The Island (2005)
Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson
“I want to know answers and I wish there was more.”
This quote from the movie sums it all up. I had loads of questions for the movie and got zero answers. And I wish there were more to it. So let’s get to my questions that need answers.
If men aren’t allowed in the women’s dorms, then how does Lincoln know EXACTLY where Jordan’s room is?? As he’s running through the dorm, women are gasping as if men aren’t allowed in that area, so it’s startling to see one there. Yet Lincoln is able to go DIRECTLY to Jordan’s room.
If you don’t want people to escape from where ever you are keeping them, why don’t you make air shafts that are impossible for humans to fit into?? This is not a problem isolated to The Island. This happens a LOT in movies. When building your inescapable fortress, make sure a grown man or woman can’t fit into the air shafts. That will cut off at least one escape route.
Does Jordan clearly understand the concept of stealth?? I’m guessing not, since as they were trying to sneak out of the facility, she was SCREMING at Lincoln. “STOP!” “RUN!” “LINCOLN!” They didn’t need all the fancy technology to locate Jordan and Lincoln during their escape. Just listen for Jordan’s stealth like screams.
Is it possible to make the Chevy SSR look any worse?? Actually, this one was answered in the movie. Yes. It is possible.
Why is Amtrak still around in the future?? No one rides it now. Are we all of a sudden all going to start riding Amtrak in the future?? And where are they getting the money to convert all their regular trains into hover trains??
Speaking of which, why does everything hover?? Who decided that in the future everything will hover??
When did Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart start acting?? If you’ve seen the movie and watched the WWF in the 80’s then you know exactly who I’m talking about.
What’s worse than 1 sub-par performance by Ewan McGregor?? Two sub-par performances by Ewan McGregor.
Did they mean to make Ewan McGregor’s human counter part (Tom Lincoln) look like one of The Proclaimers?? I was waiting for him to ask if his insurance policy had walked 500 miles.
Lastly, why was this movie over 2 hours long?? I’m pretty sure they could have fit in all the necessary plot points in an hour and a half. And it might have been a better movie for it.
