awake? asleep? somewhere in between.

WARNING SPOILERS THROUGHOUT THIS REVIEW

have you ever (for all intents and purposes) died, had your mother kill herself, tell you in limbo to go back and get the fuckers that killed you, and then come back from the dead and did just that? no? well i have. you should try it sometime. its kind of trippy. but not really.

first off... the main focus of the poster (to your right) is the overexposed jessica alba, who is... not the main character! she is nicer to look at than hayden christensen but shes not the main character! yesh. studios will do anything to get people to see a movie these days. (just like in 'once upon a time in mexico'... salma hayek was on the poster and like 2nd billed but was only in the movie for 5 minutes. i'm not kidding.) next you'll see "starring brad pitts foot!" and then in minuscule writing "for 5 seconds!" people will line up for that shit. star power is all the power you need to manipulate the masses.

ok on to the actual movie. awake. the only reason i saw this movie was because we talked about it in my philosophy class last semester. well we talked about anesthetic awareness to be exact. blah blah blah are you really unconscious while under anesthesia blah blah blah how do anaesthetised people know what was said in the room after they wake up? blah blah blah. philosophical mindfucks like that.

ok! jeez. i am not on the ball tonight. awake! semi-predictable and mostly unbelievable. i definitely think that anesthetic awareness is a real phenomenon. but having your mother kill herself so that you can have her healthy heart, meeting her in limbo to discuss future business plans, and then pulling through only to find out your fiancee is a greedy double crossing bitch? no ones life is that fucked up.

the movie was entertaining. you got me there. the acting was descent. jessica and terrence are very good in their respective roles and even haydens' tortured screams are convincing. the plot was just a little far-fetched. there were some philosophical and psychological undertones but not enough to overshadow the "yeah right" factor(s). lena olin is an amazing actress and she does matriarchal bitch/loving mother very well. i'm not really going to talk about hayden. he's not a good actor. he's not attractive. he got lucky with the star wars role. and probably got this role because no other actor wanted it. he does play a rich priss convincingly at times. but he is inconsistent. and that bothers me.

got an hour and a half to kill? want something that will make you think a little? (i stress the "little") awake might be for you.

awake :: b-