RED EYE IS MORE OF A BLACK EYE

So I was asked recently when I was going to review the movie "Red Eye" and then I remembered that I had seen the movie. Here is my review...

I had been anticipating this film for months, not because it was Wes Craven's newest, but because I thought the idea of a woman being secretly terrorized on a plane was intriguing. I have to be honest, because I am a woman I am always on the lookout for strong female roles in films. I don't think there is a monumental lack of these roles, but I definitely feel there could always be more. So I sat in the theater with baited breath, anxiously awaiting a kick-ass chic. You know what? Not so much. I had to sit through more than half the movie watching her be all weepy and weak. SHIT!!! Just do something already! Finally she found her balls at the end of the film and by then I was ready for it to end. She should have taken lessons from such great women as Ripley from the Alien series, Clarice from Silence of the Lambs, Sarah Connor from the Terminators, Bette Davis in All About Eve, and any Katherine Hepburn film. I won't be so bold as to say that only female characters are weak. Look at Sean Archer from "Face/Off" when he's played by Nicholas Cage. Or Private Hudson (Bill Paxton) in Aliens. What a pair of snivelling idiots! But Hudson did deliver one of my favorite lines: game over man!

This leads to my next complaint about "Red Eye"...

Sometimes I think that there is no such thing as a true 'thriller' anymore. Atleast I didn't feel very thrilled with this movie. I have to admit, I have been desensitized when it comes to scary movies. I have seen many, but unfortunately am not a fan of a lot of them. For some reason not only is it difficult to write an original script, it is also hard to find original ways to terrorize the audience. The last time I was scared in a movie (and I mean scared) was "Blair Witch." What's funny is that several of my friends said it wasn't frightening because you never got to see anything. Hello? Ever heard of subtle? I still get a chill down my spine thinking of the guy at the end standing in the corner, waiting...brrrr! Sometimes I don't want to see the monster. In the case of "Red Eye", they had a great monster-a young, attractive, intelligent man. And Cillian Murphy was the best part of the movie. Unfortunately, he couldn't carry it off without out an equally strong protagonist. She could have been, but the screenwriter fell short. Damn it! Not again. I know, I know...put up or shut up. Well, I'm not writing a 'thriller', but it will be original.

As far as "Red Eye" is concerned...rent it and tell me what you think.