The Island

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Went this afternoon to the Rave to see The Island. I enjoyed it. Very Logan's Run meets action movie. Fun in a summer movie "don't think about it TOO hard" kind of way. It was a fun movie but it definitely had some logic lapses. Poor Bean gets to play Dr. Mengele meets Hitler, and I don't think the character had any redeeming quality. If he was just supposed to be a God Complex doctor then he at least would have euthenized clones in a way that didn't appear so painful. And whenever head guy goes out to take care of things himself, you know ignominious death is soon to follow. Also, I kept feeling sorry for the helpless bystanders who were getting killed. I mean bunches of people had to have been killed in the good guys escapes, and then the man who hunted turns good in the end... but...oh, guess the ordered killing of some cops is okay then.

Which isn't to say these things make the movie less enjoyable. It's just what happens when you think about it much after you leave the theater. Ewan was in good wide eyed wonderment mode. Scarlett Johansen is extremely pretty. There was nice chemistry, and a nice little romance between the two. So for mindless summer fun movie, I give it a rec. I enjoyed it.

It isn't as noir as Gattaca but has touches of the same sort of ideas but it's more of an action movie than Gattaca or rather Gattaca meets Logan's Run meets ... I don't know. Something action. Anyway, enjoyable