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"The Day" is exactly what I hoped for. The reason I am "raving" about this movie is because it was more than I expected it to be. When I say that I don't mean mind-bending and profound.
I love this movie. You may not feel as I do and that's great! I don't care how many people disagree with me. Nothing anyone can say about this movie can shake my opinion of it and how I feel about it.
Good acting from not-so renowned starts (but still familiar faces). A good script. A good story. Well-told. Solid, brutal action (some quite relentless).
With a running time of 1h 26min (which, movies are often given time restraints, which constrict a directors vision of the movie they want to make... I don't know if this often crosses people's minds.), so with the short running time, they do a great job setting the mood for this apocalyptic world our main characters are living in.
Some people will say that this movie doesn't really go anywhere, even with all the things that make it a pretty good (entertaining movie). I'd like to point out that it goes to all the places that it intends to go. That it indeed goes places. It shows you humanity from different angles. But yes, they don't go too deep into those places, but if you have a good enough imagination, perhaps the directors take us to the doorstep of different ideas and issues and emotions and "places" so that we take our selves there with our own imagination - which would mean getting more involved with the story. I don't know many people who would use their imaginations rather than desire for the movie makers to take them through those doors - and just get let down and upset when they don't. Venting.....
Anyways. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. Even if you find that it doesn't fulfill everything you'd look for in a movie of this genre, I'm certain you will still enjoy it and not feel like you wasted your time.
score 8/10
rdbrown-zeteo 26 October 2012
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