Sara Watches Stuff
Gone in 60 Seconds - Despite my devotion to 2017 as the year I work through the Nicolas Cage back catalogue, I somehow managed to completely forget the entire experience of watching this movie. That’s not to say it’s a bad movie - it is arguably a more complete cinematic experience than something like Next - but it is to say that being a complete experience that takes itself relatively seriously makes it a lot less fun than some of the others. This is Cage at his most restrained, acting like a normal person, and the most bizarre thing about this movie was a villain who was also a carpenter (a long-locked Christopher Eccleston). My silly car flicks of choice are the ultra silly Fast and Furious ones, so sans the lure of The Rock, I found this difficult to get into. The whole “now he has to return to car theft and steal 50 cars!” didn’t feel that engaging, but I know it’s exactly some people’s medicine.
Rating: 2.5/10 - Not my thing, but I appreciate its place in film as a whole. Weirdly paced and not particular compelling. We did spend a chunk of it brainstorming choose-your-own-adventure erotica, which was probably the best part.
