Paycheck (Special Collector's Edition)
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Movie Reviews of Paycheck (Special Collector's Edition)
Movie Review: AFFLECK!!
Summary: 4 Stars
I can never say Ben Affleck's name without thinking of a duck in an insurance commercial. Anyway, this movie is not so bad. It's true that it wasn't a big smash at the box office but when was that ever a measure of a film's worth? It's actually a clever movie and has some measure of suspense. I admit I haven't read the short story upon which the movie was based, and perhaps I should. But I have found that people make unfair judgements of movies after having read the book. You can go into much more depth and bring out so much more of character's make up in a book
than you can in a 90 minute movie that comparisons can seem unfair.
So, relax, enjoy the movie for what it is..a semi sci fi, action, love story. It's not bad, even though it's not great.
If you're like me, you really will entertain yourself wondering what he's going to do with the seemingly random items he leaves himself in the envelope. So, see the movie. It won't kill you.
Don't compare it to the book, just watch the movie.
Movie Review: Significant Futuristic Thriller
Summary: 4 Stars
I, like many people, am not a Ben Affleck fan, and therefore, for a long time, avoided this movie like a razor blade through an eyeball. What a mistake I made. Sure it's true that Ben Affleck usually has about all the charm and acting ability as a cardboard cutout of himself, but in Paycheck, he actually does occasionally show a bit more talent than usual.
Affleck aside, Paycheck is a stylish mystery that does manage to more than hold your interest. John Woo's direction gives the film its' near frenetic pace, while allowing the viewer enough time to process the new clues as they are uncovered. Uma Thurman is fantastic to look at even when she has dirt on her face, and clearly, this is what Woo was intending when he put her in the role of a gorgeous scientist who steal's Ben's character's heart. Sure lady scientists who happen to border supermodels in appearance is a bit unrealistic, but no more so than the gratuitous and unnecessary motorcycle chase, so characteristic of this genre of movie.
Those slight shortcomings aside, Paycheck delivers on its' promise to thouroughly engross the viewer by delivering a future scene much more feasible than other more weak kneed futuristic thrillers that only rely on special effects to catapult their stories along. It's an inventive and terrific ride that will keep you wanting more as the many secrets are revealed.
Movie Review: WHAT IS THIS
Summary: 1 Stars
Am I the only one who doesn't get the plot of this movie its got to be the worst ever written. First he wakes up and he says "where's my paycheck" he forgot where it is I guess he needs to pay his bills or something. Then Uma comes into the movie and she is like"I know you"and he says "no you doen't" so she says "I know your favorite team is the Red Sox"(The movie takes place in Boston) and freaks out and doesn't know how she knows his favorite team is the Red Sox, so he says "lets go get my paycheck". So they go to a bank he shouts "WHERES MY PAYCHECK" and noboddy answers so rides a motorcycle through a junkyard with Uma to the next bank and he thinks people are chasing him and finally after 2 hours he actually left the paycheck under his pillow.Movie Review: No, not again!
Summary: 1 Stars
What is up with all these crappy film versions of classic Philip K. Dick novels/stories!? This is an absolute mess of a film that has no idea what it wants to achieve. Pure drivel.Movie Review: Better Than Some Reviews Would Indicate
Summary: 3 Stars
I just rented this movie today for the first time and really wasn't expecting too much. I dislike Ben Affleck's acting and John Woo hasn't made a good film in some time now. Surprisingly, Affleck is decent here and the premise with all the clues was very intriguing. Worth renting if your into Sci-Fi films.
3.5 out of 5 stars