Push has to be the most uninspired, boring movie about superheroes, ever. This is coming from a guy who has seen the original 1990 version of Captain America, and Dolph Lundgren's Punisher. Any movie that has an extensive voice-over describing the workings of it's own particular universe, I have little faith in; strike one. Lots and lots and lots of annoying, unnecessary herky-jerky jump cuts every ten to fifteen seconds in an attempt to falsely quicken the pace; strike two. A weak, poorly executed story revolving around a rogue government agency rounding up the super-powered for their own insidious needs, which was done better in the Stephen King movie Firestarter (an indictment in itself); strike three, you're out. Screaming Asians, psychokinetic twenty-somethings, drunk tween psychics, it's a Generation X X-Men gone horribly, boringly awry. Just really bad filmmaking.
Chris Evans, playing another super-powered hero, doesn't really look that interested in this movie. That's OK though, neither was I. I kind of expected more form Dakota Fanning, to be honest. She still has a lot of talent, but this is far from her best. The only actor who appeard to care about his role was Djimon Hounsou as, of course, the primary antagonist. This was just so far below his capabilities. For some reason, the director (Paul McGuigan) seems to have told the actors to look bored and uninterested. Yay, the world's first emo superhero movie....*sigh*
Sorry guys, I would have liked to recommend this as an alternative to the costumed hero movies, but I really can't. I just had difficulty staying awake, let alone getting involved. Zzzzzzzzzz. 3/10.
Tomorrow's movie: I'm really liking the pot luck thing, but I guess I'll commit to something. Let the Jeff Bridges love fest continue: Crazy Heart it is. It astounds me how many movies I have seen that I wanted to see that wound up being total crap. I really used to like a lot more movies, is it that I'm old, or is the majority really this bad? Man, I hope not.
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