\nThe three of us were engaged in this movie while watching it but it didn\u2019t leave us much to talk about afterward. We cared about the characters and the outcome of their struggle. The movie wisely chooses to keep its focus very narrow rather than distract us with too much backstory, subplots, or secondary characters. We learn about the situation and the world as Jake Gyllenhaals\u2019 character does, and this makes us empathize with him even though we know little about him. AJM liked that his character was competent, as a professional soldier should be. He carried on and got the job done. The special effects furthered the plot rather than plot being an excuse for the special effects. It was refreshing to see some colors other than teal and orange. Only the music seemed a bit lacking. I don\u2019t usually notice the score but JQS, who does, agreed.\n<\/p>\n
\nAJM preferred Source Code<\/i> to Inception<\/i> because he didn\u2019t care what happened to any of the characters in Inception<\/i>. JQS and I preferred Inception<\/i> because the overall effect was more intense. But there is something to be said for simplicity. And immediacy. Source Code<\/i> is well-executed and enjoyable, even if it doesn\u2019t leave much of an impression. At least it doesn\u2019t suffer from pretentiousness. JQS pointed out that it was rather the inverse of The Matrix<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The three of us were engaged in this movie while watching it but it didn\u2019t leave us much to talk about afterward. We cared about the characters and the outcome of their struggle. The movie wisely chooses to keep its focus very narrow rather than distract us with too much backstory, subplots, or secondary characters. We learn about the situation and the world as Jake Gyllenhaals\u2019 character does, and this<\/p>\n