Chaser's Apprentice
10-10-2008, 12:03 AM
By Chaser's Apprentice
REPORTER
It’s true! Big Brother is in fact watching us—you, me, and everybody that we know! Just be wary. Surveillance cameras chronicle our day-to-day activity and don’t even think about turning on your Hybrid vehicle’s satellite assistance system, you will be ordered around by a GPS dominatrix. Why does "Eagle Eye" insist on making barcodes scary? Perhaps cast members Jerry Shaw and Rachael Holloman are simply easily scared. It is their own fault for pulling themselves into this tricky situation. Jerry and Rachael are played by boy wonder Shia LaBeauf and Michelle Monaghan. Jerry is a one-dimensional character, at best, with social and academic issues with the life that has aligned around him. Rachael is another flat character, also with social issues with her family. Nonetheless, their performances are adequate. LaBeauf’s routine, however, is underscored by the decade-older Holloman. Billy Bob Thornton romps along with rolling feet, struggling to keep up with "Eagle Eye"’s striking improbabilities.
So preposterously plotted, the dots are so vague and implausible that you couldn’t possibly connect them even if you tried. Too many ideas are cobbled together, and too many of those ideas are borrowed from other renowned movies. Do not try to map yourself through it; you might suffer a brain hemorrhage. D.J. Caruso, the director of "Eagle Eye," had inherited the idea from Steven Spielberg. Remember the last time Caruso directed for LaBeauf (Disturbia and the Rear Window bit)? This time Caruso is trying to tell of all the evils of technology, of course quaint Amish people would love it. The message might have been a bit straighter if Eagle Eye would have stopped trying to coach us into being bad electronic consumers.
Anyways, I’m wondering while watching the movie—doesn’t anybody else see the messages that Jerry and Rachael always seem to get? I guess I should probably ask Caruso. The camera work is also messy, you are so close up, the camera is shaky and unstable (kind of like the Bourne series). Anyways, "Eagle Eye" is always at its peak when engaged in action sequences. Otherwise it’s just a bag of cinematic junk food or a transparent treat.
Wear and tear often gets to me when I’m fed this stuff. "Eagle Eye" is noisy and muddled, but it is entertaining if you disregard its nonsensical mindset. The worst thing that gets to me is the climax scene closely reminiscent of the recent action comedy, Get Smart. I laughed at that movie (great—it’s a comedy, isn’t it?) I also laughed when one of its scenes was borrowed by Eagle Eye; now it’s not such a good thing.
I’m not going to release any more information. See it for yourself, and tell me what you thought about it! For now this movie deserves a C- at best. If you have a taste for such hyper-questionability you’ll probably deem it a higher score. No, Big Brother isn’t watching, he’s already seen this before—it’s just a rerun isn’t it? Eagle Eye is a movie for somebody else.
REPORTER
It’s true! Big Brother is in fact watching us—you, me, and everybody that we know! Just be wary. Surveillance cameras chronicle our day-to-day activity and don’t even think about turning on your Hybrid vehicle’s satellite assistance system, you will be ordered around by a GPS dominatrix. Why does "Eagle Eye" insist on making barcodes scary? Perhaps cast members Jerry Shaw and Rachael Holloman are simply easily scared. It is their own fault for pulling themselves into this tricky situation. Jerry and Rachael are played by boy wonder Shia LaBeauf and Michelle Monaghan. Jerry is a one-dimensional character, at best, with social and academic issues with the life that has aligned around him. Rachael is another flat character, also with social issues with her family. Nonetheless, their performances are adequate. LaBeauf’s routine, however, is underscored by the decade-older Holloman. Billy Bob Thornton romps along with rolling feet, struggling to keep up with "Eagle Eye"’s striking improbabilities.
So preposterously plotted, the dots are so vague and implausible that you couldn’t possibly connect them even if you tried. Too many ideas are cobbled together, and too many of those ideas are borrowed from other renowned movies. Do not try to map yourself through it; you might suffer a brain hemorrhage. D.J. Caruso, the director of "Eagle Eye," had inherited the idea from Steven Spielberg. Remember the last time Caruso directed for LaBeauf (Disturbia and the Rear Window bit)? This time Caruso is trying to tell of all the evils of technology, of course quaint Amish people would love it. The message might have been a bit straighter if Eagle Eye would have stopped trying to coach us into being bad electronic consumers.
Anyways, I’m wondering while watching the movie—doesn’t anybody else see the messages that Jerry and Rachael always seem to get? I guess I should probably ask Caruso. The camera work is also messy, you are so close up, the camera is shaky and unstable (kind of like the Bourne series). Anyways, "Eagle Eye" is always at its peak when engaged in action sequences. Otherwise it’s just a bag of cinematic junk food or a transparent treat.
Wear and tear often gets to me when I’m fed this stuff. "Eagle Eye" is noisy and muddled, but it is entertaining if you disregard its nonsensical mindset. The worst thing that gets to me is the climax scene closely reminiscent of the recent action comedy, Get Smart. I laughed at that movie (great—it’s a comedy, isn’t it?) I also laughed when one of its scenes was borrowed by Eagle Eye; now it’s not such a good thing.
I’m not going to release any more information. See it for yourself, and tell me what you thought about it! For now this movie deserves a C- at best. If you have a taste for such hyper-questionability you’ll probably deem it a higher score. No, Big Brother isn’t watching, he’s already seen this before—it’s just a rerun isn’t it? Eagle Eye is a movie for somebody else.