After the Gold Rush

Rating: 8/10 (2 September 2019)

The ending of this movie is completely based on the last verse of Neil Young's song "After the Gold Rush" from 1970. I wish they'd've at least acknowledged that. Oh well. Not important except that I was highly disappointed that the old folks had to buy the farm - including my crush for the past 20 years Mary Rose Byrne. The interesting thing about Byrne's character is that she went completely off the rails in a very illogical manner - extremely understandable actually - since she was hysterical and panicking and therefore making upside down decisions. Cage's character was lucid and logical for most of the end where he had all of the excuses for panicking. I thought it might turn out to be a love story then when I heard the Funeral March from Beethoven's 7th, I realized that it was not to be. The saving grace was that Lucinda who morphed into Abby was saved. I felt very close to the Lucinda character as she was being haunted by the whispers and worse with her finger nails bloody.
I usually give an Alex Proyas film solid 10's because he is a seriously top director in every way. This one only an 8 because the ending was a bit unsatisfying and not as romantic as I'd like to have seen. But that's just me. Also the strange idea of "knowing" what is going to happen and then not being able to take much advantage of it is rather sad.
Well, I dreamed I saw the silver space ships flyin'
In the yellow haze of the sun
There were children cryin' and colors flyin'
All around the chosen ones
All in a dream, all in a dream
The loadin' had begun
Flying Mother Nature's silver seed
To a new home in the sun
Flying Mother Nature's silver seed
To a new home