Let the wrong begin

I watched the movie Quarantine tonight. I give it a solid four stars out of five. Not a bad movie but by no means spectacular. Here's my Seo review:

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Overall I really enjoyed Quarantine. I doubt it will do well in the box office because I think in a way it was too real and in that way almost boring to some extent. Crazy shit happened and people dealt with it but it wasn't crazy enough. The acting was spot-on realistic which is unfortunately not going to read as such for most movie-goers. The action took a little while to get moving but than it kept it up right through to the end. All-in-all I recommend this to your horror lovers out there. I need to download the movie it was based off now so I can hate this one hehehe. Ta!

Movie Spoilers under the cut.

I went out with a bunch of my school buds to watch I Am Legend last night. I honestly really really liked the movie. Will Smith as usual did a spectacular job as did the other few supporting actors. This was mainly another movie like Castaway in that the driving force behind the vast majority of the movie was a single man. This can be terribly hard to do, yet Smith really does pull it off with aplomb.

As a monster movie though the movie was mediocre at best. There was very little real scary bits. The monsters are not ones I could see jumping me randomly from the dark. But if you look at the movie as a piece on the psychological affects of a disaster on a human mind it shines beautifully. Humans are social animals. To separate one from all of humanity and surround it by monsters? Yes, that can be truly fascinating. Smith shows a damaged man in a bad situation where you really do begin to lose it. The little things he does almost by accident, how a routine disturbed causes the greatest anxiety, his devotion to his dog, all build a truly dynamic picture.

The cinematography was also spectacular. They did a gorgeous job of showing you exactly what happened without it feeling like a huge bit of exposition just kind of stuck in the middle. The use of small bits of props floating around to tell the story was amazing; little bits of newspaper stuck on walls, magazine covers tacked onto Smith's frig, tell the story without the need of excess dialog.

As for the dramatic aspect, they did an amazing job of ripping your heart out and punching you in the face with it but never to excess. All of the flashes, revelations, and disappointments came at the right time to have the most impact with the least needless angst. Comedy was mixed in judiciously at points to lighten the mood without ever turning frivolous.

I will say though they did cop out on the ending a bit turning it a little too Hollywood buuuut you can only ask for so much. I'm willing to give up on the last 10 minutes for the most part. The one big problem I did have with it is behind the spoiler cut.

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So 9/10ths of the movie rocked and rocked hard. I highly recommend I Am Legend to anyone in search of a movie to hit.