The same film feels different each time you see it...

Rating: 10/10 (28 October 1999)

I can't speak for anyone but "Twelve Monkeys" is certainly my all time personal favourite.
Liked aged wine, I get to savour new sights and sounds, each time I re-visit this warped, bittersweet mindtrip of a man named James Cole. A man condemned for his love and longing for the 20th Century. A man whose pain is so heart felt, I can identify with his sorrows and empathise his suffering.

His love for a time long gone and forgotten is made more poignant by his futile attempt to cling on to virtual shreds of those treasured moments(reflected in those dream like sequences).
The film succeed in painting his cursed predicament, an eternal life sentence to a re-incarnated deja vu, destined to plague him for eternity.
James Cole is a victim trapped in his own hell. He is a lost soul soaked in nostalgic sweat for an era forgotten and inflicted by a longing pain for a time lost forever.
Poetically sad, and lyrically moving, 12 Monkeys has slowly but surely captured my heart. James Cole mentioned somewhere in the film, that a movie may not be same the next time you see it as you are different. With the passage of time, one is blessed with more knowledge and experience, and this alters one's personality and perspective. So how I will feel about this film 5 years down the road?
Afraid I don't know the answer yet. But for now, this classic sure tops my list and I want to share it with anyone who care a read. I will be posting some more of my thoughts on this exceptional film the next time round. So for all you lonely souls out there, watch this space....
Sinnerman Age: 23