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I'll be
honest. I owe it to you readers. It has now been four hours since
leaving the theater and I still don't know what the point of this movie
was. I asked three other people who were attending the screening and
they didn't know either. So hopefully this review isn't as disjointed as
the movie was. Most movies of this type leave clues for the viewers to
pick up on that point you to where the plot is going, even if the
characters themselves don't see or aren't quick enough to catch them.
Premonition just throws events at you willy nilly and lets you try to
sort them out on your own. I honestly wonder about the state of cinema
when an untried director like Mennan Yapo ( this is only his third try
at directing) can get a star like Sandra Bullock to be in a film this
bad.
What makes
it bad? Almost everything. The acting, while not great isn't what kills
this movie. Bullock and McMahon can't really be blamed here but they
could have turned it up a little. The cinematography was bland with no
style. Just straightforward storytelling which is fine if you have a
good story to tell but here it just adds to the faults of the film. The
way events unfold left me in a cloud of confusion. Supposedly Bullock
knows that something is wrong and has a slight idea of what is going on,
yet when she sees the things that have already happened she is clueless
and only makes a real effort to save her hubby in the last five minutes
of the movie. In one scene (without any prior mention of God, religion,
faith or the church), Bullock goes to church to talk to the Father who
just happens to have a book with post-its marking many different cases
of premonitions and fortune telling. How handy is that? And, the only
thing offered as an explanation is he says, “It's been a while.” and
then you never see him again. That's just one example! Another example
is the ending itself. So if you don't like spoilers, skip to the next
paragraph. **Spoiler Alert** Nothing changes! He still dies! The only
difference is that she is pregnant. The accident that kills him happens
almost exactly the way it did in the first place except this time,
Bullock is there to watch her husband die! Oh, they try to make it
interesting by panning down to see her protruding belly in the last
scene but by that point you really don't care anymore. I was too busy
wondering why she didn't try harder to convince him not to go on the
trip. And don't even get me started on the daughters disfiguring
accident that tries to be a shocking moment but just leaves you
wondering “What the hell?”
What's good
about Premonition? The movie poster. That's about it.
I can't even
think of a fitting end to this review except this. If you choose not to
heed my warning and go see this, please, write me and tell just what the
point was, ok? I'd really appreciate it. Then, tell me why you went and
saw it anyways, lol.
Keep
reading,
Mitch E.
mitchemerson@hotmail.com
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