I watched two movies the other night.
In Time
I sort of watched In Time first. Actually I fell asleep in the middle, and woke up just in time (no pun intended) to see the end. Sad thing was I didn't feel it necessary to go back and watch what I missed. I didn't connect with any of the characters, and didn't think Amanda and Justin had any chemistry to speak of. Actually Amanda didn't really do anything much in this, that I could see. I might have slept through it though. I thought Bomer and Vincent Kartheiser were good. Vincent did a pretty good job being an old man in a young body. I can't remember how old Matt was supposed to be, but he was playing more the "I'm tired of being alive" thing than "the old man in a young body" thing. He did a good job though. Yeah, I wasn't impressed over all, obviously. I like the poster though. =)
The Thing
I was wide awake for The Thing, which I was more excited to watch anyway. I have to say that I have always loved Carpenter's The Thing. It was definitely one of the scariest movies of my youth. It is also a motif that I never tire of. I especially love the X-Files episode Ice. So good. I must say though that it has been a good 20 years since I have seen the original Thing, which I am now wishing I had re-watched first. The new Thing is actually a prequel to the original, and it helps to have it fresh in your mind when you watch it. I am actually going to watch them back to back, which I think is how they are intended to be we watched. Anyway, I wasn't too horribly impressed with Mary Elizabeth Winstead. I liked her in Scott Pilgrim, but her character wasn't really fleshed out well here. Not that any of the characters were really, and not horribly necessary for the film. I think the hardest part was keeping all the Norwegian characters straight. I'm usually pretty good a recognizing supporting actors, and being able to tell people apart. I did have trouble keeping track of who was who this time. It is silly, but I found it funny that they kept referring to Joel Edgerton and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as "The Americans", when in real life they are really Australian and British respectively. I actually thought Adewale did a great job being American. He had such a strong screen presence as Mr. Echo. It was fun seeing him play something completely different. Anyway, I really enjoyed it. I gave it four stars.
In Time
I sort of watched In Time first. Actually I fell asleep in the middle, and woke up just in time (no pun intended) to see the end. Sad thing was I didn't feel it necessary to go back and watch what I missed. I didn't connect with any of the characters, and didn't think Amanda and Justin had any chemistry to speak of. Actually Amanda didn't really do anything much in this, that I could see. I might have slept through it though. I thought Bomer and Vincent Kartheiser were good. Vincent did a pretty good job being an old man in a young body. I can't remember how old Matt was supposed to be, but he was playing more the "I'm tired of being alive" thing than "the old man in a young body" thing. He did a good job though. Yeah, I wasn't impressed over all, obviously. I like the poster though. =)
The Thing
I was wide awake for The Thing, which I was more excited to watch anyway. I have to say that I have always loved Carpenter's The Thing. It was definitely one of the scariest movies of my youth. It is also a motif that I never tire of. I especially love the X-Files episode Ice. So good. I must say though that it has been a good 20 years since I have seen the original Thing, which I am now wishing I had re-watched first. The new Thing is actually a prequel to the original, and it helps to have it fresh in your mind when you watch it. I am actually going to watch them back to back, which I think is how they are intended to be we watched. Anyway, I wasn't too horribly impressed with Mary Elizabeth Winstead. I liked her in Scott Pilgrim, but her character wasn't really fleshed out well here. Not that any of the characters were really, and not horribly necessary for the film. I think the hardest part was keeping all the Norwegian characters straight. I'm usually pretty good a recognizing supporting actors, and being able to tell people apart. I did have trouble keeping track of who was who this time. It is silly, but I found it funny that they kept referring to Joel Edgerton and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as "The Americans", when in real life they are really Australian and British respectively. I actually thought Adewale did a great job being American. He had such a strong screen presence as Mr. Echo. It was fun seeing him play something completely different. Anyway, I really enjoyed it. I gave it four stars.
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