Deja Vu

Brandon Rice

Brandon Rice

Distributed Producer
LOVED IT! WOW! Denzel was rockin' and the movie was twisty as ever... gave away clues slow enough... but still kept you on the edge! Plus, I got to see good ol' Jack Daniel Stanley with his awesome line... "Want a mask?" YEAH!
 
No man... I woulda seen it anyway... I love Denzel... but it was a HUGE bonus to tell my sister I knew the guy who asked Denzel if he wanted a mask! HAHA!
 
really enjoyed it. All films regarding this subject matter fascinates me.
And that close up of Jack was short lived but somehow seemed prominent.
 
haha.
Since you guys have seen the film and I haven't yet, can either of you guess why the hell my part existed?

I read the whole script for my one line and could not find a reason for my character's existence or part in the scene at all.

Best guess - maybe to show that Denzel was getting really engrossed in the case (which he's working on secretly) - i.e. he doesn't want to be overheard. (I come up to him and interrupt him whil he's on the phone discussing the case).

If the close up of me lingers at all, hopefully it's because I reacted to him as if he was acting a little weird.

So that's my best guess - that he would be worried about being overheard and that my character would look at him like he's acting a little strangely, but that's just a guess.
 
Great movie. Rather intense. I surely didn't expect it to be so.

Gotta say that the Science Fiction behind it was pretty good. I especially liked the "folding".
 
The ferrry footage and openning montage is pretty amazing I thought.

The weakest part for me when I read the script and when I saw it was the bad guy's motive.

... angry at the military and he's a patriot and some stuff about God and fate. Not that it's confusing, just seemed somewhat generic and underdveloped, IMHO.
 
I disliked the movie. Denzel looked like he regretted taking on the role. I didn't care for any other actor.

It is probably due to the writer's lack of knowledge and butchering or "real" time travel theories. However I did enjoy the use of time travel 75% of the way through, then they **** out a stupid ending and butchered time travel.

Not to mention, why on earth was it PG? Now I don't care what ratings are, but for a Tony Scott film, PG, bleeeeeeeeeeeeeh.

I was also hoping for flashier editing as we saw in Domino and Man on Fire.

One day if I can ever get decent funding, I swear I will make a time travel movie that does not cop out at the end.
 
I just saw it tonight, and I liked it. I was slightly confused at the end. But hey, it happens.

Jpeck, I believe it was rated a PG-13. I don't believe they have movies where people die, shoot each other, have things explode be a PG. The MPAA is still doing it's job.

And I think if they used all the technical jargon of time travel, it wouldn't play toward the story and confuse people to extremes.

And Jack, great line delievery. That must have been quite the experience.

-Matty
 
Haha thanks :) but I'll try not to get my hopes up for oscar season though (jk)

What were you confused about in the ending?
Makes sense to me but my dad was confused too.

SPOILER ALERT.

So when the future Denzel goes back to the past there are now two of him running around there. The Denzel that's there with the girl in the shed (Future Denzel) and the one that's back at head quarters or in the shower or eating a hot dog or who knows what and knows nothing about the ferry blowing up (Past Denzel). So the plot goes along and in thew new event sequence Future Denzel and the girl drive the car off the ferry and Future Denzel dies in the car. Now, fortunately, there is only one Denzel (past Denzel) left in what is now the new present and he still has no idea about the ferry or the girl at least for about 30 seconds or so probably until he gets a call on his cell to get down to the dock. There he sees the girl for the first time, even though she has already gotten to know the now dead future Denzel.

Once they are in his car together he has an odd sense that he somehow knows her. This part isn't supposed to make sense. It's supposed to be that unexplainable feeling of Deja Vu, though perhaps there has been some connection beyond our science or philosophy that allows him to already feel close to the girl since his self from the now non existent future has gotten to know her and spent time with her.

Make sense ... or you were probably confused about something else altogether and I just wasted your time, lol :laugh:
 
I was confused how the writers messed up easy to understand time travel theories! :beer:


POSSIBLE SPOILERS

The messed up the branch theory. If branch theory is possible, with the ability to change the past, then instantly it would create a new branch, not only if "big events" would happen. I always wonder why nobody mentions causality in time travel films. However, they should have just said that "big events" need to happen in order to change the past!


For those interested in time travel and have had the chance to see this film. Who thinks that there were only 2 Denzels in the movie? Or who thinks there was a third unseen one, that would have been 4 days in advance from the orginal starting point of the film?

This for me is the most interesting part of the story, did a 3rd unseen Denzel set up the clues? Or did the original time line do it? Which means he has gone back and done it or tried to save them before.
 
Finally got to see this movie and I'm glad I did. It was definitely a thriller. But the best part was seeing our man, JDS, on the big screen. VERY cool. I leaned over and told my girlfriend, "I know that guy." Of course we've never actually met, but I feel like I know him. lol :)

Good job, JDS.... and Tony Scott.
 
Jack Daniel Stanley said:
haha.
Since you guys have seen the film and I haven't yet, can either of you guess why the hell my part existed?

I read the whole script for my one line and could not find a reason for my character's existence or part in the scene at all.

Best guess - maybe to show that Denzel was getting really engrossed in the case (which he's working on secretly) - i.e. he doesn't want to be overheard. (I come up to him and interrupt him whil he's on the phone discussing the case).

If the close up of me lingers at all, hopefully it's because I reacted to him as if he was acting a little weird.

So that's my best guess - that he would be worried about being overheard and that my character would look at him like he's acting a little strangely, but that's just a guess.
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Saw it today, and enjoyed it very, very much...but although I was watching out for you, I somehow missed you entirely. Can you narrow down for me exactly where your scene with Denzel is?
 
I thought that was you...your description of the scene threw me off for some reason.

I enjoyed the movie an awful lot - I'm a sucker for a well-told time-travel story, and I think this qualifies. My favorite part was the Hummer chase in the past/in the present sequence. Freaky!

I guess my only reservation, is that for a guy with a through-penetrating shoulder wound, Denzel seemed awful agile, flexible and arm-using for those last fifteen or twenty minutes of the film...but hey, we all know how insanely durable action-movie characters can be.

Good work! Look forward to your next appearance.
 
Mattykins said:
Jpeck, I believe it was rated a PG-13. I don't believe they have movies where people die, shoot each other, have things explode be a PG. The MPAA is still doing it's job.
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in Top Gun people die, shoot each other, and blow stuff up and it was PG. and it was Tony Scott. maybe he bribes 'em.
 
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