My Vantage Point
From my vantage point, tomorrow is looking really good. I’m on vacation and headed to Breckenridge — yehaw!
Today was a bit crazy, though, as I tried to wrap up the seemingly hundreds of work projects for which I’m currently responsible. I was supposed to meet up with my sister tonight to grab a quick bite to eat and watch a movie. Well, I made it to the movie, but I missed the dinner part. Dang job.
Luckily, she didn’t totally hate me for showing up late and volunteered to grab an extra sandwich so I’d have some food when I arrived. Of course, she also knows that I’m pretty grouchy when I don’t eat, so maybe she was just making sure I’d be in a decent mood for the movie.
Regardless, thanks for the sandwich and for not being too upset about my late arrival, sis. I love ya!
So, we finally settled in for the movie, Vantage Point. It started out well, but about 20 minutes into the movie it began to rewind. “Huh, that’s odd,” I thought, but I went with it. The movie started again at 11:59:58, but this time from another person’s POV (point of view for those who don’t know the lingo). Okay, so now I know why they called the movie Vantage Point.
I began to get worried as I realized how many main characters were in the movie. “Uh oh,” I said, “Are we going to watch the same thing again and again from each person’s perspective? It’s the 2008 version of Ground Hog Day.” Well, about 15 more minutes into the movie, it happened again — rewind and start over from 11:59:58. I think my sister counted about 6-7 replays, but we sort of lost count, so I’m not really sure how many there really were.
Now, with all of that said, I would still have to say that we enjoyed the movie in spite of the “rewinds”. While that part was a bit annoying, new information was revealed each time, enabling you to fit the pieces together and understand what had truly taken place. And once the “rewinding” was over, the action was intense, and the story flowed nicely. I also thought the characters were well developed. It’s not the best movie of the year, but it’s probably worth seeing. I’d give it a solid “B”.
And time with my sister….priceless. 🙂
