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The Invisible (2007) - David S. Goyer
Starring:
Justin Chatwin, Margarita Levieva, Marcia Gay Harden, Chris Marquette
The Plot:
The story revolves around Nick (Chatwin) who is pretty much your picture perfect teen, good grades, artistic, sticks up for his friends to no end. Ever since his father dies life has been tough for both him and his mother (Harden). The movie also follows Annie (Levieva) who suffers from the same kind of thing but in this case he mother died and she seems to be taking it alot worse and kinda becomes this hybrid of a girl and a thug. Well paths collide and Nick ends up dead, or so he thinks. Invisible to all the world he tries to get Annie who can feel his presence around her to turn herself in and save him.
Is It Any Good?
Well the movie itself is really just one enormous pile of depression rolled into a movie. The acting is so depressing between both Nick and Annie you think any minute they're going to commit suicide. But if you can look past all the teen angst going on, on screen you'll find a pretty decent movie. (Not one bad movie yet eh, just wait for the Ice Spiders review) Alot of this movie focuses on Nick follow people from his life around and talking to himself about there relationship and stuff like that, really coming to age drama you know. Which you'll notice in this one scene with his mother which I thought was a way to overdone. The character of Annie throughout 89% of this movie is wearing this god awful beanie that makes her, for lack of a better comparison look like a cancer patient which really bugged me and kind of draws your attention away from whats going on with you wondering "I wonder if she's a blonde?"
As for the acting/actors I thought Nick was cast perfectly Mr. Justin Chatwin pulled of invisible boy perfectly I thought and at time yes of course theres over acting but what teenage drama doesn't have that? Margarita played thug pretty well but she's kinda got a pretty face so that throws that whole look off. Which is probably why in alot or scenes you see her covering her face up. Now for Marcia Gay Harden I really can't stand her I don't know what it is but everytime i see her or hear her talk I hate her that much more, so that is kind of one sided. There were alot of other characters in this flick who did alright as well, like Annie's convict boyfriend Marcus who kind of reminds me of Leo Fitzpatrick's character from the movie "Bully." and Nick's "Best friend" Pete played by that of Chris Marquette.
I didn't think I would like this movie that much but found myself oddly entertained by it, it had a pretty decent but overdone story but with a new twist. Some of the shots in this film were really well done I think so a kudos goes to the cinematographer. The ending I think could have had some work because as I said in the "Reaping" review alot of movies nowadays have horrible endings. This one wasn't horrible but still could have used some work I think. Maybe tone down the depression, and get rid of Harden and you probably would have had a better movie in my opinion.
How Are The Extras?
Well this doesn't have that many extras on it but more so than that of "Flight of the Living Dead." Its got about 10 or so deleted scenes, nothing special and you can see why they were cut. Its also has a commentary but I dont really listen to movie commentaries unless your Kevin Smith, or possibly entertaining. From the soundtrack of the movie it has two "Music Videos" but one isn't so much a video as it is a live performance, one from the band Sparta (I forgot the name of the song but it was kinda bad and your typical movie video with clips of the movie and band) then the other was a live performance of the song "The Kill" from 30 Seconds To Mars, the video was horrible and for most of the song Jared Leto was letting the audience sing it.
Final Words
It seems to be a trend so far with me reviewing some good movies but i'm pretty lenient when it comes to a movie being good or not, I always tend to find some good things in movies and chose to write about that while still informing of the crap. But that hasn't been the case so far the ones i have watched have entertained me and this did as well, so if your looking for a teen angst drama with a twist check it out on Tuesday, if not you may find yourself missing out.
Movie 6/10
DVD 2/5
Starring:
Justin Chatwin, Margarita Levieva, Marcia Gay Harden, Chris Marquette
The Plot:
The story revolves around Nick (Chatwin) who is pretty much your picture perfect teen, good grades, artistic, sticks up for his friends to no end. Ever since his father dies life has been tough for both him and his mother (Harden). The movie also follows Annie (Levieva) who suffers from the same kind of thing but in this case he mother died and she seems to be taking it alot worse and kinda becomes this hybrid of a girl and a thug. Well paths collide and Nick ends up dead, or so he thinks. Invisible to all the world he tries to get Annie who can feel his presence around her to turn herself in and save him.
Is It Any Good?
Well the movie itself is really just one enormous pile of depression rolled into a movie. The acting is so depressing between both Nick and Annie you think any minute they're going to commit suicide. But if you can look past all the teen angst going on, on screen you'll find a pretty decent movie. (Not one bad movie yet eh, just wait for the Ice Spiders review) Alot of this movie focuses on Nick follow people from his life around and talking to himself about there relationship and stuff like that, really coming to age drama you know. Which you'll notice in this one scene with his mother which I thought was a way to overdone. The character of Annie throughout 89% of this movie is wearing this god awful beanie that makes her, for lack of a better comparison look like a cancer patient which really bugged me and kind of draws your attention away from whats going on with you wondering "I wonder if she's a blonde?"
As for the acting/actors I thought Nick was cast perfectly Mr. Justin Chatwin pulled of invisible boy perfectly I thought and at time yes of course theres over acting but what teenage drama doesn't have that? Margarita played thug pretty well but she's kinda got a pretty face so that throws that whole look off. Which is probably why in alot or scenes you see her covering her face up. Now for Marcia Gay Harden I really can't stand her I don't know what it is but everytime i see her or hear her talk I hate her that much more, so that is kind of one sided. There were alot of other characters in this flick who did alright as well, like Annie's convict boyfriend Marcus who kind of reminds me of Leo Fitzpatrick's character from the movie "Bully." and Nick's "Best friend" Pete played by that of Chris Marquette.
I didn't think I would like this movie that much but found myself oddly entertained by it, it had a pretty decent but overdone story but with a new twist. Some of the shots in this film were really well done I think so a kudos goes to the cinematographer. The ending I think could have had some work because as I said in the "Reaping" review alot of movies nowadays have horrible endings. This one wasn't horrible but still could have used some work I think. Maybe tone down the depression, and get rid of Harden and you probably would have had a better movie in my opinion.
How Are The Extras?
Well this doesn't have that many extras on it but more so than that of "Flight of the Living Dead." Its got about 10 or so deleted scenes, nothing special and you can see why they were cut. Its also has a commentary but I dont really listen to movie commentaries unless your Kevin Smith, or possibly entertaining. From the soundtrack of the movie it has two "Music Videos" but one isn't so much a video as it is a live performance, one from the band Sparta (I forgot the name of the song but it was kinda bad and your typical movie video with clips of the movie and band) then the other was a live performance of the song "The Kill" from 30 Seconds To Mars, the video was horrible and for most of the song Jared Leto was letting the audience sing it.
Final Words
It seems to be a trend so far with me reviewing some good movies but i'm pretty lenient when it comes to a movie being good or not, I always tend to find some good things in movies and chose to write about that while still informing of the crap. But that hasn't been the case so far the ones i have watched have entertained me and this did as well, so if your looking for a teen angst drama with a twist check it out on Tuesday, if not you may find yourself missing out.
Movie 6/10
DVD 2/5