“Vantage Point” –
Matthew Fox, William Hurt, Dennis Quaid, Forest Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver
This was Memento meets Ground Hog Day but not as mind twisting or as funny. I think I could have lived with 3-5 vantage points but felt more like 17 and that was too many. I actually left the theatre laughing out loud at the absurdity and I don’t think that was the reaction the makers wanted. The cast was all star, Hurt aging well looking more and more translucent in his own skin; Whitaker playing the innocent bystander and hero; Weaver has definitely had work done and looked fantastic sans makeup as the mobile newsroom director; Quaid looked rode hard and put away wet, he needs to have work done! He also was the superhero and that was the laughable part. This was disjointed, lots of gaps, and I didn’t recognize any of the bad guys so I never got attached.
