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Old 04-10-11, 10:43 PM
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Re: Source Code - New Duncan Jones film

Originally Posted by DJariya

BTW, Isn't Michelle Monaghan freaking adorable? I loved her scenes with Jake Gyllenhaal on the train.
I agree. She looks good, but was especially adorable in this one. She's become quite the go-to woman to play love interest in suspense-action movies.
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I saw this on Saturday at an early afternoon screening.
They started the movie 20 minutes late, so when we all left the theatre (there were maybe 15 people, total), we all got free passes to another movie.

Anyway, I thought Source Code was really well-done. Like others are saying, it had one of the most satisfying endings I've seen in quite some time. I like that the ending is open to interpretation. Mainly...
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Did Source Code actually change reality, or did it create an alternate reality, or...?
When Goodwin took Colter off of life support, my initial thought was that, by letting him die at that moment, his brain could continue in the alternate reality for another 8 minutes. In retrospect, that doesn't really make sense, considering the information we were given by the creator and Goodwin. I definitely need to watch it again, though!

Also, alternate realities and time-travel aside, I think Source Code would be an excellent TV show. It would probably only be good for a single season, but they could use the basic premise (reviewing the last 8 minutes of someone's life) to do some interesting things spread across 13 or 22 episodes.


Great film. 4 stars.
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edit: did anomynonumus (...) post disappear?

Yeah, but it would be different. Dammit.
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Re: Source Code - New Duncan Jones film

Originally Posted by DJariya
BTW, Isn't Michelle Monaghan freaking adorable? I loved her scenes with Jake Gyllenhaal on the train.
She is close to being my favorite woman on screen right now, and has been since Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. I have a feeling we'll see big things from her in the future. The other woman on screen that I love up there with Michelle is Emily Mortimer.
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Emily Mortimer.
Man, she's great! I thought I was the only fan.
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Man, she's great! I thought I was the only fan.
Not hardly, I'm right there with ya!
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Just got back from seeing this. LOVED it.
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Re: Source Code - New Duncan Jones film

I saw it yesterday.
Enjoyed it very much, really good film but:

Spoiler:
I think an even better ending would be if it had ended at the freeze frame. Why didn't Jake Gyllenhaal try and track down the real Sean? Does the ending mean there are TWO Seans and he is living his life (inside the teacher's body?) with Christina. The film could have been a bit longer IMO, as he found the bomber too quickly. Why didnt he try something like talk him out of bombing the train?


It was like Groundhog Day meets Total Recall

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I'm so increidbly glad they didn't go the "talk him out of it" route, that is so damn unrealistic and contrived. You don't to the trouble of rigging a train, blowing it up next to a tanker, and building a dirty bomb only to be talked out of it by a partially dead soldier.

And no, there are not two Seans. There is only one, it means he basically went to sleep as Sean and woke up as Colter, so Sean is either sharing the same consciousness as Colter from that point on or Sean was wiped out completely when Colter took over


Movie was alright, I felt it was needlessly repetitive in spots and that the plot holes really added up quick, but it was still a relatively fun little scifi flick. I also liked the subtle nods to Quantum Leap with
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Scott Bakula providing the voice of Colter's dad and uttering "Oh Boy" at the beginning of the call.
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Re: Source Code - New Duncan Jones film

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I'm so increidbly glad they didn't go the "talk him out of it" route, that is so damn unrealistic and contrived. You don't to the trouble of rigging a train, blowing it up next to a tanker, and building a dirty bomb only to be talked out of it by a partially dead soldier.

And no, there are not two Seans. There is only one, it means he basically went to sleep as Sean and woke up as Colter, so Sean is either sharing the same consciousness as Colter from that point on or Sean was wiped out completely when Colter took over


Movie was alright, I felt it was needlessly repetitive in spots and that the plot holes really added up quick, but it was still a relatively fun little scifi flick. I also liked the subtle nods to Quantum Leap with
Spoiler:
Scott Bakula providing the voice of Colter's dad and uttering "Oh Boy" at the beginning of the call.
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Fair do's that they didnt "talk him out of it", I thought he found the bomber too easily though. I thought there'd be a twist that Michelle Monaghan was the bomber or something.
Also if we go with the "other universes" theory how come Sean/Colulter remembers things each time?


