Monday, July 19, 2010
IN AND OUT
Today's movie was
The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
which is so preposterous that it is believable, well, acceptable, for about an hour and then the idea gets tedious.
Because of a genetic problem, of all things, Eric Bana is lost in involuntary time travel. He could drop in any minute and then disappear, always without his clothes but has enough time in one place, with one person to have a romance with Rachel McAdams and even marry her.
The difficulties of ending up somewhere naked where you don't know what or where you are is tough enough but it is really hard to have continuity in a relationship that you have at various ages and times in each person's life.
When you watch this film, you cannot, for one minute, think about what is going on. If you do, you will probably end up in a time warp and just end the movie so you can do something else.
It is weird. The movie isn't terrible. But it is not good either.
It is too long.
It has about four characters too many.
He has about three too many tough entries.
I am glad I saw it. I like Eric Bana and the two of them together do pretty well.
But look. This kind of thing just wouldn't work. No matter what.
I will give it a 2 out of Netflix5.
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