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Yeah, it's the christmas.
I don't know, I guess I just thought I needed to say something about it. Anyway, I just re-watched a movie that I had seen about 4 years ago or so called Domestic Disturbance. John Travolta played the role of a kid's father who is concerned about the true identity of said kid's new step-father. The plot progresses pretty nicely with lots of emotionally significant scenes. A true thriller. Overall, I liked it. There were, however, a few things that bugged me:
Why don't the police know how to use computers? After his kid tells Frank (John Travolta) that he witnessed his new step-dad (Vince Vaughn) murder somoene, the biological dad is perturbed about the whole thing, saying that "Danny never lies to me." So he goes to the police, who throughout the movie are totally and completely useless as far as investigative purposes go (that's just how it always is in these types of movies, though), and the chief basically tells him (with face and words) to just go home. Now, this is the good part. Frank goes home, does a compound google search, and finds Vince Vaughn's character's criminal record complete with photo and everything! I mean, okay the police didn't really believe the kid (do they ever?) but even the shadow of a doubt that was left was worth a google search to someone down at the station, wasn't it? And that's not to mention mom in the movie! She was pretty much the cliche movie mom-of-kid-who's-witnessed-something-unbelievable so 'nuff said. She could've been a little less oblivious, though. Especially during the scene at night when Vince's character stops in Danny's room to threaten the kid against the wall. The dropping of the metal bat, the slamming of the kid up against the wall...it was a big house, maybe she was into a good book?
Even after that, though, it was a good movie just because of the whole boy-who-cried-wolf drama that's always exciting. That dramatic irony was the source of many a tense moment in this film, so thumbs up for that. I really can't say much more without ruining the film for anyone who hasn't seen it yet. I probably wouldn't care if it was a bad film, but it wasn't. It was good.
I don't know, I guess I just thought I needed to say something about it. Anyway, I just re-watched a movie that I had seen about 4 years ago or so called Domestic Disturbance. John Travolta played the role of a kid's father who is concerned about the true identity of said kid's new step-father. The plot progresses pretty nicely with lots of emotionally significant scenes. A true thriller. Overall, I liked it. There were, however, a few things that bugged me:
Why don't the police know how to use computers? After his kid tells Frank (John Travolta) that he witnessed his new step-dad (Vince Vaughn) murder somoene, the biological dad is perturbed about the whole thing, saying that "Danny never lies to me." So he goes to the police, who throughout the movie are totally and completely useless as far as investigative purposes go (that's just how it always is in these types of movies, though), and the chief basically tells him (with face and words) to just go home. Now, this is the good part. Frank goes home, does a compound google search, and finds Vince Vaughn's character's criminal record complete with photo and everything! I mean, okay the police didn't really believe the kid (do they ever?) but even the shadow of a doubt that was left was worth a google search to someone down at the station, wasn't it? And that's not to mention mom in the movie! She was pretty much the cliche movie mom-of-kid-who's-witnessed-something-unbelievable so 'nuff said. She could've been a little less oblivious, though. Especially during the scene at night when Vince's character stops in Danny's room to threaten the kid against the wall. The dropping of the metal bat, the slamming of the kid up against the wall...it was a big house, maybe she was into a good book?
Even after that, though, it was a good movie just because of the whole boy-who-cried-wolf drama that's always exciting. That dramatic irony was the source of many a tense moment in this film, so thumbs up for that. I really can't say much more without ruining the film for anyone who hasn't seen it yet. I probably wouldn't care if it was a bad film, but it wasn't. It was good.