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« on: July 07, 2009, 06:01:39 PM »

I took a day or two off from the movies over the weekend of the Fourth, partly because I was busy cleaning the house and then grilling meat Saturday, and then Sunday I spent the entire day reading . . . but this morning I watched this recent DVD release and found it good, but lacking.

First of all, the best thing about this film is that it stars the Divine Goddess Anne Hathaway (DG Anne for short).  She makes any film automatically more watchable. The supporting cast also did a pretty decent job.  The plot is very interesting - vaguely similar to FINAL DESTINATION, but not really.  A quick synopsis:

DG Anne plays Claire Summers, a psychologist who is called out to provide therapy for the survivors of a jet crash that killed all but six of 105 people aboard.  As she interviews and discusses the crash with them, she quickly discovers that the details they are describing of the crash do NOT match up with the official story told by the airline about what happened.  She also discovers a romantic interest with handsome crash survivor Erick (However, this move is PG-13 -  No HAVOC-style scenes here!).  She "crosses the line" of professionalism with him pretty quickly.  Then things begin taking a turn for the weird.  DG Anne's nosy neighbor lady keeps showing up in her apartment for no reason.  A quiet but ruthless airline employee named Arkin begins stalking Claire, hanging out at the therapy sessions.  Erick begins to manifest signs of ESP.  And the other survivors begin disappearing.  More and more, Anne comes to realize that something happened during that crash which neither the airline officials nor the survivors fully understand.

 I don't want to give away the ending, but suffice it to say that you don't really see it coming.  This was ALMOST a good movie, but the pacing was a little too slow. The movie took forever to really get started, but  it definitely gained steam in the second act.  I have seen far, far worse movies this year.  And, to watch the DG Anne for an hour and a half, I would put up with a LOT worse than this!!

Any of you guys see this one?
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« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2009, 06:01:26 PM »

I Saw The Movie PASSENGERS Just Recently I Thought It Was Interesting But They Didn't Really Get Too Much Into The Supernatural Element Of The Movie And The Ending Has Been Used Before In Other Movies

All In All I Got A Few Laughs Out Of It

And I Was Also Happy To See Some Familiar Actors Like William B. Davis , Clea Duvall , And Diane Weist In A New Movie
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