The Invisible
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Movie Reviews of The Invisible
Movie Review: Interesting, but badly written.
Summary: 3 Stars
This movie had the very odd effect of making me feel deeply touched, and yet incredibly irritated. This could have been an amazing movie, but unfortunately there's alot lacking in terms of dialogue and story.
The atmosphere is uniquely powerful. So it's too bad the film has such weak, unlikeable characters and a plot driven by their inexplicable decisions (especially Peter's, what was HE doing?). Plus, there are alot of holes and absurdities in the story. For example, the "bad guy" characters find anyone they're looking for almost instantly, no matter where the person is, while the police can't ever find Annie no matter how freely she walks about in the open.
Another problem is the pacing. At first it's interesting how the action stays fairly intense and unpredictable, and doesn't follow a typical "introduction, climax, denouement" type pattern. Toward the second half, however, the constant maximum-intensity suspense gets tiresome. If only they had used some of that time to build character instead...
Basically, the cinematography and general concept are amazing, but the script and plot details are weak.
Movie Review: A sad excuse for a film
Summary: 1 Stars
*Contains Spoilers*
This was one of the worst movies I ever saw. Not only was it boring, but the trailer promised something and never delivered. I possible could have forgiven the movie had I not been "suckered" into watching expecting something more. For those who do not know what I'm talking about, the trailer made it seem as if this was going to be a mystery about the m.c trying to solve his own death. The truth is, there is no mystery, suspense, or even a real plot.
I feel the problem with this movie(and there are so many), was character development, plot, and realism. The character were two dimensional, which made it impossible to feel anything for their predicament. Nick whined the entire movie, teen angst is one thing, but come on... no one loves me, how could you do this, my mom doesn't understand me... I felt like I was back in high school.
One major issue was, how the writers could expect the watcher to sympathize with Annie(which is important for the conclusion). Yeah, she had a tough life, but it hardly justifies attempted murder. The whole ending hinders on the watcher changing their mind about Annie(which I didn't). While she sacrificed herself at the end, it is also hard to forget that she was the one who beat him half to death in the first place, and hid the body.
The plot was completely ridiculous. Are we meant to believe that everyone in a state between life and death is walking around in a living hell? I would expect Nick to run into a lot more people. I also found it hard to believe that the friend(I forget his name), wouldn't go to the police. While they explained it in the movie(sort of), it was still unbelievable. All the friend would have to to do is say exactly what happened. He(the friend) was jumped, beaten into telling Annie a name. He chose Nick b/c he was supposed to be in England. She and her posse beat Nick to death, the end. The friend was there, but didn't participate. Just b/c he didn't do anything does not mean he is liable for murder. Most people wouldn't do anything outnumbered 3 to 1, with one girl know to carry a knife. The other unbelievable plot point was Nicks survival. Are we supposed to believe that someone can be beaten almost to death, survive being dumped into a hole, exposed to the elements, and survive days without food and water.
This movie lacked realism all the way through. It is one thing to suspend disbelief for a movie, but you can only go so far. The most disappointing part is that this could have been good. The plot(being murdered and having to solve your own murder), could have been interesting and exciting.
R.I.P. the Invisible. Hopefully no one ever tries to bring this one back from the dead.
Movie Review: Rather Predictable
Summary: 3 Stars
In this overly drawn out and obviously predictable movie Nick(Justin Chatwin) takes the blame for something that he didn't do only to be beaten nearly to death and while in this limbo state he wanders through his life invisible to others and trying to solve his own assault before he truly dies. Of course in the mean time, he has to save his best friend Pete, the girl that almost killed him and his very frosty mother played wonderfully by Marcia Gay Harden. Not the worst 2 hours that I have spent, but I don't want to do it again.
Movie Review: CORNY & UNBELIEVABLE B.S !!!
Summary: 1 Stars
How can anyone make so many careless mistakes when filming a movie? Bullet wounds jump from one side of the body to the other, a gunshot victim runs a marathon race against police and seemingly gets better with each chase scene, nurses in a hospital look up and ignore a bleeding girl who is being slapped by a distraught mother in an intensive care unit the list goes on. After a while, it gets ridiculously funny. Is this supposed to be a comedy? The final straw came when the wounded girl crawls onto the dying boy's hospital bed, which of course no one sees or prevents from happening. Remind me never to go to that hospital! The careful craft of a supernatural thriller, like The Sixth Sense, is nowhere to be found in this flawed endeavor. Director David Goyer should be ashamed.Movie Review: Serious Teen Drama's Near Miss
Summary: 4 Stars
Suprisingly, this is a rather serious attempt to make a crime drama with, concidentally, teens. Too bad the male lead is wrong for the part. We needed to empathize with him, and the actor is a bland cipher. The female lead, on the other hand, is excellent. Too bad she wasn't in a better overall film. Still, this is pretty solid, so I recommend it anyway with its flaws (another being that it is too dour and serious - the first half hour could have been much lighter). Face it, you don't have many other decent teen dramas to turn to anyway.