![]() ![]() If, however, you appreciate subtlety of expression, timing and story development then give this movie a watch. If you want or are looking for a movie that is blunt force trauma to the senses then this won't be for you. The sexuality/physical attraction that has been called a love story is neither pointless nor gratuitous but serves a well-defined emotional purpose given the context of events and the nature of the relationship which intertwines the raison d'ĂȘtre of the two characters involved with the development of the premise upon which the film proceeds. Not a typical Hollywood style wrap it all up neatly in buttered popcorn it needs your attention and perhaps more than a single viewing to appreciate the content. is it past or parallel, real or imagined, it leaves a lot for the viewer to decide which is, I surmise, why the movie gets such a mixed reception. It is a stand alone movie with (all IMHO) a solid well-written script, a sound and interesting premise, more than acceptably good special effects (which it didn't need to rely upon to tell its story), very well cast and well acted and although not a 'drivingly wild video game movie' (yuk) it never lags in pace or fails to hold the viewers interest and curiosity. Just about every movie that's ever been made just like every story that's ever been written owes something to those that came before it: as they say there is nothing new under the sun. I Hailed Blade Runner as the best futuristically dystopian Sci-Fi movie as the best I'd ever seen way back when it first came out, I have every version of it and still watch them on a regular basis - it never fails to satisfy and leave me with a feeling of calm satisfaction. References to Blade Runner, capturing 80's style production etcetera - sorry but I don't agree. I've read the negative and 'so-so' reviews here on this movie and wonder if we watched the same movie. It has great moments and silly underdeveloped ones, it has a story with a lot of potential, but only a bit of it capitalized into anything. ![]() Bottom line: clearly better than average, but not consistently so. I am sure that if it would have been done in the 80s, the time it seemed to belong to - pardon the pun again, it would have had a great success. Synchronicity did not fall into the first category and came very close to slip from the second and into the one of great films. Most stories are usually broken by the addition of time travel or are based on it so much that they ignore anything else that might matter. The acting was good, the story interesting. ![]() For me, it was a stylistically beautiful movie, with a lot of love poured into it. That is why many of the people are either disappointed with the result or frustrated for not getting the complicated mechanics of time travel. The possibilities were infinite, pardon the pun, but the movie did not capitalize on them. So why didn't it become an instant classic? Because in the end, it was one hour and forty minutes for a punchline. And you are not, because this movie is smart. Add to this Michael Ironside, who just lends gravitas to the entire thing and the only thing you could be missing is a smart script. The film has everything you could want: a 1980's soundtrack, a noir look a la Blade Runner, a scientist mad with the possibilities of his time travel machine and a beautiful girl to make it all worthwhile. Perhaps it will not be memorable, but at least it was filling. I enjoyed the movie and the story and the way it unfolds. And who eats the wrapper and writes a review on it? Quite a few people, if I read through them. Bad CGI and silly effects would not have added to the love story, but to the SciFi wrapper. It is low budget, yes, but in a good way. It's a simple plot, and when one sits back and reflects on it, it pulls off the simple plot. ![]() But slashing it for merely what it reflects is like smashing the mirror on a bad hair day. The question is - did this movie get a fair shake in being rated as average? This simply means that some liked it and some did not. So what that it has a musical and emotive reflection in a style that reminds one of a silver screen masterpiece? Many rappers have best-sellers based on the borrowed riff or refrain from an eighties classic. Reading some of the other reviews, mostly focusing on the fact that the movie seems to be almost Bladerunnerish, they do not actually address what the movie is. ![]()
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