I just saw this movie, and have decided to give it a C+. Now a first you might think, wow he's being harsh, or man its really that bad. But take a look at some of the other reviews and ratings, it got much worse. What I have heard is that the general public hated the ending. I guess they thought it was too predictable, but to be honest I haven't seen a not predictable movie in a while. The acting was mediocre, Cameron Diaz was pretty bad, but I really enjoyed James Marsden's performance as the dad (He's Prince Edward in Enchanted.) So I thought the plot of this movie was really cool. It is based on a book called "Button, Button" by Richard Matheson. There have been a bunch of short films based of this idea or situation of moral dilemma in which you have to decide whether or not to push a button. If you do, you get a million dollars, but a random person you don't know dies. One big thing I noticed was that, it really didn't need to be made into a horror film. It really wasn't scary at all, the only thing that made it "Horror" were the suspenseful shots and music. I guess you could say that about any horror film, but what 'm trying to say is that a lot of things were unnecessary, even laughable. For real, me and others were just laughing at different scenes, which you have to admit kind of ruins the experience. There were also so many of those scenes that just absolutely didn't need to be in the movie, and it feels like they were just thrown in there. Maybe to make it longer or to please special effects fans. Im not really sure.
But the plot was really cool, plenty of "Ohhhhhh" moments and and a really creepy vibe the made it for me. Of course there were the ridiculously predictable and just plain stupid parts as well. Im going to finish off this post with a little bit of truth: I was thinking about the "Shutter island" trailer the whole time. I am pumped. For that movie. End of story.
