Friday, September 25, 2009

Surro-great?

Alright. I am actually going to review this flick. I don't feel like I have actually reviewed a flick in sometime. I mean, I have written about a movie, but have yet to give a score. So this one I am going to score. Yeah... score...

This flick is a science fiction flick. If you are thinking it is like IRobot, it is kind of... but it isn't. There are robots around, and there is a deep moralistic undertone that goes along with the movie. The storyline isn't to bad, however, there are parts where I feel it was lacking. Not lacking in the sense of content, but in the sense of time. The flick seems to have been drawn from time to time for unnecessary reasons. This concept is hard to explain, so let me put it like this.

Say you are watching TV late at night, and one of those Girls Gone Wild commercial airs... It actually turns out to be an hour special on the latest spring break. So the paid advertisement gives the viewer glimpses of the clubs and beaches they go to, but every five minutes, they cut to the Girls Gone Wild order commercial. They use the actual commercial because they can't fill the hour block with beach and club footage. The raw footage of them enticing a girl with a five dollar shirt to show her tits is what you want to see. Hell, the nerds who sit in front of the class are watching and taking notes. But the damn commercial keeps coming.

That is kind of how this storyline is. There is a lot of unnecessary filler.

The acting isn't bad. It isn't the best, but it isn't bad. Kind of like your McDonald's burgers. They are crappy burgers, but they aren't horrible either.

The previews did give a lot away on this one. This seems to be a typical problem in the movie industry, but they have to do what they have to do to sell tickets.

The best thing about this flick has to be the bodies of the actors. I am not talking about Bruce Willis per say, but everybody in the flick had to have super model bodies. Made for some decent eye candy.

The flick does hint on what things could be like in a futuristic setting. Almost like a Fahrenheit 451 setting, but Bradbury wrote that in the 1953. Way ahead of his time. If Hollywood wants to take that science fiction morality concept and turn over profit, I guess it is okay. Flick does let you think about the possibilities and the consequences too. Pretty Typical.

I give this flick a three-some out of a cherry pit (3 out of 5). Don't expect to be wowed, but you should have a decent time while you watch.

Birddogger out.

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