Two Word Movie Review - Source Code
Here are your two words:
Time-travel win.
The Husband and I both liked this movie so much that the day after seeing it, we kept saying, "I really liked that movie!"
Can I tell you, I hate time-travel movies.
When poorly written, they cheat. They lie. And they break their own rules.
"Source Code" is not a true time-travel movie, but it kinda is.
So, I went into it prepared to be offended the moment it committed an offense.
It did not.
At least, not in my very skeptical eyes.
Maybe it's because I bonded with the Jake Gyllenhaal character too much to see any time-travel wrong-doings. Maybe I liked the plot so much and wanted to see how it ended that I was willing to excuse any mis-steps.
Or, maybe they just got it right.
Best of all, they revealed things at just the same time I was asking the questions in my head.
I liked how this movie played out.
Stuff blows up.
You feel for Captain Stevens.
You want the good guy to win. (And really, a character named Goodwin? Win!)
Not only do I think this one is worth the theater ticket, I'd kinda like to go see it again.
Today.
Time-travel win.
The Husband and I both liked this movie so much that the day after seeing it, we kept saying, "I really liked that movie!"
Can I tell you, I hate time-travel movies.
When poorly written, they cheat. They lie. And they break their own rules.
"Source Code" is not a true time-travel movie, but it kinda is.
So, I went into it prepared to be offended the moment it committed an offense.
It did not.
At least, not in my very skeptical eyes.
Maybe it's because I bonded with the Jake Gyllenhaal character too much to see any time-travel wrong-doings. Maybe I liked the plot so much and wanted to see how it ended that I was willing to excuse any mis-steps.
Or, maybe they just got it right.
Best of all, they revealed things at just the same time I was asking the questions in my head.
I liked how this movie played out.
Stuff blows up.
You feel for Captain Stevens.
You want the good guy to win. (And really, a character named Goodwin? Win!)
Not only do I think this one is worth the theater ticket, I'd kinda like to go see it again.
Today.
1 comment:
Hey - good to know! :)
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