Talk:What Dreams May Come (film)

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Contents 1 Where was the meeting scene filmed 2 I added a section about differences with the novel 3 I have just read the book again 4 Albert and Leona's ethnicity

[edit] Where was the meeting scene filmed

I was just wondering, does anyone know exactly where in or around Switzerland the meeting scene between the protagonist and his wife was filmed? The article doesn't give too much detail there... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.181.124.51 (talk) 18:07, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I added a section about differences with the novel

It amazes me how few people have actually read the novel (which I consider far superior to the film), but I have now greatly expanded the article on the novel, and added a section to both articles about the differences between the film and the book. marbeh raglaim 16:20, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

After watching the movie again, I have revised the section on differences with the novel, making it much more thorough and in paragraph form rather than with bullets. It looks good to me, except for one thing: I am extremely tempted to write that the novel is far less sentimental, schmaltzy than the film. But I have hesitated to write that, because it is too POV. I am wondering if there is a neutral way to convey this point in the article. marbeh raglaim 22:37, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

I wrote that the novel's approach to the love story is considerably less sentimental than in the book. I think that is a pretty objective, fair statement to make. If anyone disagrees, feel free to discuss it. marbeh raglaim 13:41, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I have just read the book again

I think I've done what I can, and I tried to edit the movie's plot summary as best as I could. Though the summary is nice, it may possibly be too lengthy and detailed for Wikipedia's standards. I made sure, in my summary of the book, not to include everything but to explain the broad outline of the story. marbeh raglaim 05:40, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Albert and Leona's ethnicity

Somebody recently added some information to the section on the differences between the book and film, and I altered it to the following sentence: "Albert is Chris's cousin and not African American as in the film, while Leona's ethnicity is not divulged."

I think this is a reasonable observation, and I'll leave it at that, but I believe the book does imply that both Albert and Leona are white. Chris first mistakes Leona for Ann, and there's a moment when Chris is walking through a crowd in the afterlife and realizes that he wasn't used to seeing people of other races when he was alive. (Not surprising, since he comes from a different generation and background than the Robin Williams character in the film.) marbeh raglaim (talk) 14:25, 21 February 2008 (UTC)