Just watched the Premiere Screening of "UPSIDE DOWN".
Directed By Juan Diego Solanas
Starring Kirsten Dunst, Jim Sturgess, Timothy Spall
Synopsis:
In an alternate universe, there are two worlds; "Up Above" and "Down Below". The two worlds are separated. While Up is rich and prosperous, Down is poor. Going Up is strictly forbidden and the only connection between the worlds is through the company "TransWorld".The movie tells the story of Adam(Jim) who lives Down Below but he falls in love with Eden(Kirsten) who lives Up Above. Then, as they were about to meet, the law enforcers took Eden away & Adam is thrown back to live back in Down Below. As years pass, Adam saw Eve on TV, and with this, his pursuit to find Eden begins and he will let nothing get into his way, not even the law enforcers and the forces of nature.
So, when I first saw the trailer in the cinemas, I was literally amazed & stunned at the whole concept of the movie. I mean, two worlds living simultaneously but they can't meet each other because the laws of nature/gravity forbids them.
With a great idea & concept that almost blew my mind like how Inception did, I was hoping for a great story too. But the story was below expectations. The story was not all that bad but the script & plot can be improved a whole lot. I was expecting the genre of sci-fi/romance to be as interesting as The Adjustment Bureau.
So the up side of the movie is the concept & visuals but the down side is they could've written a better script. (Haha puns! Get it? Up side & Down side. :P )
Anyway, back to the movie, it was visually stunning & the concept as I said, blew my mind.
The story was really good. Overall concept & idea. But keep in mind, you have to listen & understand the movie well, so pay attention.
Just a head's up, here's some info about the movie's story you might want to know.
The two worlds; Up Above & Down Below live opposite to each other, but they cannot meet each other, one of the main cause is the gravity of each world. The gravity has 3 rules:
1) Everything is pulled only by the gravity of its own planet
2) One thing can pass to the other gravity field by touching something belonging there
3) The thing that passes to the other gravity field starts to burn in time
Plot wise, could've been a lot better. I was hoping for a little twist or something, but instead the ending was a little hurried & left me "What? Ended like that? There could've been more."
Acting, quite good.
Visually, amazing. Great designs of the two worlds. Nice cinematography.
So, all in all, UPSIDE DOWN is somewhat an interesting movie, it could've been better but it was okay. Worth a watch. Once, again, pay attention to the concept of the idea.
My Rating?
Plot : 3.25/5
Storyline : 4/5
Characters*: 3.75/5
Effects** :4.5/5
OVERALL : 7.5/10.
Trailer:
(^ the movie is in English, but the only trailer I found online is this French version. So yeah.)
2 comments:
I was late for this movie, therefore I missed the critical explanation about this extra ordinary planets with dual gravity. A different concept yet interesting. After I read it in Wikipedia I understand it better. Maybe I have to watch it again to apprehend it more!
@Iriene, Oh, I see. Yeap, totaly agree with you. They should've given more info with a better script but all in all it's an interesting film. (:
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