Friday, 2 November 2007

1408

Caught this show on DVD last night. Must add this to my favourite movie list.

The story goes, John Cusack a not so famous ghost writer writes about 10 haunted hotels. A much inspired writer with not so many enthusiastic fans, he continues his ghost trail despite his lack of popularity with the titles. Its a case of passion over reality.

His passion brought him to the Dolphine Hotel room 1408 in the busy streets of New York. 50 over deaths within a short time frame, and none last more than an hour in THAT room. Cusack's instinct was a clear mocking of the hotel manager played by Samuel L Jackson.

In the initial few minutes, he was still cool as a cucumber, still in his state of disbelieve, until the clock radio turn on suddenly with the timer reading from 60mins...counting down.

No one lasted for more than an hour.

He gets transported to different worlds, a world of pain where he sees his daughter Katie and his aging dad, to a world of witnessing the past few residents who stayed in 1408, how they committed suicide due to despair. Poor Cusack asked for help, they send people to his room. But Cusack wasnt there, he was clearly in the spiritual realm that he never believed in.

Fast track...did he last an hour?

He died, story doesnt show if he lasted an hour but I believe he didnt. I might have missed this part cos I was on the phone for quite a while...someone tell me if you have seen the show.

At the end of it all, did he believe the spiritual world now? I am sure he did, but it was too late.

~6th sense

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