The other night, I was with some friends and we decided to watch The Island. I hadn’t seen that movie in ages, and I forgot how much I loved it. Now that I’ve been watching movies with a critical eye, I knew that I might not like it as much.
Simply put, the movie has some amazing shots and effects, but the dialogue makes it suffer. If I can predict what the actors are going to say before they say it, something’s wrong there. I was able to do that multiple times. But there’s a lot of cool angles and breathtaking shots, so that makes up for some of it.
This isn’t going to affect my overall rating, but can I just say this: Scarlett Johansan has the voice of a MAN! You’d think that she was meant to be the male lead, not Ewan McGregor! We had so much fun just mocking her screams and whatnot.
I give The Island a 7 out of 10 for its cool effects, shots, and action sequences – the dialogue was almost painful to listen to.
Samstar