Hello, readers (of which we need more)!
This is Joshua- I'm updating the blog (finally!) with a review of the movie Source Code. Here's my review:
Source Code is one of those films that just drains you of all your energy, making it seem like you were doing so much more than just sitting in front of moving pictures and sound, like Inception or even Avatar. Though it has no 3-D, you feel immersed into the film- feeling for the characters, as claustrophobic as Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) in his tiny chamber. When the film opens, it resembles a trailer- it just begins with a guy suddenly waking up. He doesn't know who he is or where- when he looks in the mirror, he sees a different face. About a few minutes into the movie, the train explodes, and strange blue images flash before our eyes. He wakes up as Captain Colter Stevens, inside the aforementioned chamber. He then has to relive the same incident again and again to find out key information. One more thing; it's so much better than it sounds. Stay with me here.
The movie explores the idea of fate,- not what you'd expect from an action movie, I know- and alternate realities. If you're making an action movie, these are very heavy ideas to carry. Amazingly, like (again) Inception, the movie pulls it off, though it does result in more talking than actual action. The talking manages to be very intense too, with an occasional splash of humor onto the movie's dry surface. The director (Duncan Jones- the son of David Bowie) thankfully sprinkles a bit of fun into the action- otherwise, the movie would almost be boring at parts. As said before, however, it's easy to get immersed into the film whether it is talking or action-ing. The movie is so well done, though, that even if it can sometimes come close, it is never boring.
7/10
Written by Joshua M. Copperman
7/10
Written by Joshua M. Copperman
