Fantastic

Rating: Null/10 (9 October 2011)

To all those that like the film, I agree completely. Really well done. I picked just because I like Jake as an actor. He tries hard, never takes it for granted. Add Michelle Monaghan, so underrated and still gorgeous, and it turned out even better.
It's great that syntax of time was not adhered to as relevant, that the story, however small, changes. And to end the way it did, not the alter-reality, but to make everyone laugh ... that is awesome. And the music works here best. Music matters a lot, and I found the dramatic unwarranted. The story had more depth than that, but just at that point, at about the 1:18:15 mark, with all that laughing. This is really beautiful. The alter-reality music is OK, but the rest, unfortunately, is pretty unremarkable. Shame.
Still, a great, well-executed story. I read somewhere that Jake was over-acting. Seriously, what would you be doing if you were on a train and the last thing you remember was trying to fly a helicopter? He did a good job. And Vera Farmiga was good, too. It's tough to be human in the military.
Fine job.