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Movie Blurb by Shale
September 23, 2011
There were three movies opening this weekend that I plan to see. Before taking off, I glanced at the reviews for my three picks in The Miami Herald and noted that Rene Rodriguez gave four stars to Moneyball, two stars to Killer Elite and one star to this movie. Oh he also proceeded to trash this movie in his review. Well, he is not alone among critics. The aggregate reviews on Rottentomatoes indicated that 96% agreed with him. However, 78% of audiences, like me, enjoyed this movie.
This movie opens with teen boys joyriding, risking life & limb doing stupid teen boy stuff. (how do so many of us survive such stunts). The one riding on the hood of a truck careening down the highway is Nathan (Taylor Lautner) going to a party where he sheepishly makes eye contact with Karen (Lily Collins), his childhood neighbor from across the street.
Not such a big part of the plot, but Nathan wakes up on the lawn the morning after the party - SHIRTLESS! Yes, it has to be in Lautner's contract, so enjoy it.
Now we meet Nathans parents (Jason Isaacs & Maria Bello). Dad does some brutal sparing with Nathan and his hangover as a lesson in not getting so wasted you can't defend yourself. Nathan takes it in stride with the expected teen grousing.
As for those bad-boy problems, Nathan is seeing a shrink (Sigourney Weaver) who guides him thru some of his anger issues.
As a school project Nathan & Karen are working together on a sociology project when he hits a Website for missing kids and finds out his parents aren't who they say they are. At this point the movie becomes the action flick we saw in the trailers as some bad guys are after Nathan and Karen, while the CIA is also involved.
Nathan and Karen Being Chased On Foot ...
On a Bike ...
On a Train
Obviously this is Lautner's movie and being a 19-year-old helps him in this role of a high school kid facing exceptional circumstances. I thot he did very well in the part and I connected with him. Could be that Lautner sounds so much like my youngest grandson (one year older) that I know his delivery is real.
I think the problem with reviewers is that they see all the technical stuff that is wrong with a flick; bad script, inexperienced actors and such but they fail to see the accepting audience for such PG-13 fare - teenagers.
Just as some movies require a "suspension of disbelief" to enjoy the absurd premise, others like this one require "suspension of adulthood." Seems I am good at that and can enjoy Twilight - movies targeted at teen girls using all the obvious emotional manipulations that I can overlook. Likewise, I can enjoy Abduction, also targeted at a teen audience.
Movie Blurb by Shale
September 23, 2011
There were three movies opening this weekend that I plan to see. Before taking off, I glanced at the reviews for my three picks in The Miami Herald and noted that Rene Rodriguez gave four stars to Moneyball, two stars to Killer Elite and one star to this movie. Oh he also proceeded to trash this movie in his review. Well, he is not alone among critics. The aggregate reviews on Rottentomatoes indicated that 96% agreed with him. However, 78% of audiences, like me, enjoyed this movie.
This movie opens with teen boys joyriding, risking life & limb doing stupid teen boy stuff. (how do so many of us survive such stunts). The one riding on the hood of a truck careening down the highway is Nathan (Taylor Lautner) going to a party where he sheepishly makes eye contact with Karen (Lily Collins), his childhood neighbor from across the street.
Not such a big part of the plot, but Nathan wakes up on the lawn the morning after the party - SHIRTLESS! Yes, it has to be in Lautner's contract, so enjoy it.
Now we meet Nathans parents (Jason Isaacs & Maria Bello). Dad does some brutal sparing with Nathan and his hangover as a lesson in not getting so wasted you can't defend yourself. Nathan takes it in stride with the expected teen grousing.
As for those bad-boy problems, Nathan is seeing a shrink (Sigourney Weaver) who guides him thru some of his anger issues.
As a school project Nathan & Karen are working together on a sociology project when he hits a Website for missing kids and finds out his parents aren't who they say they are. At this point the movie becomes the action flick we saw in the trailers as some bad guys are after Nathan and Karen, while the CIA is also involved.
Nathan and Karen Being Chased On Foot ...
On a Bike ...
On a Train
Obviously this is Lautner's movie and being a 19-year-old helps him in this role of a high school kid facing exceptional circumstances. I thot he did very well in the part and I connected with him. Could be that Lautner sounds so much like my youngest grandson (one year older) that I know his delivery is real.
I think the problem with reviewers is that they see all the technical stuff that is wrong with a flick; bad script, inexperienced actors and such but they fail to see the accepting audience for such PG-13 fare - teenagers.
Just as some movies require a "suspension of disbelief" to enjoy the absurd premise, others like this one require "suspension of adulthood." Seems I am good at that and can enjoy Twilight - movies targeted at teen girls using all the obvious emotional manipulations that I can overlook. Likewise, I can enjoy Abduction, also targeted at a teen audience.
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