Product: Triangle (2009)
Rating: 4.0
Very, Very Good Movie
This is Genius - I went into it "cold" without knowing anything about it; a third of the way through I suspected Genius at work,and by the time I'd watched it through the first time, I discovered that my jaw had been resting on the floor for much of the film and I was impressed and delighted by such a rewarding experience. This film is a skillful, mind-bending adventure that works well on so many levels; the musical score, the setting, the performances, the pacing, with a special nod of awe to the lighting - everything is delivered in perfect measure so that no one element overshadows or takes away from another. There are unexpected twists, shockers, and surprises throughout - nothing comes too slow or is forced along to make it feel "compressed" or over-edited.Medicinal Cinema especially for observant viewers who pay careful attention and have been waiting for an unexpected surprise. Go Ahead and enjoy this. To be fair and honest, this same idea and setting has been seen before on vintage Twilight Zone and Night Gallery TV episodes, as well as one Stephen King short story dealing with deja vu. Without giving too much away, if you look closely enough at some of the interior scenes, it's evident that expenses were indeed spared with some of the set construction, the overly spartan, art deco motifs of the dining room and theater, but you'd have to be an historic Ocean Liner fan to pinpoint the lack of curvature in the decks, crooked paint brush strokes on some of the surfaces that weren't supposed to show up, that did. Yet this is allowable, because the lighting was a critical element that contributed much of the feeling the film carries. However, I'm nitpicking as even these minor things don't detract from what I happily regard as one of the best movies I've seen in a long time, and one of my new favorites. I've purchased this film after my instant view expired. Genius.