Ok, before I begin, let me say a few things.
1. This blog is sure to smell of the wine I have been drinking.
2. I've been out of the loop for a while because Rachel has not been well. Nothing new I know, but this time, it may be worse than usual. Nothing life threatening, but she is out of work because of it, and it may be indefinate.
3. as a result, I am available for even the most degrading and lowest paying of jobs now, as I have all the freedom in the world to seek employment. Ironic I know, but Rae can't work, therefore I have no other schedule to work around, and seeing as how a job with no benefits is better than no job with benefits... Well, you get the idea.
    So, here we go. I was watching Paycheck with the fam tonite. I realized that as a moviemaker, you can make quite a few mistakes and get away with it. This movie is FULL of them, and not little ones either.
    Ok, so I'm sure you don't want to hear one of my rants about the time/space continum, of which I hae many, but for the sake of this rant, I have no need.
    First of all... While technically interesting to look at, the very beginning of the movie shows the main character working to develop a 3D holographic monitor. What's wrong with this? Well simply the fact that he is shown using one to develop it. Perhaps the 2 technologies are a bit different, but on based on the pricipals. He was moving 3 dimentional computerized pices in mid-air. Come on... but that's not the most glaring of mistakes that I caught. I thought about it, and came to realize something. He could have trapped the system to self destruct from the beginning, and been fine, but he didn't? Why? A simple explination is that he tried that and the machine showed him the terrible outcome of that decision, but if that really is the case, the audience needs to know. Otherwise the whole plao is based on a plot hole. It's hard to do, but the success of the movie proves that a filmmaker can succede even with a terrible premise. That is why I love this business. This movie was mis cast, baldy writen, and just technically un-sound, but somehow, John Woo made it work. I've always been on the fence about his work, and the whole "2 guns, 2 men, and a dance of destiny that both will survive" thing that he throws in EVERY EFFING movie he does both pisses me off and impresses me at the same time.
    I'm rambling. The point is, he polished a turd. I was told every day of my life in the Army that it couldn't be done, but in one fell swoop, John Woo proved them wrong. How can I say this after bashing the film like I just have? Because I have seen it 5 times now, and I just realized this. But please Hollywood. Stop putting Ben Aflfeck in action roles. Did we need anything more than Daredevil to prove that this is a very bad idea?
Ken