Bears a striking resemblance to Stay. The protagonist goes through a very similar struggle—discerning what is real and what isn’t through some odd situations and circumstances. This film definitely had a darker tone to it. The subject matter approached an indie horror flavor, while Stay seemed to keep its strangeness on the [...]
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The Terminal (2004)
My sister said it was “cute,” which is what i thought the first time.
One of Speilberg’s “candy” pieces, similar to Catch Me If You Can. I seem to remember reading or hearing on a commentary that the entire airport set was built, but i’m not sure where that was or if it was [...]
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The Island (2005)
Watched this across two nights. And wasn’t even totally watching it at that. Put it in initially to check the screen’s brightness and colors—i knew this was a pretty vivid looking movie. So it just kinda stayed on as background noise.
I seem to be on a future-themed trend lately with this, Minority [...]
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Batman Begins (2005)
I wondered where the fictional Gotham was filmed. The flyovers and aerial shots looked great, but weren’t easily identifiable as any real city. According to IMDb, it seems the shots flying through the skyscrapers with the train were Chicago, and i’d guess some of the wider aerial shots were New York City. [...]
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Minority Report (2002)
Bookended this one. Started watching it, fell asleep, then caught the last half hour. I enjoy seeing well-done futuristic visions like this. It’s neat to see what might be the everyday things in our lives in a few decades.
Minority Report is very grainy—by design, for sure. But combine that with DVD [...]
