Missing the magic

Rating: 5/10 (25 August 2015)

I was expecting to be a little enchanted. It just didn't seem plausible the whole thing could be based on this man's horror at having ended up a failure. The obstacles seemed manufactured. Why couldn't he have just told the man he got the book from his father, and it was all he had left of him? Why couldn't he have just told the guard he was keeping the clock running? There seems to be more truth behind this story than with even many historical movies – at least the sci-fi film part. And I don't think I would call it Steampunk; everything that happened seemed to be in keeping with the time period. The acting didn't thrill me, either. A lot of sustained shots of people's faces quivering. which is hard. The station and camera work were pretty.