#source code movie

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Have you seen Source Code (2011)?

Yes

No

Haven’t even heard of this movie

Voting ended onApr 8

[isnotcomic]

hahaha, doing this AGAIN because the first video got "blocked". 🫠Reacting to Source Code for the first time ;)

[isnotcomic]

IT TOOK A MONTH (and a bit more) !!!! But I did it again :P Reacting to Source Code for the first time ;)

[dougielombax]

Does anyone remember that film Source Code?

I barely do but I SWEAR I remember seeing a different version of the film where Jeffrey Wright was replaced with John Noble.

I swear it exists somewhere!

Like some Mandela Effect shit!

Idk

Now! Tbf I could be misremembering it because my parents were still watching Fringe at the time and I’d sometimes see them watching it and Walter Bishop always stuck with me because of his eccentricity.

(Side note: I’d LOVE to see John Noble play the Doctor but idk if it’ll ever happen)

Idk.

Make of that what you will.

[ryebone]

Source Code

Glad I gave this movie a second chance based on some pushing from my friends. I don't recall the circumstances of my first viewing, but I only got about ten minutes in and promptly turned it off: not because it was BAD but because it wasn't the movie I needed at the time. Truth be told there was probably a game that I was obsessed with at the time.

Fast forward a few years and I'm seeing Duncan Jones in the news more often and my friends are incredulous that I haven't seen this film while I go on about loving Moon. Questioning my own reality in which I fervently enjoy a film while simultaneously ignoring the talented names behind, I miss quite a few connections. Taylor Sheridan is another such victim, as I remained clueless that the writer of my beloved Sicario was behind the masterpiece of Hell or High Water.

Regardless, I'm more disciplined now - especially with the help of Letterboxd. I queued up the 4K version of the film, drew up some popcorn and put up my feet with a cat on my lap to watch Jake Gyllenhaal straddle the line between wooing Michelle Monaghan and saving the city through means of quantum tomfoolery. It was a ton of fun.

Being slightly afraid of a needlessly serious version of Groundhog Day, I was pleasantly surprised as Jones continued to peel back interesting layers of sci-fi goodness as the film went on. I can't knock the "cheesy" ending, as I audibly smiled with puzzle-precision satisfaction to my cats as it came about. The repeating eight minutes is broken up with and smartly played out on the inclusion of - what I'll call - the control room scenes with Vera Farmiga (whom I've fallen in love with since The Conjuring and Bates Motel) and Jeffrey Wright (whose over-the-glasses look is hypnotizing).

It gets a relatively high score of four stars upon first viewing, although it feels doubtful that it can climb higher with repeated viewings.

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Source Code

Synopsis: When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he’s part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. In an assignment unlike any he’s ever known, he learns he’s part of a government experiment called the “Source Code,” a program that enables him to cross over into another man's identity in the last 8 minutes of his life. With a second, much larger target threatening to kill millions in downtown Chicago, Colter re-lives the incident over and over again, gathering clues each time, until he can solve the mystery of who is behind the bombs and prevent the next attack. Filled with mind-boggling twists and heart-pounding suspense, Source Code is a smart action-thriller directed by Duncan Jones (Moon) also starring Michelle Monaghan (Eagle Eye, Due Date), Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air, The Departed), and Jeffrey Wright (Quantum of Solace, Syriana).

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Spain came and went. It was TV and PRINT all day, ending with a cinema intro with Duncan and Jake. Everything went smoothly, by the book, all was normal, except for one thing...ALL WAS IN SPANISH! Such a shame I paid NO attention to my Spanish teachers in school, coulda been useful. 

Wasn't able to try the churros and hot chocolate, so I think I'll make it up to myself when I get home to some Costco Churros and Yogurt. So delicious. 

When we were driving to the airport, we saw crowds of senior citizens gathered around different theaters...told it was Senior Citizen Tuesday! Which meant: CHEAP DISCOUNTED theater tickets! How LUCKY are they??!! That's at least ONE thing to look forward to as the years pass! Awesome.

Day ended at about 7pm in Madrid, and off to Rome we went. And having only been here for about 4 hours now, I already love it. Chowed down on a box of pizza each, we're good for the night. Tomorrow we do it all over again, surprised? 

----------- From Duncan's P.O.V. : 

Madrid!  What I would do to be able to actually spend some TIME in these remarkable cities we are visiting!  But no... its work, work, work and then off to the next place.  Fortunately I get a taste of these cities by being able to talk to the lovely film buffs who come in for the daily junkets that are the reason I am on this trip.  I have to say, I really do love Spanish people.  Kind-hearted, generous and funny people.  All of them!  Not a one to complain about... oh, ok.  Maybe Franco.  Fortunately he doesn't review films. The big difference with today's junket was that the interviews were done in... wait for it... Spanish!  That may seem pretty unsurprising, and it may well be, but let me tell you, trying to answer a question at a slow enough pace for a translator to do their thing on the fly, is very unsettling.  You try it!  Trust me, you wont be so cocky next time I have a whinge.  Fortunately my producer was a lovely woman who was incredibly good at her job, but it isn't half difficult to concentrate, when you are trying to talk about something, and someone else is jabbering away in a different language right next to you. The rest of the day followed what has pretty much become the routine now; 4 minutes TV interviews for a couple of hours, then some one on ones, followed by a series of roundtables.  Don't tell Rodene, but I actually quite like doing it!  Good questions, and then we were down to the local cineplex for a preview screening of the film where Jake and I gave a wee intro.   Imagine this bit cut by Guy Ritchie's editor... Exit cinema/shut car door/pull up at airport/take off/ land in...  Rome! 2000 years past its prime, and the city still oozes machismo.  If cities had knobs, Rome would be bruising its knee.  Haven't had a chance to see it in daylight hours, but from the twinkling jewel seen through the window of our plane, to being driven entirely too fast down the winding walled streets, Rome is spectacular.  We turned up at a beautiful hotel in the centre of town, with a stack of pizzas waiting for us, gorged till tumulous, and poured myself a very manly bath.  In Rome, even pampering has a hairy chest. Tomorrow we begin the Italian Job.  I shall be channeling my best Michael Caine. Oh yeah.. finally bit.  Been downloading and playing new games for my lovely IPad2.  They are superb... but there is no denying it; my god, the Amiga was some games machine!  I miss that dreamy piece of silicon and plastic!  Love you Commodore.  You're missed.