Now it sounds like I didnt like it but it was very good
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Re: Source Code - New Duncan Jones film

Originally Posted by grim_tales
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Fair do's that they didnt "talk him out of it", I thought he found the bomber too easily though. I thought there'd be a twist that Michelle Monaghan was the bomber or something.
Also if we go with the "other universes" theory how come Sean/Colulter remembers things each time?
Spoiler:
I think Christina being the bomber would have been way too obvious. Right from the first time Sean/Coulter wakes up, she had a little bit of a creepy smile on her face.

I don't think he necessarily found the bomber too easily, though. Sure, in terms of what we saw on screen, it seemed to happen fast, but we don't know exactly how many times he went back into Source Code.

I can't answer your question about how he was able to remember things each time he re-entered, but I'm sure there's some sort of reasoning.
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Re: Source Code - New Duncan Jones film

I thought for sure that
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there was going to be a twist where it ended up that the body he was using was the bomber.


I am so glad they didn't do something that stupid and did exactly what they did in the end.
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Re: Source Code - New Duncan Jones film

I'm surprised he didn't mention that as a possibility to Goodwin, actually.
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Re: Source Code - New Duncan Jones film

Me too. At some point I thought something like that would happen too,
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didn't Goodwin say something like "You yourself is the key"?, I thought that meant Coulter would try and track down "another" Coulter.
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Re: Source Code - New Duncan Jones film

Originally Posted by grim_tales
Me too. At some point I thought something like that would happen too,
Spoiler:
didn't Goodwin say something like "You yourself is the key"?, I thought that meant Coulter would try and track down "another" Coulter.
Spoiler:
That and also the part where she said he came out of the bathroom.
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Re: Source Code - New Duncan Jones film

Yes, he briefly

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considers himself as a suspect
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Re: Source Code - New Duncan Jones film

Yeah, it was brought up as a possibility for a minute, but it was quickly put to rest. I guess they felt that they had to at least mention that it would be possible. I'm just glad they didn't make it in any way a main plot point over the entire film, or didn't bring it on as the ending.
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Re: Source Code - New Duncan Jones film

Saw it. Liked it. Totally missed that it was Scott Backula. I totally would've loved catching that in the movie.

I tend to believe that he created the alternate reality and will live on.
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Really enjoyed the movie. Now I want to see more movies with Farmiga in it, she was the best performance for me.
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A better title for this would have been Jakes on a Train.
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Just watched this tonight. Thought it was really well done.

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I thought it was sorta unfair that he took over the guy's body at the end. But I suppose that guy was dead anyway in the real reality. The guy that ended up being the bomber was my very first guess while watching it. However, they threw up many red herrings that made it interesting.


Solid movie.
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Re: Source Code - New Duncan Jones film

Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
Just watched this tonight. Thought it was really well done.

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I thought it was sorta unfair that he took over the guy's body at the end. But I suppose that guy was dead anyway in the real reality. The guy that ended up being the bomber was my very first guess while watching it. However, they threw up many red herrings that made it interesting.


Solid movie.
I was thinking the same thing, actually.
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excellent sci-fi thriller. netflixed it and bought it same day as i knew i was gonna love it. did just that.
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Re: Source Code - New Duncan Jones film

Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
Just watched this tonight. Thought it was really well done.

Spoiler:
I thought it was sorta unfair that he took over the guy's body at the end. But I suppose that guy was dead anyway in the real reality. The guy that ended up being the bomber was my very first guess while watching it. However, they threw up many red herrings that made it interesting.


Solid movie.
Felt the same way while watching it last night.

Overall, I was very happy with this blind buy.


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