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A solid independent film!

posted 11 years ago by Scoooter
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I just watched Hours and have to say I am surprised by all of the negative feedback. This film was shot on a miniscule budget but I enjoyed it more than most of the films I have seen this year that had 20 times the budget. I have never been a huge Paul Walker fan but thought he was perfect in this role. There are a limited number of flashback scenes that would have normally gotten on my nerves but seemed to have balanced out the film quite well in my opinion.

I am all for people expressing their opinions but also feel that if I were to read too far into the negative connotations I would have cheated myself out of a good film. So, if you like good independent films than ignore the negative reviews and give this one a chance. It's definitely worth a viewing and, if anything, you get the opportunity to see that Paul Walker can actually act when given the right role.

[–] janisvstr 11 years ago

My thoughts exactly, except for the flashbacks, which didn't bother me at all.

Actually I was a bit annoyed by the 3 minute generator. Didn't seem very plausible to me that a huge and heavy thing like that could only sustain 3 minutes of low-power medical machinery. And if it would have a larger capacity, determined by the mechanical effort he'd invest in the lever, maybe longer but fewer spinning sessions would have tired him less. As in, charging 30 minutes at a time or something.