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My wife and I saw this last night. Sorry folks, but this is an interesting concept gone horribly awry. Adrien Brody is Jack Starks, a Gulf War vet who is sent home with amnesia after being shot in the head. While hitchhiking he comes across a drug addict and her daughter, broken down on the side of the road. He fixes their vehicle and is later he gets a ride from a guy who's stolen a station wagon. The guy kills the cop who pulls him over and because Starks can't remember, he is tried for the crime after the man escapes. He is sent to a criminally insane institution where Kris Kristofferson is a doctor with a unique kind of therapy that unintentionally jettisons Brody into the future. While all this sounds interesting, keep in mind I'm capsulating. This movie is slow with only teases of picking up. I have no idea how 'Terror has a new name' is the tagline. I buy that Starks is terrified while strapped into a straightjacket and locked in a morgue drawer, but it doesn't translate to the viewer. And the assaults of memories forgotten as his mind has nothing to do but feed on itself are an attack on the viewer's eyes and ears. It doesn't evoke any emotion other than the agitation you'd get from standing too close to one of those tornado-warning clarions. I won't give away too much for you masochists who'll insist on inflicting yourselves with this jagged-shard-of-glass-to-the-eye in a movie's cloak, but I'll leave you to insert your own expletive in the sentence, "What the ____ was that?" as you leave the theater.
My wife and I saw this last night. Sorry folks, but this is an interesting concept gone horribly awry. Adrien Brody is Jack Starks, a Gulf War vet who is sent home with amnesia after being shot in the head. While hitchhiking he comes across a drug addict and her daughter, broken down on the side of the road. He fixes their vehicle and is later he gets a ride from a guy who's stolen a station wagon. The guy kills the cop who pulls him over and because Starks can't remember, he is tried for the crime after the man escapes. He is sent to a criminally insane institution where Kris Kristofferson is a doctor with a unique kind of therapy that unintentionally jettisons Brody into the future. While all this sounds interesting, keep in mind I'm capsulating. This movie is slow with only teases of picking up. I have no idea how 'Terror has a new name' is the tagline. I buy that Starks is terrified while strapped into a straightjacket and locked in a morgue drawer, but it doesn't translate to the viewer. And the assaults of memories forgotten as his mind has nothing to do but feed on itself are an attack on the viewer's eyes and ears. It doesn't evoke any emotion other than the agitation you'd get from standing too close to one of those tornado-warning clarions. I won't give away too much for you masochists who'll insist on inflicting yourselves with this jagged-shard-of-glass-to-the-eye in a movie's cloak, but I'll leave you to insert your own expletive in the sentence, "What the ____ was that?" as you leave the theater.
Gerald, you should post a spoiler alert on this.
Reading is freedom.
The mind soars, no earthly cares,
no limitations.
A Maggers Haiku, 2005
Years ago my mother used to say to me... "In this world, Elwood, you can be oh so smart or oh so pleasant."
Well, for years I was smart.
I recommend pleasant.
You may quote me.
Elwood P. Dowd
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I finally saw this after meaning to do so for months. I didn't dislike it the way Gerald did, but I can't say it was great either. I think it's fair to say that the basic premise didn't go anywhere truly satisfying. The film is like a strange cross of 12 Monkeys and Cuckoo's Nest, with maybe a hint of Somewhere in Time (in reverse) thrown in for good measure.
Blake
I finally saw this after meaning to do so for months. I didn't dislike it the way Gerald did, but I can't say it was great either. I think it's fair to say that the basic premise didn't go anywhere truly satisfying. The film is like a strange cross of 12 Monkeys and Cuckoo's Nest, with maybe a hint of Somewhere in Time (in reverse) thrown in for good measure.
Blake
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I just saw this on one of the premium channels last week. When you're not paying for it your standards are quite a bit lower. I actually could stomach it this time, though I have the same complaints. It's too slow, but the idea is great, the characters are interesting and the dialogue is engaging. So it's more of a fly in the eye annoying as opposed to a glass shard.
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Today I saw this movie. Maybe this opinion is rare, but I liked it. As Blake mentioned about it, this movie was similar to "12 Monkeys" and "Cuckoo's Nest" and "Somewhere in Time"....and I add "The Butterfly Effect" with them. But I liked it. Especially, I couldn't stop my tears in the last scene.
Today I saw this movie. Maybe this opinion is rare, but I liked it. As Blake mentioned about it, this movie was similar to "12 Monkeys" and "Cuckoo's Nest" and "Somewhere in Time"....and I add "The Butterfly Effect" with them. But I liked it. Especially, I couldn't stop my tears in the last scene.