See this movie for Shia LeBeouf... the kid is fantastic and makes the movie worth watching.
Don't get me wrong, it's a fun diversion and the writing is solid, but there's not one single surprise in the movie. If you've seen REAR WINDOW, or even the Episode of THE SIMPSONS where Bart with a broken leg becomes convinced Flanders murdered Maude, then you've seen this movie... right down to the scene where the villain buries something that turns out not to be a body.
But Shia... man that kid is good. Take special note of the opening scene. It's very well written and the acting between Shia and his father is so superb that when the scene takes its necessarily tragic turn I was hit with an unexpected wave of emotion... particularly interesting given that at that point I'd spent all of 60 seconds with these characters.
But Shia is funny when he can be, moody when he should be, and deadly serious when he needs to be... he's all around fun to watch. And young Sarah Roemer is pretty hot too.
Psychs me up for TRANSFORMERS, now.
Don't get me wrong, it's a fun diversion and the writing is solid, but there's not one single surprise in the movie. If you've seen REAR WINDOW, or even the Episode of THE SIMPSONS where Bart with a broken leg becomes convinced Flanders murdered Maude, then you've seen this movie... right down to the scene where the villain buries something that turns out not to be a body.
But Shia... man that kid is good. Take special note of the opening scene. It's very well written and the acting between Shia and his father is so superb that when the scene takes its necessarily tragic turn I was hit with an unexpected wave of emotion... particularly interesting given that at that point I'd spent all of 60 seconds with these characters.
But Shia is funny when he can be, moody when he should be, and deadly serious when he needs to be... he's all around fun to watch. And young Sarah Roemer is pretty hot too.
Psychs me up for TRANSFORMERS, now.
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Yeah, I expect that he'll be a well-respected actor for years to come. I liked the season he was on PROJECT GREENLIGHT. You could tell even then that he outclassed his surroundings; he was like that one kid who hit puberty before every else and dominated your CYO basketball league.
I almost mentioned that season of GREENLIGHT, specifically because I remember thinking man that kid seems WAY too grown up to be a teen actor with no big movies under his belt.
He strikes the exact right tone for a goofy sidekick in CONSTANTINE as well... check him out.
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