Jacob's Ladder

Mkay. So, basically, this is about a soldier, Jacob, who was in the Vietnam war. The movie starts out in the middle of the war, they're under attack, then suddenly flashes to after the war. Now, after the war, Jacob is seeing all these creepy people and voices and shit, and he's kinda on a mission to figure what the fuck is going on.
I think this is one of these movies where you either love it or you hate it. I mean, I wouldn’t really know…no one I know personally has seen it, so I haven’t been able to talk it out with people, but I get the feeling that some people would just totally give up on it. It’s definitely not for people who are looking for a movie that serves you the answers on a platter…it brings up question after question. And when it finally seems like your getting your questions answered, BAM they get you with the big ‘What the fuck!?’.
Anyway, Tim Robbins plays the main character. I think he's a strange guy lol...Ever since seeing Shawshank Redemption, I just think he’s really funny looking! And it was honestly hard for me to get past that, it was so strange.
I didn't think that the acting was great...but the plot made up for it, it really did.
I think my favourite character was Louis the chiropractor!! He had some of the best lines. Amoung my favourite: "Eckhart saw Hell too. He said: The only thing that burns in Hell is the part of you that won't let go of life, your memories, your attachments. They burn them all away. But they're not punishing you, he said. They're freeing your soul. So, if you're frightened of dying and... and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the earth"
Most of the film is dark...and it gets darker as it goes on (I feed off of this stuff in case you haven't noticed lol) BUT you get the dark and gory feel without an excess of actual gore. Then, when they do throw a bit of gore in, the impact is much more intense.
Usually, I would have hated the way this film ended...I won't go into great detail...because doing so would totally ruin what I love about this movie, and would be beyond unfair. BUT Jacob's Ladder actually pulled it off.
It made me feel content with an ending that I usually hate, because it just fit, and they made it work.
I dunno. I loved it though.

9/10