Theatrical Review of Vantage Point

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Published Feb 24, 2008 Even though we know what is going to happen, the eventual event causes quite a shock.

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Scionguy05

Feb 25, 2008 - CST 1:47 PM

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i really didnt like the movie. u watch the same scene over and over again. and then the ending is 20 min long. so the first hour of the movie you watch the same scene. people in theather i was at were yelling like omg not again lol

csjlong

Feb 25, 2008 - CST 8:49 PM

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But for people who get off on watching an American president get shot over and over again, this is the next best thing to looping the Zapruder film.

JJ79

Feb 25, 2008 - CST 9:27 PM

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Chris,

Not to spoil the movie, but it's not really the president.

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csjlong

Feb 25, 2008 - CST 9:37 PM

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It's close enough.

And it's not like the trailer doesn't spoil it anyway.

What an awful movie. I think you were too generous. My advice: Watch the first five minutes, then run away as fast as you can. On your way home, make up all sorts of ways the film could have continued from that very promising beginning. All of them will be better than what the filmmakers chose.

kucoloco

Feb 25, 2008 - CST 9:48 PM

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as usual, ppl being real negative over a current movie that tries to do something alittle different.

csjlong

Feb 25, 2008 - CST 10:01 PM

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There's nothing particularly different about the film. And doing something "different" does not mean that a film is automatically great. Or good. Or even adequate.

Scionguy05

Feb 25, 2008 - CST 10:02 PM

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i understand they were tryn to do something different, but it sucked. just when you started to get into the movie it went back to the beginning of the story, come on!!! it sounds cool but it was over done way to much, and it wasnt realistic. The president body guards in this movie looked like they were parking lot security guards.

gvortex7

Feb 25, 2008 - CST 10:02 PM

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I thought it was a very entertaining movie. I'll definitely check it out again when it's released on Blu.

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Feb 25, 2008 - CST 10:07 PM

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i understand they were tryn to do something different, but it sucked. just when you started to get into the movie it went back to the beginning of the story, come on!!! it sounds cool but it was over done way to much, and it wasnt realistic. The president body guards in this movie looked like they were parking lot security guards.

I actually thought it was pretty ingenious that not only did you see the same event from different perspectives, but each subsequent scene helped the story unfold a bit more then the previous one.

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Feb 25, 2008 - CST 10:32 PM

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as usual, ppl being real negative over a current movie that tries to do something alittle different.

If you read the review, you would have known most of my problem was with the characters and lack of development, not with the concept. I like when movies think out of the box like this. However, there has to be some reason to watch OTHER than the gimmick. Not present here.

Jason