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Forces of Nature (1999)

March. 12,1999
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5.5
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PG-13
| Comedy Romance
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Ben Holmes, a professional book-jacket blurbologist, is trying to get to Savannah for his wedding. He just barely catches the last plane, but a seagull flies into the engine as the plane is taking off. All later flights are cancelled because of an approaching hurricane, so he is forced to hitch a ride in a Geo Metro with an attractive but eccentric woman named Sara.

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Perry Kate
1999/03/12

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

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Vashirdfel
1999/03/13

Simply A Masterpiece

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Beanbioca
1999/03/14

As Good As It Gets

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Kimball
1999/03/15

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

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SnoopyStyle
1999/03/16

Alan (Steve Zahn) throws a bachelor party for Ben Holmes (Ben Affleck) who is getting married to Bridget Cahill (Maura Tierney). His grandfather has a heart-attack. On the hospital bed, he complains about marrying his grandmother. He is seated next to exuberant Sarah Lewis (Sandra Bullock) on the flight from New York City to the Cahill family home in Savannah, Georgia for the wedding. The flight is grounded by a bird strike. With an approaching hurricane, Ben joins Sarah on a long ground trip to Georgia.The plot is basically Planes, Trains, and Automobiles except it's not quite as fun. Director Bronwen Hughes has a harsh shooting style. It's pumping music, odd angles, and aggressive looks. It doesn't come off as fun but it does reflect on the wild nature theme. Bullock is appealing which makes the romance very awkward with Tierney not being evil. It's a close call. I want to like it more than I actually did.

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Fornicatin_Fornicus
1999/03/17

like this one, a 10 is all you can do. Ben Affleck is great, Sandra -the woman plays the woman's role like nobody else could have.....If I get tears in a movie, the movie is a m o v i e ........touching. Thank you folks who did it, the folks who wrote this wonderful story. Am I sentimental? Yess. And it feels good. Each turn of the story makes you wish, hope, and finally no violence in a movie. What a relief. If you watch this movie around x-mas, you probable get more sentimental than in a hot summer night, I don't know. It took me 12 years to get to see this movie. Heard so much and everything I heard was an understatement. Thank you Ben and Sandra, love you.

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Geoffrey DeLeons
1999/03/18

(Sorry for the double-entendre). This is my favorite Ben Affleck movie (though he may have done a better acting job in Bounce) and it is my favorite Sandra Bullock movie, although she was great in The Net. From start to finish, this is one of the freshest, most sincere, exciting, approachable and lighthearted romance films I have ever seen. The relationship between the two is never quite defined, and the dialogue and actions from almost everyone in the film puts all those relationships under scrutiny.It does this in a considerate, intelligent way, though, and at the end, I was left with an appreciation of both new experiences and the social structure I depend on and will continue to.The end was brilliant, and the scene on top of the train (and when she is beckoning Ben to come up there), is one of my favorite of all time. Written from the ground up with a great deal of respect for the human condition, Forces of Nature is a classic.

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travis_iii
1999/03/19

I take on board all the criticisms cited here about this film and I accept that most of them are justified, but I have to say that I had an enjoyable hour watching it (missed the first 20 minutes... cooking my tea). Yes, it is clichéd, the plot has been done many times before, the script is often disjointed and has more holes than a Swiss cheese, the characters are left half painted, the actors are playing to type (though that never hurt Bob Hope, Cary Grant, Carole Lombard, etc., etc) and elements of the story seem to be largely superfluous (the most egregious example being the climactic hurricane); but it is a romantic comedy... and I found it both romantic and gently funny in places. The weaknesses in the script and the editing can't be laid at the casts feet; and they perform really well. Sandra Bullock and Benn Affleck's romance isn't the most believable you'll come across, but they do work well together and have the chemistry needed to carry the heavily flawed plot. It also should be noted that very little in the story is believable; so much so that, at one point, Affleck and Bullock arrive at a bank where Ben Affleck is due to pick up some money that will enable them to get to Savannah, only to find the bank engulfed in flames. They turn to each other and laugh at the sheer improbability of it all; it's as if the characters are momentarily saying to the audience, "yeah! we know that you know that it's all so fantastical and contrived... so don't worry, it's meant to be". Lazy script writing or a foray into the realm of magical realism? The former I suspect, but the film obviously set out to have a fairy tale quality about it, and it has enough charm, wit and warmth to compensate for the holes in the script. Sadly many of the comical shoots do seem to inexplicably wither before they get a chance to bear fruit, but the comedy is without exception well-played by the cast. It just needed tighter scripting.I can't believe it has such a poor rating on IMDb - it has many faults, but I was contented to spend an hour-and-a-half watching Sandra Bullock looking lovely and being charming and witty on screen. Compared to so much of the exploitative, clichéd, adolescent, emotionally empty, fantasy violence out there that gets higher ratings, 'Forces of Nature' is Palm D'Or material... maybe it's rather naff title hasn't helped it...

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