So I just caught this movie, really awesome piece of work. its kinda like.
uh.
i don't know. but its novel and interesting.
uh.
i don't know. but its novel and interesting.
Vantage Point
hm, re-reading that. the picture is somewhat anti-climatic. but hey, it was good enough to leave me gasping for air, I'm sure it can afford to look frumpy. okay. how am i gonna review this. seem familiar? read back to my first review if you don't get it.
WHAT IS IT:
Okay lets start the drill. What it is: this movie is a movie. it is a moving picture. its from columbia pictures, and its listed as a mystery thriller. its a big who dunnit with twists and turns everywhere you go.
It stars Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker with Sigourney Weaver, Édgar Ramírez and William Hurt, and it was released on February 22nd, 2008. i got the dvd, so yeah.
It stars Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker with Sigourney Weaver, Édgar Ramírez and William Hurt, and it was released on February 22nd, 2008. i got the dvd, so yeah.
WHY ITS GREAT:
okay this is actually going to be pretty tough to do. don't want to ruin anything. alot of other reviews out there give away the narrative feature of the movie, which i think would be better kept secret, so here i'm leaving it as a spoiler. those who watched the movie will know what i mean. anyway. the movie is great. It tells a very elaborate story, and leaves the audience guessing. who did that? what did he see? did i see something? and the occasional OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT JUST HAPPENED WHOAAAAUHGEHUH!
the narrtive technique involves repetition, and while most movies don't pull it off well, and end up creating a very boring and mundane sequence, this movie pulls it off perfectly. each repetition is perfect and refreshing. the same oomph you feel when you see it the first time is the same each time you see it. [that doesn't mean you'll watch the movie over and over... maybe once more, when you know exactly what happens.]
Every aspect is well thought out, and the combined skill of pete travis [director] and barry levy [writer] leads to a very intense, whodunnit packed with more than enough high octane action.
the narrtive technique involves repetition, and while most movies don't pull it off well, and end up creating a very boring and mundane sequence, this movie pulls it off perfectly. each repetition is perfect and refreshing. the same oomph you feel when you see it the first time is the same each time you see it. [that doesn't mean you'll watch the movie over and over... maybe once more, when you know exactly what happens.]
Every aspect is well thought out, and the combined skill of pete travis [director] and barry levy [writer] leads to a very intense, whodunnit packed with more than enough high octane action.
WHY IT SUCKS:
okay so the suck part. i've been through alot of reviews online to give you as much coverage as possible, but the thing i noticed is that. every review is so different. what one review thinks is good, another review thinks its bad. i guess that'll be left to your own judgement. its kind of like cloverfield. you either love it or hate it.
personally, i believe its shortcomings mainly lie in the liberties the screenplay takes to 'enhance' the viewing experience. sure, surviving a car accident here or there is okay, but gee, sometimes the guy just can't die. some points get a tad too far fetched, and the action sequences are confusing. some of them just aren't good enough and i find myself thinking can you stop shooting the air around that guy and get on with the story? STOP BEATING HIM I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. yeah.
okay. for your benefit, i'm going to quote one other review i kind of agree on. Michael Phillips, of the Chicago Tribune said of Vantage Point and Stuart Baird, "Editor Stuart Baird must've been paid by the cut: Simple five-second action beats are often sliced into three or four separate, panicky shots."
true, but then again, fast shots lead to the tension. [sigh, azhar.] but i guess he may have over did it abit. [oh look! its person a! no wait now its person b, oh now woman c, wait back to person a, oh is that person b? omg explosion is that a plane? omg ambulance?! pineapple???]
AND ONE MORE THING:
PRODUCT PLACEMENT. SONY! EVERYWHERE! the laptops, the camera, the phones. EVERYWHERE. hahahaha
personally, i believe its shortcomings mainly lie in the liberties the screenplay takes to 'enhance' the viewing experience. sure, surviving a car accident here or there is okay, but gee, sometimes the guy just can't die. some points get a tad too far fetched, and the action sequences are confusing. some of them just aren't good enough and i find myself thinking can you stop shooting the air around that guy and get on with the story? STOP BEATING HIM I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. yeah.
okay. for your benefit, i'm going to quote one other review i kind of agree on. Michael Phillips, of the Chicago Tribune said of Vantage Point and Stuart Baird, "Editor Stuart Baird must've been paid by the cut: Simple five-second action beats are often sliced into three or four separate, panicky shots."
true, but then again, fast shots lead to the tension. [sigh, azhar.] but i guess he may have over did it abit. [oh look! its person a! no wait now its person b, oh now woman c, wait back to person a, oh is that person b? omg explosion is that a plane? omg ambulance?! pineapple???]
AND ONE MORE THING:
PRODUCT PLACEMENT. SONY! EVERYWHERE! the laptops, the camera, the phones. EVERYWHERE. hahahaha
SHOULD YOU GET IT?
hmm. lets see. get it only if you are receptive to new things. its a very subjective thing, from what i observed. everyone around me seems to like it, including me, so i guess, if you like the stuff you think i like, go for it.
MY RATING:
this is something everyone who can should try. its not as extreme as cloverfield, but like cloverfield, you should at least experience it once.
SO WHERE CAN YOU GET IT?
well. DVD store near you. of course maybe also your occasional friend who rips dvds and passes them around the people around him/her. everyone has one of those. if you have lots of friends but none of them rips dvds and passes them around, then you must that friend.
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