15 Years Later and...

Wow, what a harsh crowd. Of course you're not the only one who dislikes this movie- it has a 36 MetaCritic score and a 34% on Rotten Tomatoes (with a 4.7 average).

I would say the film was decent enough, but I certainly wouldn't call it a good movie. The one thing I give it credit for is what a lot of critics don't give it credit for- the premise. I liked the conversation Alex had with Clear at the coffee shop (was it a coffee shop? Clare was drinking coffee and they had those tables so I would assume it was haha). We're all gonna die, but what if we knew our deaths were coming? Would we try to stop it? That philosophy is interesting- think about doctors who tell their patients they're going to die in a certain amount of time or people that are getting older and older- will they reverse their diets? Will they exercise more?

I also thought it was interesting how Alex said "what if we were meant to die on that plane". It makes you think. Would if you were supposed to die in a fatal plane crash, where all your classmates and teachers did?

I even think the plane premonition was cool (albeit, being a little over-the-top and drawn-out) and when the plane actually crashed. After that, the film still keeps its momentum. I liked the funeral scenes, I liked how Alex's peers thought he was like some witch or supernatural force that can control death. Yet, the film had to ruin it with Tod's death. That was so stupid, so drawn-out, etc. At that point, you almost give up on it. As a matter of fact, most of everyone's death is way too drawn-out. The only deaths I liked were the plane crash death, Terry's death, and Carter's death- all because these deaths are somewhat plausible.

What I liked about the film was the premise and the discussions characters had about death- death is something that involves everyone and a subject most humans talk about. What I didn't like where the cartoony, drawn-out deaths.