April 10, 2013 in DRAMA THRILLER

Trance Review

RYAN: Trance is the new movie from director Danny Boyle starring James McAvoy, Eva Mendes Lite aka Rosario Dawson and Vincent Cassel, whom I find very ugly.

CAROLINE: Interestingly, until very recently Rosario Dawson was Danny Boyle’s girlfriend.  Wonder how she got the part in this movie?

RYAN: OMG I didn’t know that!  They were dating?? Seems like an odd pairing.

CAROLINE: There was definitely a large age difference.  And as I was watching this movie, I was thinking, “Wow, I haven’t seen Rosario in a movie in ages… I wonder why she was cast in this?” And now we know.  I definitely thought she was good though. It’s a big role for her and she did it well.

RYAN: She was good, especially when she was full frontal Rosario, which I did not expect to see.  But she has a very pretty hoo-ha.

CAROLINE: [laughs’ I really liked this movie!  It’s crazy hard to follow though given that it deals extensively with hypnosis. I still think I don’t fully know what happened.

RYAN: I agree; this is much more confusing than even most confusing movies.  It’s a lot like Inception and Memento, but I liked those movies better. And though this one does eventually explain everything, it was a little too late for my comfortability.

CAROLINE: It’s all a little farfetched and yes, Memento was better; but I liked it.  It’s a very colorful Danny Boyle movie.  And pretty violent too.

RYAN: There are definitely some bloody scenes that I’ve never seen articulated on screen before. This movie was kind of slow moving though; it felt longer than an hour and forty minutes. And it strung me along for a bit too long.

 

CAROLINE: It didn’t feel too long to me, but it did get a bit convoluted as it went on. I kind of just accepted that I probably wasn’t going to fully understand all of it, and I was OK with that.  I will say that this movie reminded me of how much I love James McAvoy.

RYAN: Love him!  But his role is similar here as it was in Wanted, which I also liked better than this.

CAROLINE: So you basically didn’t like this movie.

RYAN: No, I liked it fine. But to me this is not on the level of Danny Boyle’s other films like Slumdog Millionaire or 127 Hours.

CAROLINE: Fair enough.

 

RYAN: I really liked the set design; everyone’s apartments were so modern and cool.

CAROLINE: I know you think Vincent Cassel is fug, but he plays creepy so well.  I even liked him in that Derailed movie with Jennifer Aniston and Clive Owen.

RYAN: I keep thinking of him in Black Swan, where he was beyond gross.

— BOTTOM LINE —

RYAN: Compared to other great movies I screened this week as well as Danny Boyle’s amazing prior films, Trance stands out as a rental to me.

CAROLINE: I thought it was pretty good given the relatively slim pickings at this time of year. I really liked the cast and the trippiness of the movie.  But I agree that you don’t have to rush out and see it on the big screen.

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