"Oh yeah, Jerry, it's a coffee maker." (Eagle Eye)
Well. Third movie I watched? Eagle Eye. Here's a movie I liked almost as much as, if not more than...The Dark Knight. I know, blasphemy, huh? How can a Shia LaBeouf movie possibly, in my opinion, hold its ground with The Dark Knight?
Maybe I owe it to the fact that it reminded me half of Transformers and half of Skynet in Terminator, except on steroids. Maybe I seriously think that if artificially intelligent, a.k.a. "thinking computers" are ever created to the point of "Aria"...that it/they will take over the world.
Hey. Computers could get pissed off, too.
Alright so. In the beginning, the Secretary of Defense (Michael Chiklis) is told by the President of the United States to disobey a recommended "abort mission" on killing a guy whom they were 37-51% sure was a major terrorist in the Middle East. This would violate the Geneva Convention, says the Secretary of Defense, in so many ways--the man they're targeting is at a funeral. They're not even sure it's him. All they have are a 37% vocal match and a 51% facial match.
But you can't disobey the President of the United States.
Skip to two days later or so. Jerry Shaw (Shia LaBeouf) is a copy boy who's good with cards. He also likes to draw. ...he also can't pay his rent. Oh, and then he gets this call that his twin brother's been killed by a truck that ran a red light. Is it just me or does the world not like Jerry too much?
Right, so Jerry's brother Ethan (also Shia LaBeouf) was the good twin. Ambitious. IQ of 183. Valedictorian at the Air Force Academy from which he graduated. And now he's dead. Could it be reasonable to say that Jerry's parents wish he was more like his brother? Absolutely.
When Jerry gets home from his brother's funeral, his landlady tells him that a bunch of boxes were delivered all day to his apartment. Boxes? Yes, tons of them. What are they, you ask?
Enough weaponry, airplane manuals, and ammonium nitrate to either launch this huge attack on Chicago or get Jerry buried under the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Ahahahaha, guess which happens?
Well, the crazy strange lady who called his phone when he discovered all the stuff in his apartment did try to warn him. Noooooow he's got Billy Bob Thornton and Rosario Dawson trying to bury him under the FBI building.
Cut to Rachel Holloman (Michelle Monaghan). She's a single mother with the cutest little trumpet playing boy you'll ever see. I mean, really, who knew freckle-faced kids got so adorable as that? She also has a bum ex-husband who does everything he can to avoid paying child support and is always running late. So she gets her kid off to a train so he can ride to Washington, D.C., with his fellow crazy-good musician classmates to play at the Kennedy Center.
And then that crazy strange lady who called Jerry about the stuff in his apartment that wasn't his calls Rachel and tells her that she'll derail Rachel's kid's train if Rachel doesn't get in the Porsche that has the keys in the ignition nearby and wait for further instructions.
I think I've had way too much sugar. Anyway, really, I left the theaters from this movie half-expecting my phone to ring with the crazy strange lady telling me to jump off buildings. Crazy good explosions, crazy tractor trailer flipping, crazy MQ9 Raptor (That's an airplane, just FYI) blowing up...crazy loads of things.
Also, crazy thinking computers. Ack ack ack. And you just thought Skynet was scary. This is what Skynet would probably be.
I won't say anymore. See Eagle Eye. Seriously. And don't drink too much caffeine beforehand or plan on driving anywhere that has traffic lights afterward. Fictional movie-induced paranoia = not fun.
Maybe I owe it to the fact that it reminded me half of Transformers and half of Skynet in Terminator, except on steroids. Maybe I seriously think that if artificially intelligent, a.k.a. "thinking computers" are ever created to the point of "Aria"...that it/they will take over the world.
Hey. Computers could get pissed off, too.
Alright so. In the beginning, the Secretary of Defense (Michael Chiklis) is told by the President of the United States to disobey a recommended "abort mission" on killing a guy whom they were 37-51% sure was a major terrorist in the Middle East. This would violate the Geneva Convention, says the Secretary of Defense, in so many ways--the man they're targeting is at a funeral. They're not even sure it's him. All they have are a 37% vocal match and a 51% facial match.
But you can't disobey the President of the United States.
Skip to two days later or so. Jerry Shaw (Shia LaBeouf) is a copy boy who's good with cards. He also likes to draw. ...he also can't pay his rent. Oh, and then he gets this call that his twin brother's been killed by a truck that ran a red light. Is it just me or does the world not like Jerry too much?
Right, so Jerry's brother Ethan (also Shia LaBeouf) was the good twin. Ambitious. IQ of 183. Valedictorian at the Air Force Academy from which he graduated. And now he's dead. Could it be reasonable to say that Jerry's parents wish he was more like his brother? Absolutely.
When Jerry gets home from his brother's funeral, his landlady tells him that a bunch of boxes were delivered all day to his apartment. Boxes? Yes, tons of them. What are they, you ask?
Enough weaponry, airplane manuals, and ammonium nitrate to either launch this huge attack on Chicago or get Jerry buried under the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Ahahahaha, guess which happens?
Well, the crazy strange lady who called his phone when he discovered all the stuff in his apartment did try to warn him. Noooooow he's got Billy Bob Thornton and Rosario Dawson trying to bury him under the FBI building.
Cut to Rachel Holloman (Michelle Monaghan). She's a single mother with the cutest little trumpet playing boy you'll ever see. I mean, really, who knew freckle-faced kids got so adorable as that? She also has a bum ex-husband who does everything he can to avoid paying child support and is always running late. So she gets her kid off to a train so he can ride to Washington, D.C., with his fellow crazy-good musician classmates to play at the Kennedy Center.
And then that crazy strange lady who called Jerry about the stuff in his apartment that wasn't his calls Rachel and tells her that she'll derail Rachel's kid's train if Rachel doesn't get in the Porsche that has the keys in the ignition nearby and wait for further instructions.
I think I've had way too much sugar. Anyway, really, I left the theaters from this movie half-expecting my phone to ring with the crazy strange lady telling me to jump off buildings. Crazy good explosions, crazy tractor trailer flipping, crazy MQ9 Raptor (That's an airplane, just FYI) blowing up...crazy loads of things.
Also, crazy thinking computers. Ack ack ack. And you just thought Skynet was scary. This is what Skynet would probably be.
I won't say anymore. See Eagle Eye. Seriously. And don't drink too much caffeine beforehand or plan on driving anywhere that has traffic lights afterward. Fictional movie-induced paranoia = not fun.