The Island
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Movie Reviews of The Island
Movie Review: c. francis 'movie lover'
Summary: 5 Stars
This film surprises you. I started watching it because of Ewan McGregor. It started out kinda of interesting and kept my attention untill the girl showed up, but it is not a love move. Far from it. Ewans character was intriquing and you begin to wonder what IS going on. If you stay with the film you will be glad. The casting was the best. The Production and Directing are great and the Editing was FANTASTIC. The movie surprised me. It draws you in and keeps you involved with the runaways. Its a thrill ride. Sorry if the review reads like a dimwit but I have never written a review although I read others. but this movie was, again, fantastic. Great. Watch it!Movie Review: The other reviews tell you the plot. But will you like it?
Summary: 4 Stars
The first hour of this film is reminiscent of Dark City, the Matrix, and Logan's Run: titles that deal with "What is out there beyond the boundaries of the known universe/how did I get here" and deserves a 5-star Sci-Fi rating.
This is a science fiction film, which means that if you like Comedies or Action films, you won't like the first half. However Drama fans will quite likely become intrigued.
The second hour deals in a chase scene. The guy runs at full speed, the girl close behind; they are holding hands. Oops, sorry; now you know. The Black Helicopters pursue them. Oops, sorry again--I shouldn't give the plot away--but we can sum it up by saying that the first half is great Sci-Fi without the usual battle cruisers, and the second half is battle cruisers without the usual Sci-Fi.
Something to please everyone, so go ahead and get it. At this point there are several used copies for less than $3; what can you lose at this price, and you are bound to like at least part of the film, and perhaps the whole thing.
Movie Review: 2 hours and 3 minutes of assinine pigs' trotters
Summary: 1 Stars
Unlike the film, I'll keep this brief.
A brazen rip-off of Blade Runner, Logan's Run and Minority Report, this movie exemplifies everything that's wrong with Hollywood today - no plot [ well, actually, there is a plot, but it's so ludicrous it doesn't deserve the name ], no understanding of 'pacing', MTV-style cutting [ Michael Bay - the genius behind the camera - thinks that every set-up needs to be covered by 12 cameras [[ except for action sequences, when only 24 will do, that is ]] ] , zero characterization, etc etc, ad infinitum.
The filters used in this film must number in the hundreds, Bay couldn't direct traffic, Johannsen, McGregor and Sean Bean must have just looked at the paycheck, and took deep breaths, whoever edited this mess needs therapy for ADD, and - were it not for the delightful ms Johanssen - the two hours and three minutes it takes to get through this drivel would have seemed more like ten days locked in a concrete cell with only the director for company.
Respect yourself, and steer well clear.
Movie Review: Plato's parable of the cave.
Summary: 5 Stars
Michael Bay's THE ISLAND is Plato's parable of the cave
formatted for the 21st Century.
It is about people who are saved from a planet wide contamination and rehabilitated in an isolated laboratory. These people see only what they are allowed to see and believe what they are told by those in authority.
This is a cautionary tale about secrecy in government. Michael Bay is an adoptee who has asked questions about secrecy in adoption. He has also noted the secrecy in the organ donor program. The film's most shocking scenes are critical of actual adoption and organ donor practices in the United States.
Movie Review: The Island- A Utopia of A Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I went out and rented The Island from Blockbuster. To tersely sum it up: Set in the late 21st century, Lincoln 6 Echo (Ewan McGregor) and Jordan 2 Delta (Scarlett Johansson) are people living within a small facility. They have been taught that the Earth was wiped out with a terrible disease, and that they are the only survivors. The lottery chooses people to go to a place called The Island, the last existing place where the disease did not contaminate and destroy the world. It is a paradise, a utopia world. Everyone wants to go there; it is the daydream and reverie of all.
Little do they know, they are the clones of people from elsewhere on Earth. Many have been cloned, including movie stars and even Mr. President himself. They have paid thousands to have their bodies cloned, should the need arise that they must have body parts and organs transplanted. The Island is merely an illusion: When a clone is picked, the true nature of the situation is that the cloned person requires organs, and that the clone will be taken apart and left to die on the operating table. Even babies are cloned, and their surrogate clone mothers are murdered as well. Whe Lincoln finds out this secret, he must save Jordan, as she has been "selected" to go to the Island. The rest you must watch, for I fear if I continue, I shall give away the whole movie and spoil it for everyone who is goign to watch or buy this!
An excellent movie, and the director has pinpointed specific modern and ethical issues of today. I recommend this to all who are aboce age 13 or have had "The Talk" with their parents. I say this only due to use of moderate sexual content.