing.
The religious message of "Divine Retribution" was very strong in this movie. For the older Generation X the drama from that implication was powerful. But I don't know if today's largely secularized youth would react in the same way - religious identification has largely faded in 2017 compared to the late 1980s. A Catholic parent who had been an 80s teen likely has a non-religious son or daughter who doesn't even attend Mass, so the film's "Divine Retribution" and "Atonment" themes may not come across as strongly. But for Generation X the film was awesome - one of the best.
Great review/analysis of Flatliners - I agree with everything here.
The original is definitely underrated. I'm always skeptical about remakes though. I doubt this one will measure up.
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