What Movies Have You Seen Lately?

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I thought Edge of Tomorrow was just okay. It is very much like Groundhog Day with automatic weapons. .

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I thought Edge of Tomorrow was just okay.

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I think I have decided to give it another try though.

Quote: Negative Groundhog Day review

(The total lack of chemistry between Murray and MacDowell's respective characters ensures that their scenes together lack the romantic spark that Ramis has surely intended.)

The intentionally repetitive nature of the film's premise paves the way for a second half that's almost entirely lacking in momentum, which ultimately prevents the viewer from wholeheartedly embracing the feel-good conclusion (ie it's an awfully tough slog getting to that point).

It's ultimately difficult to comprehend why Groundhog Day has become something of a modern classic in the years since its 1993 release, with the film's forgettable, padded-out nature confirming its place as a promising yet disposable high-concept comedy.

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Last Thursday, Tom Cruise made a surprise appearance at Showplace ICON theaters for a preview screening of his latest blockbuster, Edge of Tomorrow. When a huge star like that walks into a theater full of fans, there's a sort of convulsion as people shriek and leap to their feet; it's pretty exciting even if you don't share in the hysteria. Cruise gave a little spiel for the movie, posed for a photograph with the whole audience standing behind him, and soon split. He did make one interesting comment before he left, noting that he loves movies so much he watches one every day. That couch-jumping enthusiasm is the reason people still like Cruise, even after three decades in the spotlight have turned him into a rather eccentric character.

Cruise's bread and butter, though, has always been the big summer movie, and Edge of Tomorrow is his second sci-fi adventure in a row, following last summer's Oblivion. After a meteor hits Germany, Europe is overrun by giant beasts that look like a cross between an octopus and a bramble bush, and Cruise plays a military press attache forced into combat as British and U.S. forces stage a sort of Normandy landing in France.

"What day is it?" he asks his commanding officer. "For you, Judgment Day," the officer cracks. On the contrary, it's actually Groundhog Day: when Cruise is killed in action, he goes into a time loop and relives the same day over and over again until he and Emily Blunt, playing a millennial Joan of Arc called "the Angel of Verdun," can find a route to victory against the aliens.

Time-travel movies are almost a genre unto themselves, and this particular gimmick of incessantly reliving the same day has already been incorporated into one thriller, the much superior Source Code (2011). Edge of Tomorrow is a decent time waster, but if you're the sort of person who watches a movie every day, you should probably look for something better. I would hate to get caught in a loop and have to watch this thing a hundred times.

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Both Groundhog Day and Edge of Tomorrow got excellent reviews, but there is always a big name critic who hates your movie.

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I would rather have seen somebody less glamorous and more down to earth and sarcastic, like Meg Ryan. (I just got a shock, I had no idea she was 55, how sad. No wonder we never see her anymore.)

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I really liked the aliens in EoT. They were
very believable. As alien from us as you
could get, a super smart species that
uses cunning to get what they want
instead of overwhelming brute force.