The premise of the movie is great, and the reveals are great
There was a lot to like about it, and for a while you could suspend the belief that it was a little amateurish in the acting. But every now again, you got the feeling that someones dad, had been roped into a speaking role. At other times you'd have a long pan on an expressionless face - and you'd realise that someone had decided this was a moment to show grief but either hadn't told the actor or they couldn't convey it.
Also like many time based scifi movies, it struggles with itself. Right from the get go - my first thought was, he's gone back in time, wants to stop a car accident - simply let the air out of the tires of the car as you walk past it. That doesnt seem to occur to him. So the movie starts down the road of showing us how you cant change time, and in fact it is going back in time which causes the events you witness. You think you're going to do something to fix the car crash, such as jump in front of the car - but that's what caused the crash. It holds onto that premise for a long while.
Then a little later - his grandfather who in a bizarre premise, died seemingly because he swam out to get a golf ball from a lake that he'd been knocking golf balls across - How do you think our hero should influence that death, which we've now decided we can save. Of course by putting a golf ball in grandfathers pocket, so he's got a spare.
That was a little hard to swallow - as the only impact of restoring his grandfather to life appears to be him miraculously appearing in the hospital next to his dying grandmother.
The police also bizarrely seem to be out of some new york gangster movie. This is Australia I assume, and the hero recently in hospital after being in a car accident - is beaten up and chased by the cops because he didn't stay in hospital like he was told.
What about the secret hole - to take you one day into the past. Our hero at one point seems to go back days - popping out every single day in strangers bathrooms without issue, and later goes back to the 1950's by repeatedly climbing in and out of the hole. This would take him 14 days if he did it every single minute of every single day constantly. He then lives his life to an old man, simply so that he could achieve what he would have achieved if he simply let the tires down of the car.
It might make sense if he seemed to have a great love interest, but the characters seem to only have a mild interest in each other. If you in one scene can miraculosuly return your grandfather to life, I dont know why you wouldn't do something greater like learn to drive more safely ensure your girldfriend puts on a seatbelt when she gets in the car you're driving.
But the movie has some great polished moments, it just seemed to not quite know what sort of time travel paradox it did or didnt want to do - and I just wish some of the more awkward acting and dialog could have been cleaned up.
There was a lot to like about it, and for a while you could suspend the belief that it was a little amateurish in the acting. But every now again, you got the feeling that someones dad, had been roped into a speaking role. At other times you'd have a long pan on an expressionless face - and you'd realise that someone had decided this was a moment to show grief but either hadn't told the actor or they couldn't convey it.
Also like many time based scifi movies, it struggles with itself. Right from the get go - my first thought was, he's gone back in time, wants to stop a car accident - simply let the air out of the tires of the car as you walk past it. That doesnt seem to occur to him. So the movie starts down the road of showing us how you cant change time, and in fact it is going back in time which causes the events you witness. You think you're going to do something to fix the car crash, such as jump in front of the car - but that's what caused the crash. It holds onto that premise for a long while.
Then a little later - his grandfather who in a bizarre premise, died seemingly because he swam out to get a golf ball from a lake that he'd been knocking golf balls across - How do you think our hero should influence that death, which we've now decided we can save. Of course by putting a golf ball in grandfathers pocket, so he's got a spare.
That was a little hard to swallow - as the only impact of restoring his grandfather to life appears to be him miraculously appearing in the hospital next to his dying grandmother.
The police also bizarrely seem to be out of some new york gangster movie. This is Australia I assume, and the hero recently in hospital after being in a car accident - is beaten up and chased by the cops because he didn't stay in hospital like he was told.
What about the secret hole - to take you one day into the past. Our hero at one point seems to go back days - popping out every single day in strangers bathrooms without issue, and later goes back to the 1950's by repeatedly climbing in and out of the hole. This would take him 14 days if he did it every single minute of every single day constantly. He then lives his life to an old man, simply so that he could achieve what he would have achieved if he simply let the tires down of the car.
It might make sense if he seemed to have a great love interest, but the characters seem to only have a mild interest in each other. If you in one scene can miraculosuly return your grandfather to life, I dont know why you wouldn't do something greater like learn to drive more safely ensure your girldfriend puts on a seatbelt when she gets in the car you're driving.
But the movie has some great polished moments, it just seemed to not quite know what sort of time travel paradox it did or didnt want to do - and I just wish some of the more awkward acting and dialog could have been cleaned up.