One Fine Day

Movie Critic

Last Thursday night Luke and I scored tickets to a movie prescreening to a yet untitled movie starring Richard Gere, Claire Danes and Avril Levine. I skipped my small group to see it and I must say, it was well worth it.

We waited in line for only about 20 minutes and got right in. We did have to claim our seats in the theater and wait another 40 minutes, but we were entertained by two old men literally stuffing their faces with popcorn and hot dogs in the row in front of us.

It happened to be the first showing ever of this movie and in some ways it showed. The picture quality was terrible. Luke commented that if we were watching that same thing at home we would think our TV was broken. But nontheless, it was a great movie. It could be categorized as a "suspense thriller" and fit into the same genre as Seven, Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal and Red Dragon. Definitely not for the weak of stomach, though I'm sure there will be a lot more editing before it is released for public viewing.

I think they are considering the title "The Flock". It is definitely worth seeing, though I have no idea when it will be out. I know they're going to change the ending - it was the only part of the movie that could be improved, in my opinion at least. We stayed after and met with the directors/producers and were asked for our feedback. It was pretty interesting. There is so much that goes into movie-making behind the scenes that I never imagined.

It was the second prescreening we had been to. The first one I saw was "The Invisible" and was much further along than this one. I'll be excited to see it again to see what they changed. I highly recommend seeing it whenever it comes out. I'm beginning to feel like a real movie critic. I just so happen to live in the land of opportunity when it comes to movies, and I plan to take full advantage of it.

posted by n @ 6:29 PM