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The Worst Film Ever
ReaderKenka
Let's be realistic.
FuzzyTagz
If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.
Aneesa Wardle
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
Bob Jim
The lead actor, the main character, IS GREAT. You can empethise with him, his actions make sense and overall he is very like-able.ON THE OTHER HAND. We have Scarlet's character. Unlikable, annoying, isn't really adding ANYTHING to the plot. Hell, her acting is so freaking bad... Which is surprising. When I saw her name in the title (In our TV we sometimes see "featuring: x" so it can intrigue people with their fav actors), I thought "Hey, this might be a good movie. Is she the main character? I hope so!" And then bleehh. She was a support, and a bad one while we are at it.If they just had picked a different actor, the movie could have been so much better. This movie deserves 8 AT LEAST. She made me want to rate it 6 but it's too harsh. Now, for the plot. I won't give in too much of it- It's just good. Hell, it's an adaptation from a book, and if the movie's plot is that good, just imagine how good the book is! Very recommended movie (if you can bear Scarlet's acting)
TheViewerAndReviewer
Personally, I rarely watch a film more than once. The likes of The Shawshank Redemption, Terminator 2, Pulp Fiction classics I have watched countless times, and this is a film I've watched on several occasions.The 6.9 rating is quite accurate in regards to the people I know who've seen the film. It's a "good" film and nothing more they say. I think we all have that one film which we seem to enjoy more than the typical audience and for me it's this one.I was intrigued from the onset of the film. The action sequences were brilliant, as expected by Michael Bay. Ewan and Scarlett played their roles great and although the plot wasn't overly complicated; many may say predictable, I thoroughly enjoyed the film and was completely absorbed by the story-line throughout.
karentownecn
Maybe it's an expectation thing, I read some of the reviews and got the impression that this is bad, so I was quite surprised that I enjoyed the movie. At the start everything is a little bit confusing, you don't quite know what you are looking at, but you get a feeling that this could be one of the dystopian, futuristic movies (I thought that idea of the Island was a bit like the one in Black Mirror, but that wouldn't be fair because Black Mirror was years later than this movie, but you get the gist.) But then everything became clearer as Lincoln Echo Six kept questioning his world. As the plot went on, I realised nothing would describe this movie better than 'bastardisation of Brave New World and Never Let Me Go', what with creating human beings from pods and using them for body organs or surrogacy, the only difference is, The Island being an action movie, it has a much brighter ending than the two aforementioned pieces of literature. And, admittedly, much more adrenaline rush. I was kind of conflicted about the rating, because these days dystopian themes are as clichéd as it gets, but it was good entertainment, so I will give it 7 out of 10. Also, Sean Bean dies in this one too.
Davis P
The Island (2005) is a very high octane, action packed, well written, and intriguing movie. Scarlett Johansson and Ewan Mcgreggor do a great job as the two leads, they had awesome characters and they portrayed them really well! Sean Bean was also very good in his twisted character with a sort of god complex. The whole plot of the island is very intricate and clever. I really loved the action sequences and the violence in this movie, none of it was graphic and it was all fun and entertaining to see. Michael Bay did a really great with this movie. I don't care what people say, I think he's a talented film director, and he directed the island very well. The dialogue between and the script was all great and well put together. Dijimon did a good job as well, he was intense and very into the character. Ewan and Scarlett really did have great chemistry together! You could really tell that the love and the feelings between their characters were real and true, no one in this film "phoned in" their performance, I was thankful for that. This movie is deeper and has more heart than I expected, it really reached me and some scenes were emotional because it was so sad. I applaud Michael bay and the entire cast and crew of the island! Job well done! 9/10.
