I must be out of the loop when it comes to movies these days. I think I only saw a movie poster of The Vow, when I went to go see Chronicle most recently. Has someone really dropped the ball when it comes to the marketing of movies these days? Or is it seen as a lost cause due to the rampant piracy that occurs through out cyberspace? Or, maybe I should turn on the TV every now and again…
Anyhow, apparently this movie is based of the events of a real life story. A married couple get into an accident, and the wife, played by Rachel McAdams loses her memory. The husband, played by Channing Tatum takes care of her, and tries to help her remember the life she now forgets. It’s some what a cliche romance story, but I guess since it’s based on an actual instance of it happening, rather than some story being dredged out of the Hollywood movie making machine, I thought I would give it a go. But really, Rachael McAdams… I didn’t need much more motivation to go see it, than that.
I wasn’t sold on Channing Tatum, given that the other movie that I saw him in, Dear John, really didn’t do anything for me. Maybe it’s the fault of the story, but I was quite apprehensive of watching Channing again in a romance drama flick. But to my surprise I was impressed; I even shed a few tears during the film – it’s been a long time since I shed a tear in the cinemas.
To be fair though, I think most of it had to do with Rachel McAdams, and the whole situation. Trying to make your partner remember the love you have, even though she doesn’t even know who you are. Worse yet, all she remembers is a distant life she left a long time ago, so much so, that seeing the “old” her makes you think why you fell in love with her in the first place.
The chemistry in this movie is pretty decent. I mean it’s no Gosling and McAdams level of chemistry, but it’s enough to carry the movie across the line. If you like romance movies, then it’s probably a goer. If you want to see Tatum taute cheeks, then it’s a definite.
The premise of this movie is based on time. Rather than using money as the medium of value and currency, time has taken it’s place. Everything that is bought and sold is exchanged using time. Once people hit the age of 25, they’re given one year to live / use; in order to increase your remaining time, you do pretty much anything as you would normally do for money, whether it be work, gamble, or borrow. Once you run out of time, you’re pretty much dead – I was going to use a pun for it, like you’re “time’s up”, but there’s so many references to time already, that it would be completely redundant, even as a pun…
The premise of this movie is about Jake’s character, a military agent, working on a mission that only lasts 8 minutes, but given the nature of the mission and how it’s possible, those 8 minutes are relived over and over again; nothing is fixed, as interactions with people alter the situation, but the same conclusion results, and nothing lasts in terms of ramifications past the 8 minutes.
I forgot to mention that I wanted to watch this in 2D, as I think the 3D movie experience is more of a gimmick than anything else; truth be told, I think it really takes away from the movie watching experience. If there was ever a choice to watch a 2D movie, over a 3D movie, I’ll be the first to sign up for that. The only problem is that since almost all cinemas are on the 3D bandwagon, trying to catch it in 2D was quite difficult, but not impossible.
After watching The Fast And Furious: Tokyo Drift, my attraction to this franchise began. And the Seoul reason is Han. His character in the third movie of the series left that much an impression on me that I watched Fast and Furious, the fourth installment of the series (but a prequel in terms of story line), just to see him in it, even if it was only for a few minutes.
