Friday, October 23, 2015

What an Oddly nice film. Get it? ODDly?!? HA!!!

Damn you Netflix....Screamtime is out, so I guess that means....


Odd Thomas



     Based on....oh sweet Jesus, really? Dean Koontz?!? Ug....OK, lucky for us, he didn't direct this. That was Stephen Sommers, who has had a spotty track record (GI JOE:Rise of Cobra and the Mummy/Scorpion franchises). It's OK to be nervous, but I rarely ever look at the producer/director before I watch a movie. And since NetFlix kicked out Screamtime, my original choice for tonight, I grabbed for a Hail Mary of a movie...and won!

     Odd Thomas can see spirits, and they come to him to help find their killer. The spirits can't talk, but they can lead him to the scene, where he can 'read' the accident, murder, or tragedy. In turn, the spirit is free to move on and Odd is on to his next job. He also works as a short order cook and has a girlfriend. He can also see these creatures called 'bodachs' that are feed on human emotions when in extreme duress. When more and more of them start showing up, Odd figures something big is coming and must stop it before it happens. Long story short, he does. But not without a truly sad ending.


     This was a great movie that had me interested throughout its 93 minutes. Anton Yelchin is a highly underrated actor that I would love to see in more films of this caliber (and not another crappy Star Trek sequel). The critics, however have trashed this film, including Rotten Tomatoes. Fuck them, they're wrong. Watch this film.

Friday: Always root for the bad guy....

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