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Mar. 31st, 2012
More Films
Mar. 31st, 2012 10:56 pmThe weekend is usually a frabjous event , but today has been somewhat muted, no doubt exacerbated by being much cooler and greyer.
Spent most of the time reading, catching up with the newspapers, and watching two films. The first film was a science fiction thriller called “The Echelon Conspiracy” (2009), which I found quite entertaining, despite it being a poor man's version of “Eagle Eye”, the Steven Spielberg movie.
However, there’s something about The Echelon Conspiracy’s low-budget charms that makes it appealing. In fact, it’s so appealing, that I shall now offer you some very legitimate reasons for picking The Echelon Conspiracy over Eagle Eye.
Its low budget keeps things more realistic. It keeps things plain and simple,with an emphasis on plain. And an emphasis on simple, too. Basically, the movie’s action seldom steps out of the believability box. Granted, this is all most likely due to the movie’s low budget, but it helps keep it real regardless.
Secondly, where Eagle Eye actually attempted to convey the American government as a regime worth dying for, The Echelon Conspiracy takes a much bolder,and far more enjoyable,tone. I refuse to disclose any more information on that point however, as it will give the plot away. Let me just say that I would fathom The Echelon Conspiracy’s version of the U.S. government before I would Eagle Eye.
The action and special effects are kept well within their budgetary restraints, making it more realistic. The story doesn’t shoot for the moon and overshoot it in the process. So what if it is a B movie, it held me focussed on the film throughout its length and I found it enjoyable.
The other film I watched was “Fair Game” (2010) .. In it Naomi Watts and Sean Penn star in a riveting conspiracy thriller based on the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame in the run-up to the Iraq war.
Here is the link to the film review by Philip French in the Observer -
www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/mar/13/fair-game-sean-penn-plame
I would just like to add that it was, repeating myself again, a riveting film based on true events.
Spent most of the time reading, catching up with the newspapers, and watching two films. The first film was a science fiction thriller called “The Echelon Conspiracy” (2009), which I found quite entertaining, despite it being a poor man's version of “Eagle Eye”, the Steven Spielberg movie.
However, there’s something about The Echelon Conspiracy’s low-budget charms that makes it appealing. In fact, it’s so appealing, that I shall now offer you some very legitimate reasons for picking The Echelon Conspiracy over Eagle Eye.
Its low budget keeps things more realistic. It keeps things plain and simple,with an emphasis on plain. And an emphasis on simple, too. Basically, the movie’s action seldom steps out of the believability box. Granted, this is all most likely due to the movie’s low budget, but it helps keep it real regardless.
Secondly, where Eagle Eye actually attempted to convey the American government as a regime worth dying for, The Echelon Conspiracy takes a much bolder,and far more enjoyable,tone. I refuse to disclose any more information on that point however, as it will give the plot away. Let me just say that I would fathom The Echelon Conspiracy’s version of the U.S. government before I would Eagle Eye.
The action and special effects are kept well within their budgetary restraints, making it more realistic. The story doesn’t shoot for the moon and overshoot it in the process. So what if it is a B movie, it held me focussed on the film throughout its length and I found it enjoyable.
The other film I watched was “Fair Game” (2010) .. In it Naomi Watts and Sean Penn star in a riveting conspiracy thriller based on the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame in the run-up to the Iraq war.
Here is the link to the film review by Philip French in the Observer -
www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/mar/13/fair-game-sean-penn-plame
I would just like to add that it was, repeating myself again, a riveting film based on true events.
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For me it has to the Picard years.He was the most commanding and respected of all the Trekkie captains by far.
For me it has to the Picard years.He was the most commanding and respected of all the Trekkie captains by far.
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