The Lake house is a remake of Il_Mare, it says so in the beginning. I recommend watching that over this. The background is this, there is a lake house with a mailbox, the mailbox transcends time and acts as a portal to both the present and 2 years into the past. Bullock, a doctor, and Keanu, an architect, begin to correspond through the mailbox and thus fall in love.
The story itself is basically the same as Il_Mare, but this movie plays up the romance and down plays the drama. If Il_Mare is an emotional roller-coaster then the Lake House is an emotional merry go round. The connection between the two leads is done fairly well, but Keanu is still Keanu and looks lost at every turn.
I liked drama over romance, maybe you like romance over drama. But I still think if you compare Il_Mare to Lake House, you'll see Il_Mare is far more powerful and thats why I rate this movie a 6, although I'll let it slide that it isn't original, it doesn't stay true to the feel of the original story. It went from something that could have been unique in theaters to just another feel good romance date movie. I give it a 6 just cause the story and filming are sound, I just didn't really appreciate the different feel.
The story itself is basically the same as Il_Mare, but this movie plays up the romance and down plays the drama. If Il_Mare is an emotional roller-coaster then the Lake House is an emotional merry go round. The connection between the two leads is done fairly well, but Keanu is still Keanu and looks lost at every turn.
I liked drama over romance, maybe you like romance over drama. But I still think if you compare Il_Mare to Lake House, you'll see Il_Mare is far more powerful and thats why I rate this movie a 6, although I'll let it slide that it isn't original, it doesn't stay true to the feel of the original story. It went from something that could have been unique in theaters to just another feel good romance date movie. I give it a 6 just cause the story and filming are sound, I just didn't really appreciate the different feel.