Not doing Thursday Thirteen this week because I don’t feel like immortalizing “13 ways that yesterday sucked” in my blog. 
It was getting a little desperate yesterday afternoon (those of you who received the whinging emails and phone calls can attest to that) and I didn’t really feel like going out, but I had these two passes to the sneak preview of Denzel Washington’s new movie, Deja Vu. So I called up a friend to try to give them away. His wife had to work late, so the two of us ended up going together. (Turns out his day sucked, too). I’m so glad I went.
First of all, let us feast upon the magnificent form of Denzel. Ooooh, aahhhh.
Okay, now onto the movie. Most of you know that I am usually against the “X meets Y” version of the high concept pitch, unless it fits really well. In this case, yes. This movie is Enemy of the State meets Twelve Monkeys.
Anyway, Denzel plays a super-smart N’awlins ATF agent called into a bomb site. Also starring (and I’m so not kidding about this) Val Kilmer (who was probably as chill as I’ve ever seen him in a role), Adam Goldberg (who wrote and directed a film my buddy Josh produced called I Love Your Work), and Jesus Jim Caviezel, who was not speaking in Aramaic this time, and was definitely playing against type. And some chicks.
And I kind of knew from the commercials and also the name Deja Vu that there had to be some sort of wacky sci fi shit going down at some point in the movie, but really, most of it’s a pretty straightforward action thriller. It’s quite a while before they embrace all 12 of their monkeys.
I liked it. Cute action thriller. Good acting, well-paced plot, interesting premise, at least one plot hole big enough to drive a Ford Bronco through, and I guessed all of the twists and a fair number of the lines, but hey, have some popcorn, gaze upon the magnificent form of Denzel Washington (only one semi-nude scene, but yes, it’s worth it) and enjoy.
Okay, one more for the road. Oooooh, aaaaaaaahhh.
November 16th, 2006 at 8:32 am
So many of us had bad days yesterday. I for one am so glad it’s over with.
When I first saw a preview for this movie, the thing that popped out at me was Val Kilmer. I was so excited to see that he’s in a movie that I’ve been wanting to see this movie ever since.
Problem is I have a whole list of movies that are out now that I want to see, and really not the time to go see them all.
Thanks for the review!
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November 16th, 2006 at 8:49 am
Mercury is in retrograde. I think that’s accounting for a lot of bad days this month. Hope today is better for you.
We rarely go out to movies, but I already told Charlie I want to see this one. First, it’s Denzel and he makes me drool in a big way. Second, the story looks great. Thanks for the advance review.
Hugs!
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November 16th, 2006 at 8:51 am
I’ve been excited about DejaVu ever since they were filming it here in town (I live in New Orleans) and we were all trying to find Denzel Washington and Val Kilmer out in public.
I didn’t see any of them, and was working 60+ hours at the time so I missed most of the filming whenever we found out it was happening. I’m glad to hear that its good!
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November 16th, 2006 at 9:04 am
Ahhh…Mercury’s in Retrograde? Well, that would explain some of the computer communication problems we’ve been having at work.
And, I have three friends who are having suckage in their lives, so when a certain blogger who won’t be named, but whose initials are Diana Peterfreund, called me yesterday, it wasn’t until about 2 minutes into the conversation that I actually knew it was her. LOL!!
Mmmm…Denzel. I am very proud to say that Denzel and I are connected. We share the same birthday!
Marley = )
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November 16th, 2006 at 11:33 am
Sigh. The last movie I saw at the theatre was Cars. The next one will be Happy Feet. Are you seeing a theme here?
I can’t wait until my eldest is old enough to babysit. I’ll be looking for DejaVu on DVD though. Thanks for the review!
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November 16th, 2006 at 11:41 am
Meretta, when I was at the theater yesterday I saw teh poster for Happy feet — I didn’t know who was in the cast except for Robin Williams. Elijah Wood gets top billing, and wow… can I just say how creepy it is that they made that penguin look JUST LIKE ELIJAH?!?!?!
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November 16th, 2006 at 1:09 pm
Mmmm, pictures of Denzel. Hmmmm . . .
I’m sorry, was I supposed to be working on a novel right now?
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November 16th, 2006 at 1:35 pm
He’s almost as good looking as I am. I probably spend more time semi-nude than he does too.
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November 16th, 2006 at 3:01 pm
The movie sounds great! Unfortunately, with a 2 & 3 year old I’ll be lucky to get to Happy Feet!
I love your covers, btw! Sorry, I”m a bit behind!
hugs,
Steph
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