Vantage Point (+ BD Live) [Blu-ray] | Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox

Vantage Point (+ BD Live) [Blu-ray] | Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox | Attn: Memory Recall Needed

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	Vantage Point (+ BD Live) [Blu-ray] Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox Sony Pictures, 2008 average customer review:based on 131 reviews view larger image
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Lots to like.

Yes, there is a lot to like about this movie. Big names playing small parts, and the reverse. Not a lot of acting but a good story line, and lots of things happening at once. At one point I was quite taken by surprise. It took me a bit of time to realize the importance of the replays but they're absolutely necessary to the theme as they provide the different "vantage point" of the title, which I found interesting and unique. Try it, I think you'll like it. I did.

Attn: Memory Recall Needed

What an exciting movie! Reminded me of several past political flicks- elements from each combined in Vantage Point to make it an "end-of-your-seat thriller." I'd recommend to viewers to have extra patience when viewing this for the first time. The events are rewound several times in order for the viewer to understand whats happening. That's the simple way of saying without good memory recall a viewer might get lost in the crowd. I'd also class this film as one to use with certain rehab patients. Not joking here - often films have multiple uses as well as audiences. Another plus with "Advantage Point" is the involvement of citizen spectators during a national crisis, a reminder of 9/11. The tourist becomes a hero just because he/she was filming the surrounding as the fatal attack begins. Outstanding scenery, plots, characters, and more. However, in the end the movie was a close second to the ever popular "Dave", using a stand-in President as a cover for the real one. And it was a good move, too, since the stand-in was actually assassinated.

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Multi-layered, multi-angle suspense thriller

This inventive, tense thriller plays out several situations from multiple viewpoints. If that sounds dull or repetitive, it isn't - this is a gripping and well made film, well recommended.

Misdirection Insurrection

Vantage Point was fun to watch. I thought that the way Director Pete Travis told the story was cool.

The first hour of the movie is basically a loop of the same action, but from various different perspectives, or Vantage Points, of several key players that witness a diabolical scheme to assassinate The President of the United States.

You may know already that one of my biggest pet peeves is spoilers. I hate spoilers. And I'm not about to write one out here so don't worry. But if you've ever seen the trailer for Vantage Point and then watch the movie, you'll be like, "why the heck did they give away that critical twist?" In fact, the trailer for this movie goes so far as to (deliberately) misdirect you into preconceiving who the bad guys are.

But why??? Did the director or producers think that their movie would be too obvious and predictable without the misdirection? I don't think it would have been. On the contrary, the misdirection made Vantage Point seem like it would be another one of the many government conspiracy theory movies. But it's not. And I think that the marketing of this movie contributed to its lackluster box office performance.

Dennis Quaid and Matthew Fox are great. Forest Whitaker's character is completely unbelievable...as in, it's hard to swallow a single action that Whitaker's character makes. William Hurt is The President, but seemed like he was in an Altered State.

All in all, I'd recommend catching this, but if you've got to choose, whatever your other choice is might top Vantage Point...from this perspective.

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