This really won’t be much a movie review of A Perfect Getaway. Mostly I just wanted a place to vent about the movie.
ARGH! It had so much potential! It had wonderful actors! Why did they feel a need to get too clever with the storyline? Why can’t movie makers just remember the KISS rule? Some of the most awesome movies follow it.
There were flaws galore, but the two most glaring which I think did the movie in for me were:
- Inconsistency with the characters. Specifically the main couple they started out following. If they’d just had them say different lines in the tent when they were debating whether or not to stick with the couple they’d met at the falls, the twist could’ve been more realistic. (Basically they said something to the effect of being afraid of the couple because they were clearly crazy after having killed and gutted a wild goat. They came across all unsure and afraid. My husband read it one way, but I read it as they were afraid. Which, *SPOILER ALERT* when it’s revealed later that they’re really the killers just didn’t jive with their character development.)
- When Nick (played by Timothy Olyphant) follows Cliff Anderson (played by Steve Zahn) down the cliff after he was shot in the cave…he wouldn’t have known Cliff climbed up the rocks to try and get Gina (played by Kiele Sanchez)! They paddled in on kayaks to the cave. Nick never knew his girlfriend was up there. (Unless I’m remembering incorrectly and she screamed before he was shot…but I’m fairly sure it was after.) If anything he would’ve paddled back to the beach.
The movie tried to drop red herrings, clues, and foreboding. I think once they pulled it off without being overly obvious. But those two things I mentioned above were what blew it for me.
However, the couple played by Timothy Olyphant and Kiele Sanchez? Those performances were awesome! Their on-screen chemistry and their character portrayals were wonderful. And hot? Holy cow are those two good looking actors.
But I liked them both so much I had to go look on IMDB to see what else they’d been in. They both charmed me and had me wanting more that much!
Tim’s done all kinds of stuff. Some TV, other movies. But he’s going to be in Crazies. I was psyched for that movie as it was, but now? REALLY excited.
Kiele’s done a lot of TV, including Lost. (She played Nikki Fernandez. Minor part.) But she’s also going to be in another movie I’m stoked about and didn’t know was coming out until now –30 Days of Night: Dark Days.
So, A Perfect Getaway wasn’t a total wash. At least I found two new-to-me actors who I’ll look forward to seeing in other things. (Hopefully better and hopefully which will help them both become big time stars.)
