Stars:
Hayden Christensen
Jessica Alba
Lena Olin
Terrence Hill
Terrence Hill
I went to the cinema for the first time in 4 weeks, partly persuaded by a 2 for 1 free ticket deal. The movie on offer was AWAKE, advertised as a psychological thriller; the kind that I do occasionally profess an appetite for. With Jessica Alba on the menu, I was all set for a tasty afternoon.
“Every year 21 million people go under anesthesia…30,000 people remain awake” with that, a plot is created around this fact. We have one good looking and rich young man (Hayden Christensen) who is madly in love with his gorgeous bit of skirt (Jessica Alba). There is also his mummy (Lena Olin) to complicate the relationship a wee bit. Plus, this young man has a bummer of a bad heart and is in need of a transplant, which will eventually leads you to the gist of the plot.
If you are planning to watch this movie, that’s as far as you should go. Any attempt to read reviews or talk to people who seen it, you run the risk of getting a whiff of the twist in the plot. Even the trailer criminally hints away at the plot twists. If the plot is blown, you can pretty much save your cash for your next movie.
Hayden Christensen really does know how to smile in a movie, although we can be forgiven in thinking otherwise after seeing him brood through the entire 5 hours of Star Wars Parts II and III in the form of Anakin Skywalker. So he has sufficient presence and does well enough to carry the show along with the always lovely Jessica Alba and Lena Olin.
Sure, there were some inaccuracies in the movie, but then if we can watch Rambo come unscathed after being targeted by a hundred guns, we can surely let this one slide a bit. After all, we are in it for the suspense, which is the main course. The servings of suspense when it finally arrived is not ungenerous, and topped up with some portions of gory bits too (well, the movie has to do with surgery).
In all, I thought the movie was just about worth its admission price, and left the cinema feeling sufficiently entertained.
“Every year 21 million people go under anesthesia…30,000 people remain awake” with that, a plot is created around this fact. We have one good looking and rich young man (Hayden Christensen) who is madly in love with his gorgeous bit of skirt (Jessica Alba). There is also his mummy (Lena Olin) to complicate the relationship a wee bit. Plus, this young man has a bummer of a bad heart and is in need of a transplant, which will eventually leads you to the gist of the plot.
If you are planning to watch this movie, that’s as far as you should go. Any attempt to read reviews or talk to people who seen it, you run the risk of getting a whiff of the twist in the plot. Even the trailer criminally hints away at the plot twists. If the plot is blown, you can pretty much save your cash for your next movie.
Hayden Christensen really does know how to smile in a movie, although we can be forgiven in thinking otherwise after seeing him brood through the entire 5 hours of Star Wars Parts II and III in the form of Anakin Skywalker. So he has sufficient presence and does well enough to carry the show along with the always lovely Jessica Alba and Lena Olin.
Sure, there were some inaccuracies in the movie, but then if we can watch Rambo come unscathed after being targeted by a hundred guns, we can surely let this one slide a bit. After all, we are in it for the suspense, which is the main course. The servings of suspense when it finally arrived is not ungenerous, and topped up with some portions of gory bits too (well, the movie has to do with surgery).
In all, I thought the movie was just about worth its admission price, and left the cinema feeling sufficiently entertained.
9 comments:
I watched that movie too.. after the show, i onli realised that good looking and rich young guy is the star war guy..
Hehehehe..
y'know, if you have a chatbox, us movie buffs can have more of an interactive discussion with each other...
who wants to watch indiana jones in kl on opening day with me?
Ah..that's not the first request for a chatbox.
I'll put one up soon. Appreciate the suggestion.
Indie on opening day? You got tickets to the THX cinema?
how do we get free tickets to speed racer? my son loves everything about cars
i'll be getting tickets for indy tomorrow.
hopefully the queue won't be long like opening day of forbidden kingdom
tried gsc's phone booking for indy tomorrow but the only available seat is 10 rows from the screen.
bleaahh...
guess i'll just have to go Q tomorrow like everybody else and keep my fingers crossed that i will have better seats.
will tell u how good it is tomorrow after i've seen it
Free tickets? You tell me, pal...I'm watching out for that gravy train to. Seriously, these days half-priced tickets are the best that you can hope for.
As for freebies, you can try your luck from newspapers or the radio station giveaways, but you gotta compete with a thousand others.
Indie tickets will be hot, but if you can watch it in the morning or afternoon, you'll stand a better chance.
Think the earliest I'll get to watch and write about it will be next week, although I'll try this Friday. Will love to hear your comments.
Good luck with the tickets.
tried to be smart and queued up for indy even though i had a phone booking (10 rows away, remember?).
wasn't difficult to get tickets over the counter and i chose a reasonably good seat (what was left anyway). would you believe it? row f, 10 rows away...haha.
anyway, it was a great movie, esp for die-hard fans of indy like me. great action, lines and some nice touches.
as for more details, i shall let lightsaber officially review it, eh?
Good for you..glad you got to see it and enjoyed. It's never a doubt that the movie will be good, question is just how good? Guess you answered that by satisfying even a die hard fan.
I'll have to try to see it next week, I'm being a little fussy for this show, wanna catch in a THX cinema.
Watch this space, pal!
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