Frequency

[BizarroAids]

Quite possibly one of the best movies of 1999. And I feel like it's one of those highly underrated films.

Starring Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviesel.

Directed by Gregory Hoblit.

John(Caviesel) lost his fatherFrank (Quaid) in a fiery accident when he was 7 years old. 30 years later,1999, solar flares are literally going off all over the sun, causing the beautiful auroborialis.

The flares somehow connect John to his father 30 years in the past, over a ham radio. John warns his father about his upcoming death and changes his fathers future. But with Frank surviving, other events take place and change both of their futures.

This movie is fantastic. Each time you watch it, you'll discover something new you didn't catch in the previous viewing. The story flows very well, the movie never seems to slow down to much. The writing/directing helps with the detail that goes into this mystery thriller.

I recommend this to anyone looking for a good movie about a sons fight to reconnect with his father again.

Anyone else seen this movie?? Like it?

 

[TNC9852002]

My family loves this movie. It was ahead of its time and didn't do too well financially. But, a lot of people have discovered this on DVD and it's gained a good following now.

-TNC

 

[StrainedEyes]

I bought this right when it came on DVD, back in the days when I spent my weekly paycheck on new movies.

I haven't watched it in awhile, but I always thought it was a great movie.

 

[BizarroAids]

My family loves this movie. It was ahead of its time and didn't do too well financially. But, a lot of people have discovered this on DVD and it's gained a good following now.

-TNC

I don't remember how well it did in the theater, but I always hear more people saying they have it on dvd and loved it.

I saw it the drive-in when it came out. If memory serves, it wasn't alll that packed. But I remember being kinda confused.

And the Garth Brooks song in it was a huge hit on all country stations.

 

[Hunter Rider]

I saw this for the first time last night and loved it. It's a movie you have to watch on it's own terms, but if you do you get a really good movie that is in turns funny, warm hearted, intriguing and a good mystery/thriller that uses the movies concept to the fullest.

 

[Eggyman]

Wow, this is one of those films that just got lost in my head somewhere. Thanks for reminding me about it! I loved it. And now I will scour HMV to find it.

 

[The Guard]

I love this movie.

 

[Moviefan2k4]

Quite possibly one of the best movies of 1999. And I feel like it's one of those highly underrated films.

Starring Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviesel.

Directed by Gregory Hoblit.

John(Caviesel) lost his fatherFrank (Quaid) in a fiery accident when he was 7 years old. 30 years later,1999, solar flares are literally going off all over the sun, causing the beautiful auroborialis.

The flares somehow connect John to his father 30 years in the past, over a ham radio. John warns his father about his upcoming death and changes his fathers future. But with Frank surviving, other events take place and change both of their futures.

This movie is fantastic. Each time you watch it, you'll discover something new you didn't catch in the previous viewing. The story flows very well, the movie never seems to slow down to much. The writing/directing helps with the detail that goes into this mystery thriller.

I recommend this to anyone looking for a good movie about a sons fight to reconnect with his father again.

Anyone else seen this movie?? Like it?

I love this movie. My dad left before I was even born, so in a weird way, it's almost like seeing a dream fulfilled. It's such a wonderful story, and I love Garth's song at the end.

 

[chaseter]

It was a good movie but when he shot off his hand in the past and they watched it wither away in the future I was like lame The killer would have went over to the house with a withered hand...not watch it deteriorate right in front of him in the present.

 

[Donnie Darko]

I loved this movie when I saw it. I remember when it came out and I never really thought much of it, but then my old roommate said something about how much he loved it one day, so I rented it. I was not disappointed one bit. It's one of those I never really think about at all until I randomly reference it (usually saying "I'm still here, chief.").

 

[BizarroAids]

I saw this for the first time last night and loved it. It's a movie you have to watch on it's own terms, but if you do you get a really good movie that is in turns funny, warm hearted, intriguing and a good mystery/thriller that uses the movies concept to the fullest.

So you did end up watching it, good. Trust me, if you watch it again, you'll pick up on more stuff you missed the first time. It's just small subtle things, but really cool.

