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Anybody seen it yet? I tried to read the book which was apaling to say the least but imagine the film would be a little more interesting? I'm not expecting it to be a masterpiece just a good way to spend an hour or two?
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Currently scoring a dismal 36 on metacritic and a poor $11m opening weekend in the US, this may have flatlined already.
But unlike twilight the actors were able to act fairly well and change their faces to show a range of emotion and this really helped round out what I feel would have been very flat characters.
Overall not a must see but if you have an unlimited card or sky then I would say give it a watch one day.
As it was: too much Romance and Cave {which didn't look realistic}.....not enough Diane Kruger and her Friends.
First 20 mins and last 5....were the highlights for me.
Loved the Cars.:cool:
Thanks for that! This has been the only helpful post on this thread. I have read the book, as has my daughter and we will be going to see it on Friday. I was beginning to worry that it was going to be bad given the comments on here, but you've given me hope.
I usually don't read much but my cousin who is an avid book reader and who usually criticises books she's read thats has been adapted into movies even enjoyed it.
The first half hour drags but it does pick up slightly in the second half. You could definitly tell it's from the writer of Twilight though. It has the same love triangle theme but is acted 100x better. Overall it was OK. Painfully boring at parts. I found the cars and helicopter looked cheap. Like they were covered in tin foil. The sets were cheap looking as were the costumes.
Seeker was a terrible actress with no personality and some scenes were so clinical I had no sympathy for any characters. Other than that though the story was quite sweet, especially the end.
I would change one thing though about the ending;
Humpf! Only helpful post indeed
I was only joking, I never read the book personally as I find the author is not my type of author (nice way to put it) so I couldn't make comparisons on the book, So I just commented on the film itself.
Also you don't have to worry about too much action not enough love story as there is barely any action and the love story is there quite a fair bit - although I don't know if it is as good as the books romance but from the film it just seems to me that SM has only one kind of romantic plot line in her bag of tricks and so it is all very familiar and predictable.
I enjoyed it too and thought it was a worthy sci-fi film. It's still in many cinemas although it'll probably disappear from the schedules at the end of next week so there's still some time to catch it.
It wasn't a fast, all action, all explosions, type sci fi film, but a far more personal story, which is a good thing.
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