Hereafter

IMDB
First time viewed: Yes
Current Release: Yes
Watched With: Myself

Clint Eastwood, just because you are old doesn't mean your films have to be boring.

Truth be told I mainly went to see this because of its Visual Effects Oscar nomination. That this beat out something like Scott Pilgrim for effects is very sad. There is one disaster sequence that opens the film, and it is the best thing in the film. The effects work IS stupendous though. But that seems to be it. I guess they don't rate on volume of effects or style and design.

Anyway after the awesome opening we follow a bunch of separate stories with character we don't care about dealing with some death issues. It's all in the trailer. They bring them main three threads together at the end in climatic meeting that is neither emotional nor earned.

Lots of good actors here just walking through the paces. Bryce Dallas Howard why was your character even in this film? To pad out the running time? The film is far too long as it is. And contains the two worst child actors I've ever seen. Granted they are also given the worst child dialogue I've ever heard to.

You can immediately tell Clint Eastwood composed the music too because it sounds just like the only one song he can write that he has used in all his other movies.

But the screening was filled with a whole bunch of old people, who no doubt will see anything this man makes, and might enjoy it a little too. Not for me.