It took me all of last night and part of today to figure out if I liked this movie or not. I don’t usually watch this kind of film, but it was different from how it was presented in the previews. I was expecting a sci-fi thriller, but it turned out to be a psychological thriller. The film was a relentless torrent of negativity. Things kept getting worse and worse for the characters by the moment, every time Kucher’s character went back in time to try to fix something. Incidentally, at no time was it explained how he was doing it. He just did it and we were expected to suspend disbelief and just go with it.
The movie had me in a constant state of discomfort. The scenes were raw and unpleasant. The movie pulled no punches with dialogue or action. In true psychological thriller style, many of the worst things that happened in the scenes were left to the viewer’s imagination. The atmosphere was heightened by the jarring special effects and soundtrack. I was actually impressed by Kucher’s acting. He made the transition from joke to serious actor much more smoothly than others who have tried. Although his performance wasn’t spectacular, he shows some promise.
In the end, I decided that I do like this movie. It succeeded in its goal of making me feel uncomfortable and tense throughout. And even though I could hardly wait for it to be over, it was because I couldn’t stand to see the characters suffer any more. I cared about the characters enough to wish that things would get better for them. And although I doubt it will garner any Academy Award votes, it did what it was supposed to do, and I guess that’s all we can ask.
that movies seems very interesting… it would be on my “to see” list if I saw new realeases during the school year 🙁
So they NEVER explain how he can go back in time?? that would drive me mad..
i guess they thought, “pfff… they’d never believe that explanation anyway, so let’s just leave it out.”
I keep thinkign about the movie still. I get mental images out of nowhere.
it’s weird that they’re different mental images every day. First night it was definately a kid killing another kid. Yesterday it was the amazing contrast between the actress whatever her name is of when she’s happy and pretty and successful and when she’s in that horrible room with the terrible scars on her face *shiver*
today it’s the boy with the knife. The image seems familiar and i can’t remember where i could have seen an image like that before.
I don’t think I have ever been so happy for a happy ending of the movie ever.
Oh another thing I was thinking, logicaly, apart from the whole psycho thing. In the end, he seems to have done everything so that all the people he knows are happier. But I wonder, what about all those peopel he doesn’t know, whose life changed, and who knows if it was for the better?
I thought you might be curious to kno wthat today i have lenny who is tied to the bed and talking in my head today *sigh*
will it ever end?