Imaginaerum (2012) Movie Spoiler

Well, at first you will be astonished by the shiny dark cover of the film:


When I was about to see this film, I though the plot would be the same with Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus. But it's so quite different.
The story tells about Tom Whitman (Tuomas Holopainen) former band pianist who lost his mind because of Dementia and his life depends on medical life support. He lost his memories about who he is and the girl he keeps seeing in his dream. Tom dreams about his childhood life. It begins with he stays at the someplace like orphanage and meet Ann who insults him about his mother and father. Tom's mother was dead and his father is a pilot who used to rescue Tornado victim. Tom keeps dreaming about that and in reality his body keeps going down.
The doctor who used to take care of him tells his daughter Gem Whitman (Marianne Farley) that his recovery crew needs to stop his life support. Because of tired of taking care her lost absent minded father she agrees and signs the contract.
Then Gem goes to his father house where Ann (Anette Olzon), his former bandmate sits on the chair. Gem shocked and Ann tells that it was a magic trick. Gem and Ann begun debate about Tom Whitman. Gem declares that her father never remember about her and her mother. But Ann says it's not true.

Tome accepts the snowman

Meanwhile, Tom takes adventures in his imaginary mind when he dreams about the evil-snowman who asks him out to adventure. At the first, Tom refuses but because of words delivered by the snowman he agrees and they fly out the landscape. There's a tornado and Tom fall off. He meets the old Ann but he can't remember who she is. Ann tells that Tom should never accept the snowman over because he is evil, but Tom doesn't believe her. She hints him about the snow-globe that could spin when the right chord chimes. He runs away and meet the constructor who is frustrated fixing the train track. Then he meets Gem who is gone by that constructor.

Anette eats apple when the band plays ^^

Tom keeps walking and he meets the snowman again who gives him two tickets of the circus. Tom refuses and runs to the building where he finds Gem sitting and watching the Ann and Nightwish do a concert. I mean it! Nightwish is really playing in this film! and I think that makes this fantasy film turns to a metal musical parade. Once again Ann tells Tom not to follow the snowman. But the creatures knock the door and everything's fade to black.
Then Tom sees the open door when the other-young-Tom enters it and meets his drunk father that snap him because of he is afraid of his bad dream. Two tickets lies on the table and his father says that it conducts by tomorrow.

Gem saws her father head

Somehow Tom arrives to the circus because he meets with the snowman again. Nightwish plays again, this time the choreography is about the circus atmosphere where there are a lot of clowns dancing. There's adult Gem who is stand besides the old Tom Whitman and she is holding the saw. Then she begins to saw old-Tom's head ignoring young-Tom crying. From his head Gem finds a lot of pieces of paper that never written about her or her mother. She disappoints because of Tom never writes about them.
Tom comes back again to his father. This time he is holding the gun. At the other side of room adult-Tom who is now playing by Tuomas Holopainen cries because of his wife dead. Gem comes to the room and gives him his precious snow-globe. But Tom smashes it to floor as Tom's father pulls the gun and shoots himself.

Tom father shoots himself

Gem runs away. See something in the back? It's Tom!

Tom gets old when tries to catch Gem

Back to real world, Gem wakes up and finds that Ann trying to open his father safe-box. Her phone rings when Ann finally opens it up. There are bundles of paper and Gem reads them. It's just Tom'm poet and she just throws it away into the air---same time at Tom's dream Gem runs away and he tries to catch her but failed until he turns old. Gem and Ann joining into a debate again. Then it's revealed that Gem angry to Tom because of when her mother died in a car accident Tom was not in there but with Ann tries to stop her from committing suicide by pills. Tom just couldn't let Ann do it because he had seen his father killed himself by his own eyes. So she stayed with Ann that night. Tom didn't want to be like his father so when he thought that he would turn like him he stayed away from Gem. But that just made Gem upset.

Tom in his mind writes memories

Sheet of memories ;)

In Tom's fantasy he arrives at his huge safe-box by his French soldier march that he crashed the head the night he follows the snowman. He finds the paper (now turns to tile in the floor) and reads all about it. He finally remembers everything, about Gem and his wife. But the snowman arrives with critical condition as it tries to burn Tom's memories, Tom the struggles to write his own memory on the floor. On the other world Gem herself tries to put all the pieces of paper and it turns to big sheet about everything Tom wants to remember. She waking up Ann and shows her everything. Ann realize that Tom had known about his disease and tries to remember everything before he lost his mind. But there's just one paper left of that sheet and Gem wants to meet him. She drives with Ann going to Tom's hospital.

The snowman is Tom's father!

The snowman burns all his memories and Tom jumps to he train-coster and runs away from the snowman. In the middle of his track the snowman catches him and snaps to him. But with all his braveness he snaps back telling that it should be gone. Then the snowman turns into his father. It's revealed that all this time, his bad-dream about evil snowman is come from his father memory. The snowman burns out and old-Tom wakes up in orphanage. He meets the snowman again but now he refuses him and says "Thank you for the ride" means he lets her father go then he back to sleep with hugging his snow-globe.
Tom wakes up in his hospital room and met Gem. Gem gives her his precious snow-globe but Tom refuses it and calling Gem 'Princess' like he used to call his snow-globe. Tom finally remembers everything and Gem just realizes her father love.
Tome passing away in peace and Gem hug him.

Father-daughter scene, so sad :(

Old memory of Gem and Tom

On the end of movie, Gem goes back to Tom's house and plays the piano. When he press the right chord, the snow-globe spins around just like Tom said. And she found out that the right chord of Tom last melody is G and Em---> GEm ... her own name.

This is the snow-globe!

God, the film just so dramatic that I shaded my tears in particular parts. You should watch it by yourself to feel the love of a father and a critical multi-infarct dementia sufferer.