Vantage Point

Point I Fell Asleep: 1:00 out of 1:30 (67%)
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Primetime
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443274/

I had pretty high hopes coming into this movie because of the great trailers a couple of months ago. And at first, it was pretty cool. But by the 4th "rewind," quite frankly, it got pretty annoying seeing the same scenes. Then just as things got boring, it picked up again, and that's when I fell asleep. Yup! Right before the big climatic plot twist. I have a knack for falling asleep at the most crucial points in movies. Anyway, I'll save the rest of the commentary in the spoiler below, and boy do I have a lot of gripes. As for the overall movie... eh, I don't know. It's the typical big Hollywood movie with big names and lots of action. Same ol... same ol... So if you like that kind of stuff, go for it. Else, just pass.

***** SPOILER ALERT *****

Three very big gripes about the movie.

1. How the hell did Forrest's character see the ambulance coming at the girl and make his fat ass all the way down the bridge and in time to save her? Are you kidding me? I don't even think Superman could do that without blasting through the guard fence. Even then, there's gonna be a delay...

2. And seriously, how old is this stupid girl for running across a multilane highway? If she was 5 or 6, I could see that happening, but she looked like she was 10 and she should have known better. Oh, and don't even get me started on the fact how she just STOOD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY WAITING FOR THE AMBULANCE TO HIT HER. She should be killed just for being that stupid.

3. Oh yeah, let's not forget how this plan must have taken months to plan and now it's all foiled because of a little girl in the middle of the highway. Yeah, let's not forget about the dozens of other little kids that were killed with the bombings. Seriously, if I were the driver of that ambulance, that's a new speed bump on the highway. So stupid.

4. I know I said there were only 3 gripes, but I just thought of a 4th. You know how they knocked the President out by making him smell the chemical in the handkerchief. But how is it that in other movies, the character is knocked out for like HOURS, but yet in this movie, the President wakes up in like 10 minutes? And I can't see the oxygen mask waking him up. And why even wake him up?!?

5. Speaking of which, why the F are you meeting in a public place in the underpass? Seriously?!? No abandoned warehouses were available? No headquarters somewhere outside the city? Your meeting point is under a highway where there are still people running around? And what was their plan with the President? I still don't know what they were going to do with him! Oh man, I could go on and on, but let me go WOOOSAAAAAAAAAAA...