Reminiscence

If you have read my previous posts, you know that I didn't watch the Chaos Walking movie because of Tom Holland and I didn't see the movie Free Guy because of Ryan Reynolds. Now, I did see this movie because of Hugh Jackman. I saw the trailer, it looked partially interesting and partially non-sense. So I thought to myself "if it turns out to be non-sense, what do I lose? At the least, I get to see Hugh Jackman." I had free time and I had movie points to see this movie for free. So I did. 

When I went to the theatre, something was still eating me inside. What if the movie is really bad and then I start not liking Hugh Jackman anymore? That would be obviously a huge inconvenience in life. So while waiting for the movie to start, I went on Wikipedia to check the movie plot and made sure it wasn't non-sense. 

You know, when you go to a movie with the lowest expectations, small things feel like a bonus. In this movie, Hugh Jackman's character was actually an investigator. It is a well-known fact that I like detective/spy-like stories. Well, if you didn't know it before, now you know, and hopefully you know it well. So not long after the start of the movie, there was some detective work involved and I was just happy that the movie turned out to be this way. 

My disappointments about the movie: two things. Hugh Jackman's not-enough beard and the existence of Rebecca Ferguson. The first one is only a small disappointment, but I think Hugh Jackman looks better with a little bit more beard than what was in the movie. When it comes to Rebecca Ferguson, maybe I just didn't like her character because she was close to Hugh Jackman. Even the way she spoke, I did not like. Oh well. 

While I liked the detective work in the movie, the reason for why the detective work was being done wasn't that awesome, so I try not to focus on that. There was a setup in the movie which involved consequences of global warming. I don't think they did this because they are so sensitive about global warming, maybe a little sensitive. Not sure why they chose this setup as it doesn't affect the rest of the story that much---I mean, they could have had something else. Bottomline is it is a future dystopian world. The idea was that after this catastrophic event of the waters rising, people were traumatized and crimes increased. Somehow, people started to use a machine for leisure, a machine that you can go in and re-live your memories. 

Going into a tank with electrodes on your head to access your memories and instead of remembering them re-living them, sounds really good. Sounds a bit dangerous too. There are already a lot of people whose minds are stuck in the past. Giving them such opportunity, they will dwell on the past even more. When I first saw this, I immediately thought of moments that I would want to re-visit. Shortly after though, I thought it doesn't matter. So I wouldn't do it. Of course, it is like a session you go to, and they charge you per hour. So I don't think I would spend money on this. Not to mention, your memories are seen by the people operating the machine.

Like I mentioned, there is a tank half-filled with water. You can see Hugh Jackman's character going into it in the trailer, which makes you think of Wolverine, of course. In addition to this, there is rage and furiousness of the character in the trailer again that you can see because of losing the woman he loved. All of this reminds one of Hugh Jackman's character in X-men series. However, I have decided that this was just the move of the advertisement team of the movie, they did it to attract Wolverine-fans. I do think that it was a bad move. If you put your prejudices away and watch the movie, it is already a good movie. Making it look like Wolverine was actually only intimidating. Although it seems like this tactic worked on me, I actually saw the movie for Hugh Jackman despite the trailer (not because of the trailer).

I give the movie 7/10 and it is not because of Hugh Jackman. Okay, maybe a little bit because of him, but not entirely.