Title: PremonitionDirector: Mennan Yapo
Notable Actors/Actresses: Sandra Bullock (played Linda Hanson)
Written by: Bill Kelly
Music: Klaus Badelt
Release Date: March 16, 2007 (USA)
Running Time: 96 minutes
Rate: ☆ ☆ ★ ★ ★ (2/5)
Rated PG-13
Review:
I confess. I checked Wikipedia on this movie before I watched it.
Wikipedia said it sucked. Hmm, why did I watch it, then?
Well, it was movie night, and I didn't choose the movie. :I
Anyways, what this movie is basically about is a mother who, by chance, was granted the power/curse of skipping days. She goes from Thursday, to Monday, to Friday, or whatever...you get the idea. Problem is, the whole movie is centered around her husband's death in a car accident (severed head, anyone?). I actually perceived the skipping timeline as more of her skipping alternate realities (it didn't happen that way though. A shame.). Oh, and did I mention that blonde assistant manager who seems way-too-familiar with her hubby?
The movie was labeled as a psychological thriller, and it did a good job on living up to expectations. Confusion? Check. Suspense? Check. Emotional trauma/drama? We're good to go. Logical (ish) explanation for weird phenomena? Ehh....we'll put you on hold.
I actually liked the movie. I really liked the crow symbolism, and Sandra Bullock's amazing performance with her acting. The movie started to fall into a deep pit of mehs when we reached the scene where Linda asks Father (the priest) for help (Bill Kelly, I have a facial expression of disbelief, right now.). His diagnosis?
...This is the point where my eye starts twitching. *is non-religious*
True, faith can mean many things. It can mean love. It can mean hope. But if a conversation like this happens in a church, and a Father speaks it, the first thing you think of is "Are you trying to convert me? Eheh, nice try." The emergency cynicism kicks in to make up for the lack of logic that I'm absorbing from this movie. (I need mah logic. It tastes good.)
So, I guess the theme was "Get a religion, or suffer from premonitions."? Right, I'll totally do that. (Oh, whatever happened to Doctor Roth, and after Saturday, when he said she wasn't "committed". That is still confusing me.)
And the final question?
How the heck did Linda get pregnant by the end of the suckish movie?
...Wikipedia, stop bragging about how right you are. >_>
Recommended to: Those who do not mind a religious explanation for everything that does not make sense. And those who have a tendency to go to the bathroom during the climaxes of movies. You guys won't miss anything good, here! :D
Wikipedia said it sucked. Hmm, why did I watch it, then?
Well, it was movie night, and I didn't choose the movie. :I
Anyways, what this movie is basically about is a mother who, by chance, was granted the power/curse of skipping days. She goes from Thursday, to Monday, to Friday, or whatever...you get the idea. Problem is, the whole movie is centered around her husband's death in a car accident (severed head, anyone?). I actually perceived the skipping timeline as more of her skipping alternate realities (it didn't happen that way though. A shame.). Oh, and did I mention that blonde assistant manager who seems way-too-familiar with her hubby?
The movie was labeled as a psychological thriller, and it did a good job on living up to expectations. Confusion? Check. Suspense? Check. Emotional trauma/drama? We're good to go. Logical (ish) explanation for weird phenomena? Ehh....we'll put you on hold.
I actually liked the movie. I really liked the crow symbolism, and Sandra Bullock's amazing performance with her acting. The movie started to fall into a deep pit of mehs when we reached the scene where Linda asks Father (the priest) for help (Bill Kelly, I have a facial expression of disbelief, right now.). His diagnosis?
Those who are faithless are like vacuums. Nature abhors vacuums, it wants to fill them up. So these faithless people are more influenced by the forces of nature and the unexplained.
...This is the point where my eye starts twitching. *is non-religious*
True, faith can mean many things. It can mean love. It can mean hope. But if a conversation like this happens in a church, and a Father speaks it, the first thing you think of is "Are you trying to convert me? Eheh, nice try." The emergency cynicism kicks in to make up for the lack of logic that I'm absorbing from this movie. (I need mah logic. It tastes good.)
So, I guess the theme was "Get a religion, or suffer from premonitions."? Right, I'll totally do that. (Oh, whatever happened to Doctor Roth, and after Saturday, when he said she wasn't "committed". That is still confusing me.)
And the final question?
How the heck did Linda get pregnant by the end of the suckish movie?
...Wikipedia, stop bragging about how right you are. >_>
Recommended to: Those who do not mind a religious explanation for everything that does not make sense. And those who have a tendency to go to the bathroom during the climaxes of movies. You guys won't miss anything good, here! :D
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