movie: I Am Number Four
Jun. 17th, 2011 09:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
serynThe Netflix sleeve said I Am Number Four was a two hour movie. I'm not sure what the time really is because our DVD player kind of guesses how long it's been playing for, but the clock said 1:45.
It was strange because it just stopped right when the story really got going. There was all this prologue where we're introduced to Four and watch him try (and fail) to blend. Then the enemy engages and it's almost interesting. Then the movie stops.
I was hugely skeeved by the alien love interest angle.
Really? They only fall in love once and it's forever... but he doesn't even know if she's more than casually interested? I get that he's not a teenager and people can't control how they feel about someone, but telling her felt like a high-pressure tactic. It's generally considered abusive if someone threatens themselves or others to keep you with them. It's not romantic.
It seemed like Four had been held back in the remedial class for heroes because nothing was ever explained to him. It's quite clear that more information is immediately available and being withheld because he's not mature enough to understand it. Including the premise of the villains in the story. It seems like if you're in hiding (which is how the movie starts) then it behooves the situation if someone explains why you're in hiding. Anne Frank knew people would kill her whole family so she wasn't a bratty kid who stomped her feet when she was unhappy. Four does some bratty things even though he'd been told to keep a low profile. It seemed like he just didn't understand why he was in hiding.
So. Final vote. Eh. Whatever. Could have been decent if they got around to having an actual story. Would definitely have been better if we'd spent less time watching teenagers be angsty. There didn't seem to be a point in having Four pretend to be a high schooler other than bringing in some extra wanktastic characters and giving roles to the WB's rejects. Oh, yeah, the acting was totally pathetic.
If you look at it as an action movie, then 70% of it is banal. If you look at it as a romance, well, the girl is 15. If you look at it as a superhero movie, then hero-boy is too fucking stupid to win against the impossible odds that are a trademark of the genre. It was pretty good for one of those teenage drama movies except the only people who like those are teenagers.
Simon says, "Two bad he didn't add two, then he could say "I am number six; who is number one?"" Making a The Prisoner tv show reference. If you've watched the movie, then you realize this was quite amusing.
It was strange because it just stopped right when the story really got going. There was all this prologue where we're introduced to Four and watch him try (and fail) to blend. Then the enemy engages and it's almost interesting. Then the movie stops.
I was hugely skeeved by the alien love interest angle.
Really? They only fall in love once and it's forever... but he doesn't even know if she's more than casually interested? I get that he's not a teenager and people can't control how they feel about someone, but telling her felt like a high-pressure tactic. It's generally considered abusive if someone threatens themselves or others to keep you with them. It's not romantic.
It seemed like Four had been held back in the remedial class for heroes because nothing was ever explained to him. It's quite clear that more information is immediately available and being withheld because he's not mature enough to understand it. Including the premise of the villains in the story. It seems like if you're in hiding (which is how the movie starts) then it behooves the situation if someone explains why you're in hiding. Anne Frank knew people would kill her whole family so she wasn't a bratty kid who stomped her feet when she was unhappy. Four does some bratty things even though he'd been told to keep a low profile. It seemed like he just didn't understand why he was in hiding.
So. Final vote. Eh. Whatever. Could have been decent if they got around to having an actual story. Would definitely have been better if we'd spent less time watching teenagers be angsty. There didn't seem to be a point in having Four pretend to be a high schooler other than bringing in some extra wanktastic characters and giving roles to the WB's rejects. Oh, yeah, the acting was totally pathetic.
If you look at it as an action movie, then 70% of it is banal. If you look at it as a romance, well, the girl is 15. If you look at it as a superhero movie, then hero-boy is too fucking stupid to win against the impossible odds that are a trademark of the genre. It was pretty good for one of those teenage drama movies except the only people who like those are teenagers.
Simon says, "Two bad he didn't add two, then he could say "I am number six; who is number one?"" Making a The Prisoner tv show reference. If you've watched the movie, then you realize this was quite amusing.
