Connection is a concept that is often overlooked as something that is necessary to a productive way of life. Not only can meaningful things be accomplished without help but a person needs human connection in order to thrive and be happy. Whether this is personal connection or done through online methods or letters; people yearn for connection. For some it is an absolute priority, they seek out as many friends and acquaintances that they can and for others they prefer a very small circle of friends. The common factor being people are happy when they have someone that they can talk with, and express ideas and most importantly feelings.In the film "Deep Impact", humanity as a whole is faced with the impending doom of a comet colliding with the Earth destroying all life. While the world's governments attempt various plans to stop the comet they all fail until a small group of people are able to sacrifice themselves for the rest of Earth. While at the same time the remaining main characters on Earth are able to find reconciliation among various emotional differences with other people in order to find happiness.This is no coincidence. The title may not refer to the impact of the comet into the Earth but rather that we have deep impact amongst others in our lives. This ranges from all forms of relationship types to at times people that we haven't met. The film encourages the ideas of the importance of art and culture within our society, as well as the meaningfulness of the individual. Everyone is important and should never be reduced to a number in a lottery such as the one within the film.www.filmrhetoric.blogspot.com

It's 1904. Hysterical Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley) is sent to Dr. Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) in Zurich for treatment. She has psychological sexual problems based on her violent father. He has a cold clinical relationship with his wife Emma (Sarah Gadon). The older Dr. Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen) is the elder statesman to Jung but he's starting to chaff at the paternal relationship. Freud sends a new patient Otto Gross (Vincent Cassel) to Jung. Spielrein's treatment goes so well that she eventually becomes a psychiatrist herself. The close working relationship translates into a sexual relationship.This has great director David Cronenberg, great actors, and a fascinating history. The acting is top notch. Keira Knightley is going over the top. There are lots to like but I find this too lifeless. I may be bias against psychoanalysis and discussing about emotions rather than just feeling the emotions. It's not cinematic. But this is Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud afterall. I don't think there is anyway to make it any more exciting. The clinical world just makes the passions feel very clinical.

Well,what can you expect when even the title is provocative and populist's. For a movie that reflects a critically important period in the science history, it could've offered way closer and more systematic look at the freiudism or at least at its certain aspects. You don't have to be a genius to suppose this mass-oriented picture would most possibly evolve around sex and never show a viewer other sides of Freud's innovative work. But who knew it would end up being about aping Keira Knightley and soapy relationships. The narrow way of analyzing Jung and Freud's polemic is another disappointment. I usually enjoy Cronenberg's works,but imo he's chosen the wrong issue this time. If you dare to visualize such complicated substance(and adopt it for a wide audience), you do it carefully and respectfully, instead of converting it into a medium-quality drama.

I was disappointed in this film. I thought I would find out more about the relationship between Freud and Jung and the cause of their split. The parts were played very well by Fassbender and Mortenson but too much was glossed over. Instead we had Keira Knightley pulling faces and sticking her chin out in a way that made the scenes difficult to watch. Even when she was not being hysterical she was awkward and out of her depth. She spoilt the film. When on screen you were always aware she was acting. Some scenes seemed to be added for no particular reason ie why was the wife doing a question answer session with her husband whilst Keira played with a metal instrument? All the information I wanted to get from this film I will have to go and find out from other sources.