But today I saw a movie. Bah! Is my response. We saw Vantage Point. The general problem with this (aside from the look on Dennis Quaid's face in the car chase scenes, and the loving glances between him and President William Hurt at the end) is that 50% of the movie is the same 20 minute period played over and over again unnecessarily. IMO the same intrigue and suspense could have been made with simultaneous story-telling the fracturing added nothing, nither artistically nor in entertainment. But otherwise it was fine. Could of used more explanation about why the terrorists were terrorist (but,in reality, do we really care?)
There was another problem with the whole night. The fact that I really wanted to see a movie in the theater and there were no horror movies out. And even though it's been almost a month since I've last been to the theater, I had seen most of the previews (the ones I hadn't seen were lame). Are these still the effects of the writers' strike?
BTW just saw a commercial for Vantage Point. . . "Keeps you guessing from beginning to end" only because they purposely obscure the truth. IMO something that keeps me guessing is a movie where everything is out in the open but still a mystery. That is a real thriller. For example, Firewall or Fracture. Those were suspenseful. Those kept me guessing.
But my taste in movies have been questioned before. . .
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