Vantage Point Reviews

Conventional wisdom says that no two people see the same event unfold in exactly the same way.  Everything that we witness is filtered by our individual perspective; i.e., physical location, state of mind, existing biases, and personal experiences.  It is the intricacy and drama of the phenomenon known as Vantage Point that sets the stage of this utterly disappointing movie (for me, anyway; my hubby enjoyed it: The Bard's Review).

What could have been a fresh and unique way of storytelling ended up feeling interminable and stale.  The main plot revolved around the attempted assassination of...

     A peace Summit in Spain, a Presidential assassination. Follow several peoples steps and each of their perspectives starting at 11:59 am. Just before the assassination through to the bombing in the square, find the reaction of the News crew (Sigourney Weaver), Secret Service agents (Dennis Quaid & Matthew Fox), see every step they took. Some witnesses (Forrest Whitaker) to the terror attacks give clues to the who and why, but then assassins themselves have a turn, following them all the way to the conclusion and the subsequent cover up to explain the incident.

     Very cool, I was...

I recently rented Vantage Point and watched it on flight to Boston.  I really enjoyed it and was quite surprised it did not get more play when it was released. 

Vantage Point as the name implies, is told from several different points of view which in an of itself makes it interesting.  The story is about the assasination of a President and it is set at a anti-terrorism conference in Spain. 

Although Vantage Point is not a masterpiece, the acting is good, the story is engaging, and the various twist and turns make it exciting.

I highly recommend Vantage Point!

Ok folks....decided to have a me day and creep to the movies (shh....don't tell the boss) to catch this opening day flick and BOY am I glad that I did. Some movies take you on the ride of all rides having you ready to jump out of your seat and Vantage Point will give you one workout!

The plot is simple but brilliantly played out as eight strangers with eight different points of view try to unlock the one truth behind an assassination attempt on the president of the United States. When the President  is shot moments after his arrival in Spain, chaos ensues and lives collide in the hunt for the...

I am not going to go into any detail about this movie except to say that it was a movie that looks at each main character's actions during a terrorist act in Spain during a Summit.

 Pros

• Non-Gory (in today's film market that's hard to find in an action film)
• PG-13
• Suspenseful
• No brain-er for those days you want to watch a movie and not have to "think" too hard about the plot
• 90 mins
• Good for young teens--no sex and nudity, low violence.
• Gets in your face about how other countries view the USA.

Cons

• The usual ridiculous car chase
• Mediocre acting

All in all I did enjoy watching it, but as soon as the car...

OH MY GOODNESS! lol was all i could say when watching this movie. I was extremely disappointed in the story. The trailer made the movie look better than It was. When I saw the trailer I desperately wanted to see the movie right away. It seemed as If it would actually be a great action film involving terrorists and scams where you wouldn't believe. Wrong!

I couldn't believe my eyes once I was into the movie like 30 minutes. I kept waiting all the way until the end of the movie for it to really come together. Once I realized that they were REALLY going to leave the audience with an incomplete story...

The movie Vantage Point is a movie that stars Forrest Whitaker who is ok in this movie, Sigourney Weaver who's good in this movie, William Hurt who plays the president of the U.S., who's ok, and the plot of this movie is about a terrorist attack, and there are at least 6 people who have vantage points, and they are....

1.Dennis Quaid (From Disney's The Rookie0

2.Sigourney Weaver (From Ghostbusters & Ghostbusters 2)

3.William Hurt (From Into the Wild)

4.Matthew Fox (From Lost & We Are Marshall

5.Forrest Whitaker!(From Phenomenon and The Last King of Scotland)

And all of these actors (and actresses, except...

Great Cast, Great Movie!

Watched it on rental, would have even paid the $10 to see it in the theater it was that great.  Creative, interesting, keeps you on the edge of your seat.  No boredom or naps during this movie!