Movie: In Time
My Rating: 2 stars
Wow! This movie is surprisingly bad—wooden acting,
cringe-worthy script, awkward editing—it’s all there. I saw this one in the theater last night, and
it was quite a doozie. It’s a good thing this movie has a pretty clever
premise and some big name actors, otherwise it would have been a complete bomb.
But, as it stands this movie is a seriously corny, ham-handed,
fluff-piece, with unoriginal plot points and painfully obvious foreshadowing.
But, it does have the benefit of at least being quotably bad. If
you’re going to do schmaltzy, at least have the guts to go all the way. It’s usually a bad sign when a film bills itself
as an action/thriller, but the audience is laughing uncontrollably at all the
moments that are supposed to be tender or meaningful. But, I can say one
thing. Seeing a cheez-tastic film like this in the theater with lots of
other people does make for a pretty entertaining, interactive evening.
So, the story is essentially a retelling of the basic plot from Logan’s Run. And then, it goes ahead and rips off a few other sci-fi films while it’s at it. The story is set in the future, and humans have been genetically engineered to stop aging at age twenty-five. After that, they are given one more year to live, unless they can buy more time, so time has become the basic currency. The wealthy can live forever, but the poor really are just living day to day. The working class folks can really only earn enough during a shift of work to make it to the end of the next day, and maybe to be able to afford one decent meal. This all seems pretty straightforward. Everyone always wants to get his hands on more time. Except that after about a hundred years or so of living, the wealthy people start to suffer from a sort of spiritual malaise. They’re tired of lounging around, never really doing anything, so some of them start behaving a little recklessly. The action in this story starts when Justin Timberlake, the star of this movie, runs into just one of these fellows. It turns out that the time authorities are having a hard time believing that some rich guy would give away all his time to a random, poor dude. Let the chase begin! Of course, no thriller is complete without a leggy love interest tagging along. Enter Amanda Seyfried—a bored, rich girl, who’s itching for some excitement in her life.
So, the basic synopsis of this film actually sounds pretty interesting. Even though I thought the film was ridiculous, I can’t make it sound as lame as it turned out to be. The basic plot idea is just that cool. That’s why I even bothered to go see this one in the theater. But, we all know that oftentimes, there’s significant difference between a film and its trailer. I can tell you that the acting is terrible, and that the plot is full of Buick-sized holes, but those are things that you can only really understand by seeing the movie. But hey, the evening wasn’t a total bust. Like I said, it’s often a really fun time to get a group of friends together to go see a real bomb. If you’re going to see this movie, I advise that you do it this way.
So, the story is essentially a retelling of the basic plot from Logan’s Run. And then, it goes ahead and rips off a few other sci-fi films while it’s at it. The story is set in the future, and humans have been genetically engineered to stop aging at age twenty-five. After that, they are given one more year to live, unless they can buy more time, so time has become the basic currency. The wealthy can live forever, but the poor really are just living day to day. The working class folks can really only earn enough during a shift of work to make it to the end of the next day, and maybe to be able to afford one decent meal. This all seems pretty straightforward. Everyone always wants to get his hands on more time. Except that after about a hundred years or so of living, the wealthy people start to suffer from a sort of spiritual malaise. They’re tired of lounging around, never really doing anything, so some of them start behaving a little recklessly. The action in this story starts when Justin Timberlake, the star of this movie, runs into just one of these fellows. It turns out that the time authorities are having a hard time believing that some rich guy would give away all his time to a random, poor dude. Let the chase begin! Of course, no thriller is complete without a leggy love interest tagging along. Enter Amanda Seyfried—a bored, rich girl, who’s itching for some excitement in her life.
So, the basic synopsis of this film actually sounds pretty interesting. Even though I thought the film was ridiculous, I can’t make it sound as lame as it turned out to be. The basic plot idea is just that cool. That’s why I even bothered to go see this one in the theater. But, we all know that oftentimes, there’s significant difference between a film and its trailer. I can tell you that the acting is terrible, and that the plot is full of Buick-sized holes, but those are things that you can only really understand by seeing the movie. But hey, the evening wasn’t a total bust. Like I said, it’s often a really fun time to get a group of friends together to go see a real bomb. If you’re going to see this movie, I advise that you do it this way.
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It's the perfect movie to flask.
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