Pretty Good

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Adrien Brody did an excellent job and I wonder if without him this movie would even exist ! The problem is that in the trailer, we can see that he is a hostage ! This should have been absolutely avoided as the whole story is about the main character questioning himself who he is and what he has done ! There would be more suspense for us to find it out with him.So I was not captivated by the story, but if he will find out that he is not the one he thinks he is... As other people suggested, I think this would be a nice short movie. Thanks to Adrien Brody's talent, I could watch it until the end. My vote is more for the actor.

The title does suggest that this will not be pretty (some would argue the same thing about Brody's role selection after his Oscar win ... for the most part(s) that is of course). But a movie does not have to be pretty. Especially if it tries to win you over philosophically. And metaphorically that is. Being (or rather going) on a trip with Brody might be a dream come true for some. For others this will play more like a nightmare.I don't like to compare this to an Oscar winning movie (another reviewer has done this), but I get his point. If you want to see something different, than you might be able to be more open and indulge in the movies pace (try not to fall asleep I guess). I for once thought, there wasn't enough to warrant the running time and/or the tag it tries to achieve.

This film proves why there is Danny Boyle, and then there's the rest.In "127 Hours," this smart director instinctively knew how to engage an audience, thrill them, captivate them, and make them sympathetic to the main character without any other characters or story points to speak of.The fact that he pulled this off is something of a miracle.But he did so by realizing, among other things, that holding for 30 seconds or more on a static closeup of his lead actor while absolutely NOTHING happened was not the answer.In fact, he knew it would be the death of his film. Whoever directed (and edited) "Wrecked" doesn't quite understand this concept. These well-meaning amateurs can't quite wrap their minds around the idea that what's essentially a boring story doesn't have to be told in a boring, ultra-realistic way (despite how many reality TV shows have become successful).That's why "127 Hours" was nominated for multiple Oscars... and who's even ever heard of "Wrecked"?? It was never even released -- despite having a major star in the lead role.Maybe, with a good editor, this failed experiment in non-storytelling might have worked as a short film. Even with a terrible director who doesn't understand filmmaking, there are ways to turn the story of a car crash survivor into an entertaining 10-minute short. Features on the other hand generally succeed using a three-act structure and story revelations.At least this wrecked attempt can serve as a lesson to future filmmakers: when portraying a character going through misery, don't make the audience suffer as well! People don't generally turn over their hard-earned cash so they can have a terrible time at the movies.

I love landscapes like the one in which this movie is set. I could climb for days around the hilly hardwoods groves and fern beds and decaying leaf mats and never miss civilization or my precious electronics. Adrian Brody, as an amnesic and badly injured accident victim who wakes up in a mangled car in just such a landscape, has no reason at all to enjoy it. In fact, he barely notices it, as he struggles to save his own life and gradually pieces together the truth of his situation. He remembers, in flashes and glimpses, and he also hallucinates. None of this is especially involving, and the flashbacks and dreams come so far apart that I was never able to sustain much curiosity about it. So much footage is devoted to woodland scenes, in fact, that the woods eventually take over the movie. Whether this was what the director intended or not is beside the point. It got to the point where even the briefest plot interludes became vaguely annoying, almost offensive. The wilderness is the hero, and it doesn't care about Adrian Brody and his broken leg and his broken memory. The wilderness is perfectly represented by the mountain lion that keeps showing up to drag off the bodies of the other accident victims for dinner. All we are is meat.