Just what I needed!

Rating: 10/10 (23 March 2009)

Cage is my favorite actor and will most likely retain that title until I die. He shares my birthday and I was raised watching his movies. He has done his fair share of poor movies and his share of great movies.
I want to say this Movie was refreshing. Cage was an amazing ingredient to this movie and the movie itself was chilling and sometimes stunning. The visuals were stellar and the creepiness that is naturally injected by the scenes does just what it needs to do.
This movie is a roller coaster of emotion. The daunting scene of a plane crash or the very dark number sketching will keep your attention completely attuned to the movie. You will feel sad, laugh, be scared, and read into this movie the entire time. Your brain will pick each scene apart as you follow the storyline.
I can usually tell if I've *really* enjoyed a movie depending on how much I discuss it with my girlfriend after-wards. We discussed this movie all night and even when we woke up! This movie even forced me to create an account so I could comment on it. It was really a shocker compared to the mediocre films available recently.
The Religious themes are heavy and I wished they tried to avoid them, but so is the way Hollywood works. They aren't pressing for non- christians like myself and I still whole-heartedly enjoyed this movie.