- Coming Soon???
It has been reported by those wonderful movie geeks over at latinoreview that a new adaptation of one of my all-time favorite books will soon be hitting the screen…again. This time around the new director of the latest Terminator movie yet to be released is said to be behind the wheel. The simply named McG is supposedly wanting to re-vamp the classic with a totally different twist. Not only does he want Captain Nemo to be more of a villain in this this remake-adaptation but he would like Will Smith to star.
I am a huge Will Smith fan but I have to say that whole idea is a bit of a stretch for me. However, I was skeptical when I heard he was going to be starring in I am Legend and was happily surprised by his performance there (although the movie itself still was overall a disappointment). I will be anxious to see where this goes because the book was probably one of the first novels to really make me love literature. I read the whole thing in a couple of days when I was younger and have yet to see an adaptation that I really thought did it justice.
plus lots of tears
Starring: Will Smith/Rosario Dawson/Woody Harrelson
Rated: PG-13
Release Date: 12-19-08
I went into this movie knowing that I was most likely going to end up a tear-filled mess due to the fact that I arrived about 10 minutes early to see the previous audience leave. About 90% of those exiting the theater were watery eyed and sniffling. Although I was apprehensive I tried to stay optimistic about seeing it after that.
The beginning of the movie, as with the previews, didn’t give much information as to what was really going on but Smith’s performance as always was on point from the get-go. The movie draws you into the plot slowly but once you’re in there’s no turning back and you feel as if you’re on an emotional rollercoaster along with the characters. Basically Smith plays an IRS agent who decides to help seven strangers. I will not reveal any more than that because doing so would make one appreciate the film less going in.
I felt that deep down the movie was a love story. Not just the every-day romantic blah-fest starring Gerard Butler and that blonde girl. This is the kind of love story that involves all types of love. Love for family, a companion and the everyday stranger you meet on the street. I left the theater (crying of course) inspired to find ways to give more of myself to others. Very few movies these days inspire me to do much of anything so in that fact this one was an accomplishment.
The in-famous movie critics have given this movie a hulk-sized thumbs down but I have to disagree. I felt that if you get past the David-Lynch-style mind warp of a plot twist you can really enjoy a heartfelt film. And of course performances by Smith and Dawson are amazing. I would say it’s a must see.
Bottom Line: MUST SEE (bring tissues)
