Tuesday, October 23, 2012
GOT THE TIME?
Today's film was Andrew Niccol's
a very good Justin Timberlake vehicle. Also other young stars to be as in this story everyone gets to be age 25 and then a clock starts in day glo, green, on their arms and they are living literally on borrowed time.
You gotta see it to get it.
Suspension of disbelief sets in very early. Clever these movie guys. But we are distracted as Justin is half naked early on and we don't worry much about plot relevance.
Just put it this way. I believed it. Timberlake is turning into a half decent actor and carries the film quite adeptly with the help of Cillian Murphy, another favorite of mine, as not so much a villain as a dupe of the system.
Alex Pettyfer shows up and Matt Bomer is in early on as a guy with a century on his arm who wants to just die and get it over with.
The cars in this film are from all eras as is the architecture which is quite rich and beautiful even when it is lavishly overdone casino style.
What is great about this is that it makes you think a bit about what is going on. They help but not too much.
Funny, since everyone lives to be 25 and then their looks stay that way, the film is populated by good looking 25 year olds. Or younger.
I liked it. Not enough to want to see it again as I think it would be spoiled and Justin's chest only goes so far as a draw. They could show his ass. But no.
A 3 out of Netflix5.
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