Sources of Inspiration: Fountain of Youth

 

This movie came out back in May, but I just had a chance to sit and watch it. Here are some thoughts.

• The chases at the start of this movie are reckless! It's hard for me to like a movie if I don't like the protagonists, and it's hard for me like a hero who endangers innocent bystanders.

• What's with the dream sequences? They seem to relate to an experience that Luke had with his dad, but it isn't really explained.

• Luke seems manipulative, too. He causes his sister to lose her job, and then seems to dismiss it because he believed she'd be happier on a treasure hunt. She has a family to support! Once again, it does not make him likable.

• Bringing a section of the Lusitania to the surface was interesting. I doubt that the science behind it works, but it made for some cool action scenes.

• We have multiple groups of rivals pursuing the prize, but we don't know much about who they are. A little more back story for them would have made the rest of the movie more engaging for me as the viewer.

• The sibling squabbling gets old.

• Using music for puzzles was a cool idea. It also gives the young character something important to do, which isn't always the case.

• That mechanism underneath the pyramid would have to be massive. They make for an exciting scene as they start to retract, though.

• All in all, I didn't particularly like this movie. I think it was due to not feeling invested in the characters. There are several big fight scenes in which lots of guns are used, and I found that I wasn't especially concerned about who would survive them.