Wednesday 11 November 2015

Predestination

I like time travel movies. Even complicated ones. Although I had to watch Primer three times before I understood it...

Predestination is complicated too. But it explains itself nicely as it goes along. There are plenty of mysterious events, but clues abound. I found myself just about guessing what would happen as it happened... But only just before, and not always.

The structure gives you the feeling that you are gradually being let into some big secrets. Some of the reveals seem outrageous at first and then make sense a few minutes later.

By the end I was thinking that I needed to draw out timelines for each of the characters to check that I'd got it right.

Clever. And fun.

No comments:

Post a Comment