The Lake House
The Lake House
Directed by Alejandro Agresti
Written by David Auburn
Starring Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Christopher Plummer
There's no such thing as a perfect movie. Sometimes I love the designs (Big Fish), sometimes I love the CGI (Star Wars), sometimes I love the music (Superman Returns), the performances (Mystic River), the script (Pulp Fiction), the action (The Rock), one particular scene (Psycho), oddities (2046) or just a good idea (Howl's Moving Castle).
The Lake House probably gripped my attention with it's clever concept about a woman in the future communicating with a guy in the past, and how little oddities occur due to the time difference. Like if Alex Wyler decides to plant a tree in the year 2004, it'll just pop out of nowhere in the year 2006 because two years has passed. Stuff like that. Great basis for a story. I was ready to be absorbed into one heck of a romance movie. (I was half expecting Big Fish, sorry)
Then I saw Keanu Reeves. And more Keanu Reeves. And Keanu Reeves. And whatever potential the movie had just... vaporized. I don't mind slow movies, but I mind slow movies when the actors don't warm the screen up. Sandra Bullock didn't help much either. A bit better, but not much. The two of them bored me so much even when interesting plot twists occur I felt bored.
Keep thinking. We're out of tricks. We gotta keep the audience sleeping.
Sigh. I even feel bored writing this review. Ending now.
D
Directed by Alejandro Agresti
Written by David Auburn
Starring Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Christopher Plummer
There's no such thing as a perfect movie. Sometimes I love the designs (Big Fish), sometimes I love the CGI (Star Wars), sometimes I love the music (Superman Returns), the performances (Mystic River), the script (Pulp Fiction), the action (The Rock), one particular scene (Psycho), oddities (2046) or just a good idea (Howl's Moving Castle).
The Lake House probably gripped my attention with it's clever concept about a woman in the future communicating with a guy in the past, and how little oddities occur due to the time difference. Like if Alex Wyler decides to plant a tree in the year 2004, it'll just pop out of nowhere in the year 2006 because two years has passed. Stuff like that. Great basis for a story. I was ready to be absorbed into one heck of a romance movie. (I was half expecting Big Fish, sorry)
Then I saw Keanu Reeves. And more Keanu Reeves. And Keanu Reeves. And whatever potential the movie had just... vaporized. I don't mind slow movies, but I mind slow movies when the actors don't warm the screen up. Sandra Bullock didn't help much either. A bit better, but not much. The two of them bored me so much even when interesting plot twists occur I felt bored.
Keep thinking. We're out of tricks. We gotta keep the audience sleeping.
Sigh. I even feel bored writing this review. Ending now.
D
3 Comments:
*yawn*
You ah. Why write this & make me read then...?
I have to disagee with you on this one. Personally think it's a superb concept and Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock have a chemistry that is rarely seen these days. You're just jealous of Keanu Reeves because he is cuter and hotter than you. I agree that at some points the movie could be termed as slow but I suppose we can't write a movie off just because of that. I say....this movie is still bearable because they managed to make it climax at the end so it achieved its objective.
Maybe he's jealous Sandra Bullock kissed Reeves and not him.
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