The title is perhaps misleading because more likely than not this won't continue as a series on the grounds that I will almost never be able to consistently update this blog, nor do I possess the desire to do so.
I guess the disclaimer here is that I'm writing this without any sort of research being done on my part. I don't think the average movie goer would care for any of that so I don't either. The point of this review is to give a mixture of objective reasons why the movie was good/bad and subjective reasons that I feel are significant enough or common enough to be assessed as well.
"Eye in the Sky" is a movie about, bluntly, drone warfare. The movie features a very impressive ensemble cast consisting of Alan Rickman, Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul and Iain Glen (Jorah Mormont). Less well-known Somalian-American actor Barkhad Abdi and the Scottish actor Richard McCabe also did a great job. Helen Mirren's Colonel Powell is the closest the film has to a main character I suppose, but Alan Rickman's Lieutenant General (of the RAF? He could be in the British Army) Frank Benson was my favorite character by a good amount. The best line of the movie goes to his character,
"Don't ever tell a soldier he doesn't know the cost of war"
I guess that's a dead giveaway that he's in the Army now that I think about it.
In all (and with the intention of being succinct) I would give this movie a solid 92/100. The acting was superb, the suspense just builds and builds from the very beginning and it all leads up to a very well-used moment of silence just as shit FINALLY goes down. But that's also where the majority of the points get taken off. There could be a good 10-20 minutes cut out of the film in scenes where minor characters are given backstory only for the movie to be done too quickly to warrant those valuable minutes. I know it sounds hypocritical to say the movie finished too quickly and therefore should have just cut more out, but it makes sense if you think about it. The alternative would be going for 2+ hours and some serious character development, but with the multiple characters in multiple locations that this movie weaves a story around it doesn't seem feasible. Nevertheless, I thought that the pace of the movie was good and the addition of some moments of comedy were a vital offset to the fact that this movie does seem to suffer from a "The Color Purple"-esque series of unfortunate events unfolding one after another. Also, points off for onscreen text telling the audience where the shot is. Come on. It's not that hard to put it in the dialogue, and when it comes down to it it makes more sense to leave a place unnamed than to waste time on panoramic shots to put the text over.
I suppose I just don't like being treated like an idiot, but for the majority of movie-goers it probably helps.
To sum it up in one sentence, "Little girl's life depends on how fast she can sell bread"
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