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Time spent watching films, even crappy ones, is time well-spent.

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    What you'll find here are comments on the movies through which I've cried, yawned, laughed, and rolled my eyes since it first occurred to me to record my film thoughts while they're still fresh in my mind (early 2002, some early reviews thrown in as a bonus. You're welcome). Entry dates reflect my screening -- parenthetical dates are US release (aka Oscar eligibility) years.
    Yeah, a movie review blog isn't very original. But originality is overrated. Just ask Michael Bay.

1/07/2012

Unknown (2011)

Man in Berlin for a conference gets into a car accident and it seems, when he wakes up from a short coma, everyone else has somehow suffered amnesia where he's concerned.  It had me rolling my eyes for most of the movie as everything seemed so convoluted.  It was obvious that he was being tricked somehow, but why?  And how could it possibly make any sense?

I was happily surprised that the story came together seamlessly.  I couldn't have predicted that the riduclousness on the screen would eventually be proven reasonable, but they pulled it off.  Amazing that 3/4 of the movie could be saved by the last fourth (usually it's the other way around), but there ya go.

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