Director: Wally Pfister
Principal Cast Members: Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall and Morgan Freeman
Oh Transcendence you had so much promise! Lets start with the positives, the film looks as incredible as you'd presume from a cinematographer turned director. The plot just about manages to hold the attention and the cast is solid, however that can also be part of the problem. All you have to do is look at the cast list and it will get most film fans excited, but throughout the film it seems that most are just seem to be coasting. It's nice to see Johnny Depp in a role that doesn't involve his more OTT style of acting, but part of the problem is there are plenty of great actors that get very little to do, specifically Cillian Murphy and Kate Mara. There are also several aspects of the film that don't really work, the narrative book markers just doesn't work, and it part actually takes some of the tension and mystery out of the films final climax. There are also huge chunks of the story that do not quite flow well enough to completely keep the attention. It must be taken into account that this is both director Pfister and screenwriter Jack Paglen's debut efforts and Transcendence shows that there is a lot of promise for both and they should get a second bite of the apple, even if the film looks like its going to flop. Ultimately maybe the film will be seen as a flop, but in retrospect maybe that's due to the fact that the film showed so many promising signs early on.
Oh Transcendence you had so much promise! Lets start with the positives, the film looks as incredible as you'd presume from a cinematographer turned director. The plot just about manages to hold the attention and the cast is solid, however that can also be part of the problem. All you have to do is look at the cast list and it will get most film fans excited, but throughout the film it seems that most are just seem to be coasting. It's nice to see Johnny Depp in a role that doesn't involve his more OTT style of acting, but part of the problem is there are plenty of great actors that get very little to do, specifically Cillian Murphy and Kate Mara. There are also several aspects of the film that don't really work, the narrative book markers just doesn't work, and it part actually takes some of the tension and mystery out of the films final climax. There are also huge chunks of the story that do not quite flow well enough to completely keep the attention. It must be taken into account that this is both director Pfister and screenwriter Jack Paglen's debut efforts and Transcendence shows that there is a lot of promise for both and they should get a second bite of the apple, even if the film looks like its going to flop. Ultimately maybe the film will be seen as a flop, but in retrospect maybe that's due to the fact that the film showed so many promising signs early on.
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