Eagle Eye

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Anyone planning on seeing this?

I saw the preview when I went to see Tropical Thunder and it looks like this one might be a nice flick to watch thats worth the price of admission.

http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/06/24/must-watch-full-trailer-for-dj-carusos-eagle-eye/

[Blzer]

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I'm seeing a pre-screening on Wednesday.

[sven]

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Looks pretty crappy.

[Beantown]

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It's a "find a free way to watch this movie" kind of flick for me.

[Blzer]

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Well, guess you guys wanna know, eh?

Sigh, let's see... okay, it was a strange combination of too many movies: Paycheck, Live Free or Die Hard, Shooter, The Fugitive; I, Robot; Minority Report, Deja Vu, Mission Impossible III, The Bourne Supremacy, Transformers, Crank... it just wasn't very original. In fact, I feel like this movie was simply written to combine a bunch of movies, and nothing else. It's almost like this movie didn't have a need to be written, just another filler with some bigger-name actors (I didn't know Billy Bob Thornton was in this). The biggest problem is its want for side stories that don't belong, similar to Mr. Brooks or The Matrix Revolutions.

I'll give it some props, though. For exaggerated realism in the action, it had some very stunning car chase scenes! Unfortunately, the action was somewhat too close to see what was going on. It was kind of Greengrass-esque, but it fit its own bill with use of CGI and air attacks as well. Not to mention there are "fillers" in the chase scenes involving main character conversations.

I seem to have used "filler" a few times now, which brings me to my biggest gripe with this movie. The beginning sets the stage well, and it gives a dark, rather serious tone. At the end, it's a sci-fi movie. So what's in between? The damn atonal Julianne Moore voice-over with an 80 minute wild goose chase. It's fine the first time... you are excited not knowing what's going to happen next or why it's happening. After it's revealed, you're still left satisfied. But would I be so excited for the middle of this movie the next time I see it? Absolutely not. Time could have been cut short a good portion with said filler scenes (I can name too many off the top of my head) and side-character distractions as well. I don't know what they could have replaced it with, but the movie doesn't have to be two hours long I suppose.

Shia LaBeouf is awesome. He is no longer Louis Stevens... he is the new ladies man. As he gets older, the only thing he really needs to start doing that Mark Wahlberg has on him is he needs to get tone. He's still a small dude, and some of the things he does still makes you feel like, "Are we supposed to believe that?" His eyes read determination, but sometimes you just feel he can't physically do some things that he does in his movies. I really liked Caruso's need to show emotions by close-up face shots. Like I said, Shia delivered really well here.

Overall, the movie was as cheesy as the trailer makes it. Is that a bad thing? I don't know what they could have done to take away any cheese other than write a completely different movie, but this isn't the go-see movie at this time. It's a 6/10. If you can see it for free, go for the action scenes and Shia owning the stage.



On a side note, I'll be pre-screening Body of Lies in a couple of weeks. If you want to know anything particular about that movie, ask now and I'll do my best for you.


EDIT: Let me go back to what I mean by "cheesy," because this movie's intent was not for ****s and giggles in the same way that Iron Man was. There were many more serious moments, but there were lines that would give you a chuckle, perhaps because it's Shia LaBeouf, or I don't know why. The idea of the entire eagle eye thing in itself though is just weird, so the orders given all over the city sort of make it cheesy is all. There's also this one line on the train that I thought was just hilariously stupid.

Everything was simply over-the-top, and it was almost difficult to accept in the beginning because everything felt way too real. For instance, if Shia saw a gun and picked it up, we felt the same reaction he would have, like, "Holy crap, I'm holding a gun!" By the end of the movie, we easily tolerated something like that, just like any other movie. Same goes with the instructions they had to obey. Like I said earlier, it almost became a sci-fi when it was finishing, but it still held its end.

This isn't Spider-Cheese by any means, let's just leave it at that. This movie has a good feel of Paycheck written all over it, just directed differently and with emphasis elsewhere.

[Blzer]

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By the way, anyone that sees this... can you let me know if a Saw V trailer plays before it?

[SPTO]

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This sounds like a rental or a visit to the ol' chinese mall here

[Lintyfresh85]

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It was.... meh.

Don't get me wrong... I enjoyed it... but it was hard to accept some of the crazy things going on in the movie.

Shia was great... the action was great... the plot was so-so.

Worth a matinee showing/DVD rental... not much else though.

[Herky]

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Looks interesting, but I'll probably wait until it hit Netflix.

[Vince]

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Wayyyy too far-fetched...

It was okay...About 7.5 on 10...

[Salhus]

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Wow, the comments in here are pretty harsh. I thought The Dark Knight computer idea was more far-fetched then this one. This was a great movie. BTW, The Dark Knight is my favorite movie of all time...

[SuperBowlNachos]

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I really enjoyed it. I went in with my popcorn in hand ready for an action movie that I could eat throughout. It's your average popcorn flick and right there with other Shia Movies

[Kashanova]

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i kind of liked it, it showed how everything we do is being watched which is kind of true

[ab713]

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Just saw this movie and have a question. Maybe I missed it our don't remember but, why did EAGLE EYE send all the weapons to Jerry's apartment? Seems like a wasted step in her plan. Why get the government involved in tracking Jerry down? Wouldn't things be easier if the government wasn't continuously tracking Jerry?

[NoleFan]

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I'm watching it now and I'm really enjoying it. Now that I'm at the point where the computer explains things, it's quite scary.