Last night we watched “The Forgotten” featuring Julianne Moore and Anthony Edwards.
It’s a suspense mystery thriller about a man and a woman who are told that their children never existed and that they made up memories of them, only to discover that there’s a much bigger enemy at work.
The movie was very promising at the beginning. It started powerfully and kept getting better and better until halfway through the movie, but then it degraded and dissapointed me.
Why? Because it turned sci-fi.
Now, I love sci-fi movies, but I believe this movie would have been much better if it steered clear of it.
I kept wishing for a twist that would bring the movie back to the great track it started on, but that didn’t come.
So in my mind, I’ve built my own alternate ending so that I can love the movie.
I still think the movie is pretty good though, and the acting was very nice.
I do recommend seeing it if there’s nothing better to watch, especially the first half.
My score for it is: 7.5/10.
That’s kind of funny, actually — sounds like you disliked it for the same reason I liked it. While I was expecting a decent psychological thriller, I got that _plus_ an unexpected sci-fi twist that I didn’t see coming. I ended up liking it a lot.
Plus, it had a few moments that actually made me jump (the auto accident, and the detective’s…sudden disappearance), which is a rare thing these days.
I have to agree about the jumps. I loved the auto accident sequence, amazing stuff.
As for the sudden disappearance, that was shocking the first time, and then it became hilarious, lol.
The thing about me disliking the ending is that I was in the mood for a really good psychological thriller and all of a sudden it turned Stephen King sci-fi on me, lol.
MMM your right the beginning was good but then the sci fi just wrecked the whole film, she used to be my favourite actress but she kinda disappointing in this movie, I hope the rest she does are an improvement, i swear i was falling asleep lol
Well, even though I didn’t really like how the movie finally went and ended, I actually thought Julianne Moore did a good job in this movie.
Her acting was really good, but it’s not her fault if the second half of the story didn’t carry the movie well enough.