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Re: The Island
I wouldn't recommend that anyone not ready to like it go see it and expect it to change your minds. I mean i don't want to rag on it too bad because it's good whenever anyone likes a movie but to give those that are on the fence about it a hint of what type of story it is, the clones (which we are not supposed to really know are clones in the beginning but come on... really) are given a stunted level of education, i think they explained it so they never learn enough to question their environment or something like that, so that's why you get a lot of the cheesy dialogue that appears in the trailers. not only are they exposed to the "real world" for the first time, they are also supposed to be at like a 5th grade level (either 5th grade or 15 years old, i can't remember)... so they are even more wide-eyed and innocent/vulnerable.
Honestly, I'd say that the best parts of this movie are the action sequences (and really one gigantic sequence stands above all the rest) so if you are thinking about seeing the movie and you don't expect much whenever stuff isn't blowing up, or if you're planning on renting it, I'd say definitely see it in a proper theater rather than rent it at home (of course, unless you have a banging home theater set-up).
If you hate Michael Bay movies already, this one won't change your mind. Personally, I'd say it's better than Pearl Harbor but Bay's seemed to succumb to American shaky-cam too-close action in parts and the story is very familiar and the characters are all, well, to make an unoriginal/clone joke here would probably be too much.
but you know, it's Michael Bay... for those that can appreciate a really well-executed action sequence, this is pretty cool.
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