I thoroughly enjoyed the movie The Jacket, although I had reservations about it when I first heard it described. I think I expected to be more disturbed by how inhumanely Jack was treated, but the film handled it in a really tasteful way and turned his sufferings into something more beautiful and redemptive.
One thing I thought was really interesting was the relationship between Jack and Jackie. The fact they have such similar names is our first clue that their relationship is something deep and almost uncanny, a suspicion which was confirmed as the movie went on. When she was a little girl, Jackie was helpless in the situation with her mom and Jack stepped in to save her. Then when he travels back in time, Jack is helpless and Jackie is able to save him in return. Throughout the movie, their lives complement each other's, like a soul split into two bodies. Young girl and grown man, healthy mind and damaged mind, pessimism towards life and optimism, future and the past. Then, at the end of the movie when they are finally together, the sun shines through and they are complete. It was beautiful.
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