Trakt for iOS
Works on iPhone and iPad.
I've gotten more story from the back of a cereal box then this movie.
Trailer shows a very different movie.. just waisted an hour of my time (not watching it further)
The movie shows what it wants to show very good. The acting is fine. But not my type of movie, what’s fine. But the trailer mislead me into thinking otherwise..
If I could a have back story, like wtf happened and all. I would like this movie more. Now it’s just watching some people with a camera make photos of dead and injured people. Not my cup of thee thx.
Predictable and laughable. Who could have seen the cold grizzled veteran photographer turning into a scared child, while the petrified newbie becomes fearless in a matter of days?! The young fearless photographer is directly responsible for her hero's death... SHOCKER! -"Would you photograph my death?" Whoa!! What a plot twist! I love how Dunst pushes the young photographer out of the way from the imminent gunfire and then just stands there and waits to get shot in the back. Then once she collapses from being shot multiple times, not one member of the press even checks on her. The movie had potential, but the writing got stupid and lazy in the most crucial parts.
Lots of head shaking and eye rolling to be had in this one
Could’ve been so much better. Lots of potential. Felt like a circle jerk for journalism in the context of much more important topics. It had the potential to be a character piece, but between the bad writing and inconsistent acting, it doesn’t even do that well.
The music and intensity is all this has going for it. War never changes. Here’s what war in America might be.
But there’s no way a photographer would be given that priority on the battle field, intentionally.
Actually impressed with how boring this turned out to be. Marketing scum wins again.
I might have actually liked it if they didn't make me expect something completely different...
I really wish this movie was UNWRITTEN.
I've quickly become a fan of the burgeoning "True Corporate" genre (as opposed to True Crime). Between this film, Tetris, and Air, I consider the genre three for three this year. I'm sure the films aren't for everyone, but having worked most of my career at the intersection of legal and finance/accounting, I find the stories fascinating. The case of BlackBerry is even more so given that it took place within my lifetime. Being able to map the events in the film against my own recollection of BlackBerry's prevalence definitely adds something. Combine that with solid writing and fantastic performances from both Jay Baruchel and Glenn Howerton and the end result is an easy recommend.
As a tiny little nitpick, I think "save the cat" moment of Mike fixing the buzzing intercom in the opening scene was a bit cliché and ultimately unnecessary. I think the theme/message would have been equally (if not more) effective had he just identified the buzz, given the same commentary about it, maybe even opened it up and tried to fix it, but not actually fixed it. It's just a bit of an eye roll, because I don't buy that thirty seconds and a paper clip is enough to fix much of anything. But I'm not an electrical engineer, so maybe I'm totally off base. In any case, not a big deal, and ultimately the scene works just fine as is, but I would have tweaked it.
Making pop culture references is not a substitute to humour.