It was a good movie but when he shot off his hand in the past and they watched it wither away in the future I was like lame The killer would have went over to the house with a withered hand...not watch it deteriorate right in front of him in the present.

Yeah I get what you mean. But I think they were keepin with the whole, it happened right then in the past, so it just then caught up to the future. Oh that didn't come out right I don't think.

And to me, I loved those parts, like the window breaking, or when he hid the wallet. The movie is really quite original. I'm wanting to watch it again.

 

[chaseter]

Yeah I get what you mean. But I think they were keepin with the whole, it happened right then in the past, so it just then caught up to the future. Oh that didn't come out right I don't think.

And to me, I loved those parts, like the window breaking, or when he hid the wallet. The movie is really quite original. I'm wanting to watch it again.

It was a good movie...don't get me wrong. But the shotgun hand thing was just done for effect IMO and didn't stay parallel with the other time plots. Because the things they did in the past that changed the future were then done before the movie. He remembered stuff that had happened in the new past that changed the present. Time travel is a tricky thing to work with...unless you are Fonsworth and explain a paradox correcting time vortex.t:

 

[BizarroAids]

It was a good movie...don't get me wrong. But the shotgun hand thing was just done for effect IMO and didn't stay parallel with the other time plots. Because the things they did in the past that changed the future were then done before the movie. He remembered stuff that had happened in the new past that changed the present. Time travel is a tricky thing to work with...unless you are Fonsworth and explain a paradox correcting time vortex.t:

No I get what you're saying. But like the memory things were for the big events, like his father surviving or his mother "dying". But yeah, I see what you mean. That hand thing was just a ploy to add some more excitement to that scene. But I must say, for what they were working with, they pulled it off pretty well, that movie was a tricky one.t:

 

[scifiwolf]

Like a lot of guys, I suspect, I love really good father-son films, and this is one of them. It's amazing how much you have to accept the plot, but how easy it is to do so. I think I need to add this to my Blockbuster queue.

 

[Hunter Rider]

It was a good movie but when he shot off his hand in the past and they watched it wither away in the future I was like lame The killer would have went over to the house with a withered hand...not watch it deteriorate right in front of him in the present.

It was a good movie...don't get me wrong. But the shotgun hand thing was just done for effect IMO and didn't stay parallel with the other time plots. Because the things they did in the past that changed the future were then done before the movie. He remembered stuff that had happened in the new past that changed the present. Time travel is a tricky thing to work with...unless you are Fonsworth and explain a paradox correcting time vortex.t:

There are two instances of something being physically done that immediately changes something in the present, when Frank burns the table, it appears immediately on the table John is sitting at, and when Frank puts the wallet into the window seat, it immediately appears at Johns end. The two fights at the end of the film are going on at the same time, so when Frank shoots the killers hand off in the past, it immediately withers away in the present.

 

[TNC9852002]

Yeah, it goes on one of the more unorthodox path of several time traveling theories, of which some people find less believable.

-TNC

 

[BizarroAids]

There are two instances of something being physically done that immediately changes something in the present, when Frank burns the table, it appears immediately on the table John is sitting at, and when Frank puts the wallet into the window seat, it immediately appears at Johns end. The two fights at the end of the film are going on at the same time, so when Frank shoots the killers hand off in the past, it immediately withers away in the present.

Had I not seen the movie. That sentence would have totally confused me.t:

 

[hammerhedd11]

I thought the movie was pretty entertaining and well done. Worth a rent. But God, that last scene with the Garth Brooks was so damn cheesy I was cringing the whole time.

BTW, does anyone notice the young Micheal Cera in this?

 

[Hunter Rider]

BTW, does anyone notice the young Micheal Cera in this?

Yes! I thought that was him and meant to check IMDB but he never came back into the movie and i got so caught up in that I forgot all about him until you just mentioned it.

Also Juliet from LOST was Franks Wife/John's Mom Julia, she really suited being a brunette.