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Buried - A
Full disclaimer that if you choose to watch this film you are going to see Ryan Reynolds for the full hour and a half. Reynolds plays Paul Conroy, a trucker working in Iraq. When his convoy is ambushed, he is knocked out and finds himself in a coffin, buried with only a few things in his possession. A satellite phone given to him by the man holding him for ransom allows him to connect with the outside world. Some of his conversations include: the man who buried him, ignorant HR people at his company, his delusional mother, the self-serving bigwigs at his company, and a hostage specialist named Dan Brenner who is venturing to save him. I've always been interested in movies that isolate their main character; though there are plenty of interactions, they are all done with Conroy knowing he is by himself in the coffin. I don't know what I was expecting when I started the movie, but for 95 minutes I was captivated. Reynolds was awesome. I am still in shock at how this movie took me by surprise. There are a couple of quirky filmmaking things I didn't like, but for a movie set almost completely in a 8 ft. x 4 ft. coffin, it's bound to happen. Definitely worth your time, unless your claustrophobic... you might not like it if you are. Finally, I do have to say that it lost some points for using the worst word in the english language, use your imagination.
Story (10) - 8.5
Genre (Tragedy) (10) - 10
Characters (5) - 5 (there weren't many characters so this is due mainly to Reynolds superb acting)
Believability (5) - 4
Filmmaking (10) - 7.5
Enjoyment (10) - 9
Buried - 4.4 out of 5 yukes
bam... you just got Yuked.
"I have had it with these m*****f***** snakes in this m*****f***** coffin."
I'm glad to hear that someone else liked this film like I did. I just watched it a couple of nights ago and it really took me by surprise. I thought Reynolds was really convincing and this film was expertly made to keep me entertained for 1.5 hours. I really liked the ending which was totally believable and the lawyers actions infuriated me, which couldnt have happened if the "character's" werent so believable. 9/10
ReplyDeleteoh yes, the snake was dumb :P