Sigh, I was excited as this was one of the few movies on my list that I had never seen and been wanting to for years. Unfortunately, this movie did a lot of things I feared it would. Namely 2 things. 1) Bore me. 2) Not feature Samuel L Jackson nearly as much as one would expect for him to be so featured in the advertising. Yeah, both occurred. I lost interest and got sidetracked and cannot give this a fair review. John Cusack does just fine, but as with most Cusack roles, I always feel he could have been easily replaced by somebody 10 times cheaper who could have been just as effective as most of his characters. Anyway, to be continued later on. As of now, I don’t understand why he wasn’t in the room for what seemed like the last 20 minutes of this movie.
(At this point I took a long break, days longs break.)
Yeah, so I watched the movie again, paid more attention to it, it still underwhelmed the hell out of me. Maybe in a few years, I may enjoy it like I do dreamcatcher, but I don’t see the same charm, or actors, or fun that that particular movie had. Samuel L Jackson was awesome for his 5 minutes. John Cusack had to carry this film, and it was a fun story to tell, but a story I had no interest in. Some may hold this film in high regard. This will be one of the lowest ratings I give a movie. I don’t like it, have no interest in seeing it again. If you found some good in this movie, I say good for you, glad you enjoyed. This movie was just a travesty for me. Giving it a 4.4 in hopes that maybe I am missing something and there was some quality there.
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