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In Time (2011)
Not a bad way to kill some time
Engrossing and original. "In Time" tells the classic story of the rich vs. the poor with a modern day twist where running out of currency is instant death. It explores societal ideology that is very relevant to the current state of our own society where the poor fight for their lives every day and the rich get richer. Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried give acceptable performances and work well together to become a believable, futuristic "Robin Hood" couple. The story seemed to drag on a little long. However, it takes an unexpected twist, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. The color schemes worked well. The rich zones had cooler colors and the poor zones had warmer colors, establishing both a distinct difference between the two and showing that the rich zones had colder personalities. "In Time" isn't a must see but it is enjoyable should you choose to watch it.
Deliverance (1972)
Deliverance Delivers
I went in expecting to see another "The Hills Have Eyes" or "Wrong Turn." I was pleasantly surprised and mistaken. The character development was great. Burt Reynolds plays a perfect conspiracy theorist-end of the world-survivalist and John Voight is a perfect character foil. He is a successful businessman with a beautiful wife and son and a perfect life. Both Burt's and John's character arcs are interesting and unexpected. John becomes the underdog-hero and Burt becomes the victim. And let's not overlook unforgettable performances by Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox.
The story development is what really took me by surprise. As I said before, I was expecting another story about some guys fighting disfigured people in unfamiliar territory. The story, however, was more about four men fighting for survival when modern society has been stripped from them. The two "hillbillies" were simply the catalyst to set the events in motion.
The only reason I give this a 7/10 instead of a 9/10 is because of one scene. The cinematography was consistently beautiful throughout the film, except the scene they shot day for night. I understand they didn't have film stock or lenses that would shoot in low light levels and they had to make do with what they could. However, it was so distracting in some parts that it completely took me out of the moment and I was only able settle back in several minutes after the scene was over.
All in all, it was a fantastic film that shouldn't be missed.
Paranormal Activity 4 (2012)
Not a whole lot of activity. Period.
I made this account specifically for the soul purpose of reviewing this movie. Let me start off by saying that this is the worst movie I have ever seen and I don't ever say that. Now let's get into this god awful "film."
First from an aesthetic point of view... More than half of the movie was out of focus. It was distracting and frustrating to know that something so poorly executed could be passed off as a Hollywood film.
Now, the story... There was none! It was slow and boring. The only activity that happened was a knife disappeared and a few chairs moved with the occasional loud thumps. But apart from that the worst thing was the unanswered questions.
First off you start off with a boy named Robby who lives across the street. You believe that this is Hunter seeing as how the kid's "mother" is Katie. Then come to find out that he isn't Hunter but the boy with the real family is, somehow, Hunter and was adopted. And the first boy, Robby, completely disappears without any sort of explanation never to be seen again.
The teenage girl, Alex, sets up "carefully" placed web cams throughout the house that run at all times but she rarely checks any of the video. In fact, she only checks it twice throughout the entire movie even after the important things happen. She and her boyfriend do a little research and come up with something about there being three steps to doing something. What that something is I'm not really sure. The last step is the sacrifice of a virgin. Later on as the girl is sleeping, her little brother comes into her bedroom and Alex is lifted from her bed into the air. Then it cuts to the morning and she wakes up as if nothing happened at all.
They set up a Kinect which shows movement. I thought this would be a cool concept except they did nothing with it. At one point they showed a little boy "ghost" following close behind Hunter but again, that was just something that was never discussed and never answered.
The boy, Hunter, is dragged under water in the bath tub for several minutes and somehow doesn't drown. Finally he surfaces and his mom comes in and gets him out of the tub and that was that.
There was a cat that was used only for cheap jumps from the audience. A chandelier fell from the ceiling and never talked about again. There was no explanation of why the two teenagers were carrying around cameras every where they went.
At the end after everyone has been killed in the same way everyone in every movie was killed, Alex goes to the house across the street to find her dad. She winds up in the back yard of the house after running from Katie and for some reason there is an army of demon women. No idea where those demon women came from or what their purpose was but they were there. Then Katie catches Alex and kills her. End of movie.
All in all... It just was not good. The story was bad. The cinematography was bad. The direction was bad. The acting actually was pretty good but that's the only thing that was. I would not recommend watching this. And this is coming from a guy who will defend the first three movies absolutely.