Fran Larson

How to Have A Great Date: Go See the Motion Picture, The Box with Cameron Diaz: A Short Review


Posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2009

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The Box is based on a short story by Richard Matheson called "Button, Button", written in 1970.

Norma, (Cameron Diaz) had just lost her teaching job. Her husband, Arthur Lewis (James Marsden), who worked for a research company was groomed to be an astronaut, but was rejected. They were very much in love and had a son about 10 years old.

When Norma went to answer the doorbell (late 1976), there was only a box there.a box that contained something amazing. Later that evening, Mr. Steward returned to their home to explain about the box. In the box was a button. This is what he said:

" 'If you push the button,' Mr. Steward told him, 'somewhere in the world, someone you don't know will die. In return for which you will receive a payment of fifty thousand dollars.'

Norma stared at the small man. He was smiling.

'What are you talking about?' Arthur asked him. Mr. Steward looked surprised.

'But I've just explained,' he said. "

From that moment on, every minute you will be hardly able to eat your popcorn and may even spill your drink while watching this science fiction thriller.

I am not a fan of science fiction, but I totally enjoyed this movie. For me, it was such a beautiful love story, everything else was secondary.but maybe that's just me.

I don't want to give away any more of the plot but when you see the movie, notice how he looks at her when they are dancing. Also, he makesher a wonderful, personal gift.

Maybe I have a big imagination but I can see hints of how the author feels about life after death through some of the things than transpired.

I think you should grab your favorite friend or spouse and go see this movie. It will make you think and think and think.
Francine Larson:

Co-Author of Character Keys to a Bright Future.

She is a freelance writer

See more articles by Francine Larson at:http://www.examiner.com/modern-love-in-tampa-bay/francine-larson

She also writes for The Highlands at Scotland Yards. She writes poetry and short stories.

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» left by Paul Schroeder
 2 years 86 days ago.
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Richard Matheson always wrote the very best horror stories in the forties, fifties and sixties; he was always my favorite writer besides Ray Bradbury. Who knew that he was still alive and still kicking?
 
Among other great stories, he has written: I Am Legend, Hell House, Somewhere in Time, The Incredible Shrinking Man, A Stir of Echoes, The Beardless Warriors, The Path, Seven Steps to Midnight, Now You See It . ., and the most fabulous and most astonishing, What Dreams May Come.
 
Thank you for a splendid review; I shall not miss this film, another likely jewel of his; Paul
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