Ahh, such promise. Sigourney Weaver, Dennis Quaid, Forest Whitaker . . . questioning how point of view affects our sense of reality, especially in life's most dramatic moments? Who could lose with these elements all together?
Well, Vantage Point does. By the end, it's just a downright silly film. . . where Dennis Quaid delivers the line, "Mr. President, I've got you." And after a ten minute high speed race, the action ends just seven blocks from the starting point . . . suspend disbelief, suspend disbelief. When you find yourself saying "suspend disbelief" over and over again, well, you know you are in trouble. Yes, you are . . . and so is the film.
It's always sad to see a film with such potential, fail so utterly. Ahh, such promise. . . such promise.
Posted by Sam Noir and Sarah Dennison
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I like your call to suspend disbelief, it is so hard to maintain when the film won't meet you half way.
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