Edge of Tomorrow

[liralen]

I went by myself, for the first time in a long time, to a movie theater to see Edge of Tomorrow. John's mother is in town, as she's going to be traveling with us to North Carolina on Saturday, and Jet and John were working at a flood house. I'd read the original book All You Need is Kill, translated from the Japanese, and I was so haunted by the

Comments

[tagryn]

I enjoyed it. I'm surprised a lot of people didn't get the living-the-video-game-reset-button thing; I've heard it more often referred to as "Groundhog Day with guns." Well, OK then.

Liked the little comic relief moments which contrasted with the generally serious tone of the movie, such as the first bus scene (if you've seen it, you know what I mean). Bill Paxton did a nice job in his role, as he did in "Agents of SHIELD"; too bad it looks like his character in the latter has finished his arc.

One scene I liked was the one midmovie where, after a certain number of resets in a particular scenario, Cruise's character came to the realization that what they were trying to do was just impossible no matter how much they tried to use the reset to guide their choreography, so they had to completely rethink how they were going about it. That, too, is reminiscent of how some endgames work in games: the Kobayashi Maru setup isn't just a Star Trek idea.

[liralen]

Yes, I loved the bus. I agree about people not getting the video game reference, especially since the author said that he'd originally written the book while he was addicted to a couple of twitch video games.

I really did like Bill Paxton in it, too.

Yeah, that complete rethink really made it for me, as it meant that every single choice he makes really makes a difference in the outcome, and that's what I loved about the original book as well as the movie. Choices matter, even in the tiniest detail.

[tagryn]

The only problem with its' success is the possibility they make a sequel, just 'cause. Edgier Tomorrow, something like that?

I'll also be curious to see what "The Asylum" comes up with for their knockoff of it... (goes over to their site) - ah, yes. I was thinking "Ledge of Tomorrow", but they went with "Age of Tomorrow" instead. http://www.theasylum.cc/product.php?id=250

[bryant]

Agreed on all counts, particularly the ending -- but they didn't over butter it so I was OK with it in the end.

[liralen]

That is true! They didn't over butter it, and I was okay with it on the most part, but I had to figure out why. *laughs*

[tommy50702]

I was blown away by how good this movie was. I mean it wasn't just good. It was great!

[liralen]

I'm glad you were! I enjoyed it.