After watching this movie, the comparison jumps out. Before I ruin it, here's some....
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Ready? Now, don't bitch at me for giving away the plot. Such as it is. And while we're at it, Rosebud was a sled, Rhett leaves Scarlett, Tracy Lord remarries C.K. Dexter Haven after being jilted at the altar by George, and, dear deer lovers, hate to say it but Bambi's mother dies.
Okay. So as movies go, The Forgotten is easily just that. A few good scenes that make you jump, believable performance by Julianne Moore and you know, car chases and stuff. But as a metaphor? Strong and heady stuff. Everyone around Moore has forgotten their loved ones. People, and reality, are wiped off the map before they even have a chance to coalesce onscreen into three dimensional shape. Everything she has known and trusted disappears in a matter of months. To those with an agenda, or simply a willingness to forget, putting reality and the past behind them is easy.
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