Have you ever been in critical situations when you were supposed to just help someone out, and then along the way, you guys started talking? From there, you became close friends, and from there, you both started having feelings for each other. Well, I think personally, I have been there before, and I know some people who would have. Now let's dive into the review, and I will be as honest as possible here.
Early this month, this movie was recommended to me by a lady; most of my movies are through recommendations, which I have been loving, by the way. The movie People We Meet on Vacation was released this year; I don't know the month, but it is a romantic movie filled with small heartbreak and a bit of comedy. A balance, I guess.
The story circles round Poppy, should I call her a walkerholic, but she is a restless travel writer , and Tom Blythe is a young guy who prefers his routine and plans over doing something spontaneous. Both met during a holiday travel, and along the way, they became friends, even though at first it was looking like they were not understanding each other. And they decided that they will be meeting each year for a week vacation together, no matter where they are. However, their decade-long friendship was paused due to the fact that Alex proposed to another lady knowing fully well that Poppy had fallen for him, but he just wanted them to remain friends, nothing more.
The movie moves between their past trips together and their present attempt to fix what was broken when they both accidentally met again at the airport.
If you are a fan of opposites attract setups, this hits that formula for you comfortably because Alex, as a guy, always works on a plan, and Poopy, on the other hand, chases chaos and spontaneity. And at some point in the movie, I got to realize that despite all the other characters. These two were the engine of the film because they found a way to balance each other slowly even though their friendship was never quite platonic.
These two contributed greatly with their individual strong performances to this movie, which is the major reason I will recommend it. They built a very clean, not-rushing cinematic screen chemistry even though it felt like things around them were falling apart at some point.
Though the film might not have a very fast start you want due to how it began, but trust me it was a good watch for me. It was well acted, and it is a movie I will recommend on a Sunday like this as you prepare for work. Good for a comfort watch, not a movie you'll think about a week later.
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Rating: 68/100
Rating: 68/100
The ending is a good example of why Disclosure Day still works on an emotional level even when the details are hard to swallow and escape routes are avaible in every corner, its when you start seen people brake down because of the impact this news has on everyone, decades of lies, decades of abuse, it does have some value although it all felt rush. Margaret makes it to the station, Daniel get the stolen files spread across every news network broadcasting from what looks like a small local news channel until they make it New York, thats where things start to spread like wild fire and people all over the world stop to watch proof of alien crashes, prisoners and decades of secrecy, people who had places to be just sit down and watch instead of keep moving on. Then living alien gets brought in front of the cameras and I think this was totally unnecesary to be honest, speaks to Daniel and leaves Margaret to carry the message to everyone else, ending on the word Listen, please tell me we are not getting a sequel because there is no need for it so why ending like this?. I get the ending is simple and direct and fits what the movie has been saying about empathy and communication the whole time, I do like that Spielberg does not turn the aliens into attackers or use the reveal as an excuse for some huge battle, taking the story into a path of peace and evolution becuase humanity is close to destroying itself and these beings just want people to understand each other before it is too late, even when the goverment has been so cruel to them. The problem is the movie expects one broadcast to change the world almost right away, soldiers pause and news networks cooperate because everyone is watching the same screen, come on its rating, and it needed more doubt about how people would react because everyone is just in silence and there are no opinions or oposition flying across the room, some would listen, some would panic, some would deny it outright sayings its Ai but they got some sort of system that even meassures pixels to confirm its real? like wtf. Even after my small rant after half of this post I did not think the whole idea failed, Spielberg still creates real story that make you feel and want more out of it as the drama, action and story unfolds, Blunt gives the movie a strong emotional center its just sad Josh O Connor didnt get the same opportunity as Daniel, and the question of what disclosure would actually change is a nice moment to think about it, what would happen if something like this ever becomes real? Im not talking about Alien devices but that Aliens are real, period. Disclosure Day is good, sometimes really good, but it needed a stronger script to become that blockbuster everyone was expecting, I guess no days been succesful at what ever you do in this age of social media expose you so much that people just cant get or understand or even accept when it was not your best performance and not even your worst to call your work plain stupid.
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