Post by Slash on Nov 1, 2011 19:03:12 GMT 10
A film review by Slash.
(This is a personal review and does not represent the opinions of anyone who works at Graphic Monks)
I've always been fascinated with time, with my opinion being that time is essentially the bane of our existance. We have a set time limit to live and when that time limit is up, it's up.
In Time explores the concept of time being used in the near future as a replacement for currency. Instead of money, people are payed in time, you live till you're 25 then you get given a year of time and that's it. And once you run out of time, you die. Of course, time is transferable, meaning you can be held up and robbed for simply having a week of time.
It's an idea that is very unique, the rich can live forever while the poor suffer to get by day to day. As great as the idea is, it's initially explored in a very interesting way. As the film progresses however, the Hollywood film influence starts to creep through and does degrade the overall quality. Not that it bothered me too much, the film has more than enough suspense and action to keep most people entertained. I loved the "fight" scene, where two men get into an Arm Wrestle style fight where they try to take each others time away.
Locations and settings are great. Even though most of the film is set in "The Ghetto" it truly feels like where we will be in 20, maybe 30 years from now.
Because no one ages physically from the moment they turn 25, everyone in the movie is beautiful! Justin Timberlake proves in this film that he can act, though he still has a lot of work to go. Some scenes we're fantatically done, others not so. Cillian Murphy, Olivia Wilde & Matt Bomer are all standouts in the film. Of course, I could go on ranting about Amanda Seyfried and how much I love her for ages, but I'll keep that to myself
Of course it has it's faults, but if you leave your mind at the door and want to kill a few hours watching a great action film/borderline sci-fi film, this is a brilliant choice.
8/10
(This is a personal review and does not represent the opinions of anyone who works at Graphic Monks)
I've always been fascinated with time, with my opinion being that time is essentially the bane of our existance. We have a set time limit to live and when that time limit is up, it's up.
In Time explores the concept of time being used in the near future as a replacement for currency. Instead of money, people are payed in time, you live till you're 25 then you get given a year of time and that's it. And once you run out of time, you die. Of course, time is transferable, meaning you can be held up and robbed for simply having a week of time.
It's an idea that is very unique, the rich can live forever while the poor suffer to get by day to day. As great as the idea is, it's initially explored in a very interesting way. As the film progresses however, the Hollywood film influence starts to creep through and does degrade the overall quality. Not that it bothered me too much, the film has more than enough suspense and action to keep most people entertained. I loved the "fight" scene, where two men get into an Arm Wrestle style fight where they try to take each others time away.
Locations and settings are great. Even though most of the film is set in "The Ghetto" it truly feels like where we will be in 20, maybe 30 years from now.
Because no one ages physically from the moment they turn 25, everyone in the movie is beautiful! Justin Timberlake proves in this film that he can act, though he still has a lot of work to go. Some scenes we're fantatically done, others not so. Cillian Murphy, Olivia Wilde & Matt Bomer are all standouts in the film. Of course, I could go on ranting about Amanda Seyfried and how much I love her for ages, but I'll keep that to myself
Of course it has it's faults, but if you leave your mind at the door and want to kill a few hours watching a great action film/borderline sci-fi film, this is a brilliant choice.
8/10
