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Jake Gyllenhaal's Source Code: BUMP THREAD for Amanda's Bowie Info (2011)
trekfan:
I went to see it yesterday and I loved it
Sophia:
--- Quote from: trekfan on April 05, 2011, 03:19:56 pm ---I went to see it yesterday and I loved it
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whats wrong with me... I did see it too, yesterday. But I didn't enjoy very much. Whats wrong? Its JAKE, HELLO! Not even his slimfit skirt, could make me wanna watch the entire movie.
southendmd:
I saw it on Thursday with Lisa/BBMISwear. Thanks, Lisa!
I loved it. So happy to see Jake in another decent film. (I also liked Love and Other Drugs.)
Very smart and engaging film. You care about what happens to Jake's character. The Groundhog Day gimic is not overdone, there remains a sense of urgency. Jake was fantastic; it's easy to sympathize with his situation, partly because it isn't clear what's up. I didn't particularly care for Michelle Monaghan, but Vera Farmiga was superb in what could have been a wooden role. She changes right along with Jake's character, very subtly. Jeffrey Wright's big boss was more caricature, unfortunately, and without any subtlety.
I know there have been comparisons to Inception, but to me, there's no contest. Inception spent way too much time trying to explain the unexplainable; Source Code doesn't really try, rather focusing on the human story. Smart move.
I'll definitely see it again. I think it was Lisa's fourth time.
Gorgeous cinematography. However, I disliked the music, derivative and distracting at points.
Front-Ranger:
Great review...thanks, friend!
southendmd:
A little trivia: Vera Farmiga has acted both with Jake and with Heath. She was in "Roar", playing Caitlin to Heath's Conor, in the Australian TV series from the '90s.
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