Movie night

[azurite]

After a week of putting it off, I finally went to see "Premonition" tonight. I happen to like movies that deal with the supernatural-- time-traveling or psychic premonitions are interesting plot-devices, if used well. I like movies that are puzzlers-- like "The Prestige," among a select few others.

Okay, so the trailers did give away some of the best scenes --one right from the end of the movie-- but in all honesty, I didn't remember them clearly enough for that scene at the end to NOT shock me. It did-- I thought the movie as a whole had its extremely poignant and emotional parts, though I didn't cry or anything.

I wish Julian McMahon had more screentime, because it would have been nice to empathize with him a bit more. In the movie, he seems like this distant, constantly busy guy. Though he's got two daughters who love him to bits, for some reason his marriage is failing, and he seems to take an interest in the new assistant manager at work. The two of them plan to have an affair on a weekend when he has an interview overnight and away from home, but he dies in an accident beforehand. Linda knows only about the accident before discovering more and more about a past she doesn't entirely remember, because it hasn't REALLY happened yet. Her premonitions are all out of order, but her reality is in order-- so she's only got one shot to save her husband, if she even can (or even WANTS to!).

The movie twists you around by having you see "reality" and Linda (Sandra Bullock)'s "premonitions," which are more like vivid dreams. People on IMDB (bless them wankers) were theorizing she was time traveling, while others were arguing "No, there's no split timeline or anything..." and I agree with the latter camp. Though some parts were predictable, others caught me by surprise. It's not like I was taking notes the whole time, but I never watch a movie with the intent of drooling and being mindlessly entertained-- and I wasn't. I had to look for the clues in this, and I enjoyed the moments when I went "Ah hah!" and saw foreshadowing or understood something.

It's entirely possible there are some legitimate plot holes, though. Still, I don't like going to a movie just for the sake of picking it part (Harry Potter movies being the exception :P), so even though this wasn't the best movie, I did enjoy it. I hope there'll be an alternate/director's cut ending on the DVD when it gets released, though.

Why do people say things like "he'd of" and "I'd of"? NO. It's "he'd HAVE" and "I'd HAVE" I hate it when people mix those two up. You do not write like you talk! (Or you'd be seeing a lot more "hellas" in here, guaranteed.)

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[rhapsody-dragon.livejournal.com]

^^;; I'm probably guilty of that switch myself... :P I write a lot like I talk. Well, not in formal papers, but in IMs and journals and whatever yea... I do write like I talk. :p

[azurite]

Well okay, IMs and journals are one thing... but what I meant by it was "the way something sounds is not always the way things are written." I don't know how most people think when they write, but even if I "hear the words in my head," I know that before I write/type them out, I'm sure that it's the right word to use.

So even though She'd've sounds like "She'd of," in my head, I know it's really "She'd have," but contracted. So I'd never TYPE "She'd of," so when I see it, it's like >_< don't you THINK before you type?

[obabscribbler.livejournal.com]

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<i.Why do people say things like "he'd of" and "I'd of"? NO. It's "he'd HAVE" and "I'd HAVE" I hate it when people mix those two up. You do not write like you talk!</i>

Oh, don't even get me started on this. My pupils insist on mangling the English language so much it's taken up residence in the corner of my lessons, weeping uncontrollably and trying to hide like a battered spouse when my GCSE class saunters in. Rat bastards.

[guardian-kysra.livejournal.com]

Heh, actually even He'd/She'd is an incorrect contraction if you wanna be really technical since the apostrophe is only meant to take the place of one letter.

[azurite]

But wouldn't that mean I've and any similar ones are also incorrect, because they're contracting the 'ha' from 'have'? I know the most common contractions are the ones for am and not: I'm and Aren't, etc., but I never thought there was a rule that the apostrophe is only for one letter.