Danny Glover, Steve Zahn, and Lelee Sobieski star in a murder mystery thriller about 3 train passengers and their quest for greed. After a last second passenger is found dead on the train with a box of diamonds.... the adventure begins as they scheme, and hide, and plot their way through the police, passengers, and finally eachother to become rich. Lots of twists and turns lead to a climactic end in which you may never see coming.
I actually was anxious watching this movie. The mistakes they made and the decisions that were agreed upon were usually the types of decisions that would only be made in a movie and not in real life. Furthermore, do people actually travel on trains anymore? I honestly couldnt tell if this was a movie set in the 1800's or today until Danny Glover pulled out his celly. The actors are good but it doesnt help if they dont have a great story to act on. Definitely worth renting but fortunately you didnt have to waste your time going to the movies to see it. Lots of CGI train shots which I figured because I doubt any actor would really want to spend all that time on an actual train.
my elementary grading scale: Progressing Satisfactorily
1-10: 6/6.5
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
The Graduates
It is assumed that film makers borrow ideas from past films to develop their own stories. It is NOT assumed however, that they should copy ideas from the other movies. The Graduates was a conglomeration of the past 20 teen movies rolled into one. Very similar situations and characters took the funny, important, and poignant parts from past movies and created this "new" movie. Needless to say, it was unoriginal. A group of 18 years graduate from high school and seek out one "last hurrah" before going off to college and never seeing eachother again. Sound familiar? Well, it should.
This was a low budget film so I wont be as harsh on the acting or filming itself. But the idea in general has been overplayed. A couple funny lines and scenes, but the rest was just deja vu. I will tell you one thing though, the music was great. Place a piece of cardboard over your screen and enjoy the music.
my elementary grading scale: Needs Improvement
1-10: 4.5
This was a low budget film so I wont be as harsh on the acting or filming itself. But the idea in general has been overplayed. A couple funny lines and scenes, but the rest was just deja vu. I will tell you one thing though, the music was great. Place a piece of cardboard over your screen and enjoy the music.
my elementary grading scale: Needs Improvement
1-10: 4.5
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