In Time,a HollyWood science fiction thriller,incorporates an old famous adage 'Time is Money' as the theme of the movie.As always Hollywood projects an intriguing fiction topped with an interesting theme that goes one step ahead to messemerize the audience.Time is Money and vice versa is splendid and yet a facile theme that does not actually force you to ponder and dig deep into your nerves in order to comprehend the theme , unlike some of the premier sci fi thrillers have done so in the recent past.
'In Time' travels far into the future when the ageing gene has been modified to avoid overpopulation.A normal human does not live over an age of 25 years and has to earn , steal or borrow time in order to live further.It skillfully projects an era when Time has become an indispensable and an invaluable commodity and is the only currency available to mankind.In Time audaciously outlines the demographics,stock markets,disparities of the society owing to time as an priceless possession.Therefore anyone bestowed with large amount of time is considered to be rich and anyone otherwise is considered to be poor.Again it is interesting to watch that you may buy a coffee in lieu of 4 hours,a bus ride may cost 2 hours of your life,rent a hotel room in lieu of 8 weeks of your life , a car is a luxury and might cost around 57 years of time etc.The banks are called as time lenders and the police is called as timekeeper.The demographics of population is only based on the time;a rich would belong to a time zone different from those in the ghetto neighborhood.A fight for life has become the sole reason for higher rate of crime in this poor neighborhood.Slew individuals of the rich society have millions of years credited to their lives and therefore indeed have become immortal.Therefore some can live for thousands of years without any alteration to physical appearence,a fact though a little exaggerated yet it goes well with the theme.Thus with such an interesting story line a movie has already en-thrilled and captivated the audience,the rest was to execute and keep the audience glued to their seats for around 2 hours of their sojourn with the movie.
Justin Timberlake has played his role very well and i personally have always cherished his appearance on the screen.He has always tried to do some different roles and however executes each one of it quite well.In recent past i have personally liked him as a lover in Friends with Benefits,as Sean Parker in Social Network. In 'In Time' , JT appears as Will Salas from the ghetto neighbourhood who incidentally saves an individual from being robbed of his century (i.e. 100 years of his lifetime).Depressed and having lived for 100 years already , the Samaritan gifts all his TIME to Justin Timberlake with a message saying "Dont Waste My Time".Unable to save his mother from dying in the ghetto with expiration of her time , JT vows to make his gifted century effective for all the poor fraternity.Then follows a roller coaster ride for JT when he travels to different demographics (called Time Zone in the movie) to make a fortune for himself.JT fights hard to render parity among different sections of the society so that everyone has an equal share of a life span.In the sequence of events i like a particular dialogue in the move when Vincent Kartheiser (acting as Philip Weis , the owner of Wies Timelenders) quotes that "For some to become immortal many have to die".Therefore i completely enjoyed the movie and was fun to watch the collapse of bureaucracy by magnanimous efforts of a common man (JT) in the movie.
I feel that the story is well contemplated and executed and the movie is definitely a one time watch.It shall definitely land you pondering over a lot of things. :)
'In Time' travels far into the future when the ageing gene has been modified to avoid overpopulation.A normal human does not live over an age of 25 years and has to earn , steal or borrow time in order to live further.It skillfully projects an era when Time has become an indispensable and an invaluable commodity and is the only currency available to mankind.In Time audaciously outlines the demographics,stock markets,disparities of the society owing to time as an priceless possession.Therefore anyone bestowed with large amount of time is considered to be rich and anyone otherwise is considered to be poor.Again it is interesting to watch that you may buy a coffee in lieu of 4 hours,a bus ride may cost 2 hours of your life,rent a hotel room in lieu of 8 weeks of your life , a car is a luxury and might cost around 57 years of time etc.The banks are called as time lenders and the police is called as timekeeper.The demographics of population is only based on the time;a rich would belong to a time zone different from those in the ghetto neighborhood.A fight for life has become the sole reason for higher rate of crime in this poor neighborhood.Slew individuals of the rich society have millions of years credited to their lives and therefore indeed have become immortal.Therefore some can live for thousands of years without any alteration to physical appearence,a fact though a little exaggerated yet it goes well with the theme.Thus with such an interesting story line a movie has already en-thrilled and captivated the audience,the rest was to execute and keep the audience glued to their seats for around 2 hours of their sojourn with the movie.
Justin Timberlake has played his role very well and i personally have always cherished his appearance on the screen.He has always tried to do some different roles and however executes each one of it quite well.In recent past i have personally liked him as a lover in Friends with Benefits,as Sean Parker in Social Network. In 'In Time' , JT appears as Will Salas from the ghetto neighbourhood who incidentally saves an individual from being robbed of his century (i.e. 100 years of his lifetime).Depressed and having lived for 100 years already , the Samaritan gifts all his TIME to Justin Timberlake with a message saying "Dont Waste My Time".Unable to save his mother from dying in the ghetto with expiration of her time , JT vows to make his gifted century effective for all the poor fraternity.Then follows a roller coaster ride for JT when he travels to different demographics (called Time Zone in the movie) to make a fortune for himself.JT fights hard to render parity among different sections of the society so that everyone has an equal share of a life span.In the sequence of events i like a particular dialogue in the move when Vincent Kartheiser (acting as Philip Weis , the owner of Wies Timelenders) quotes that "For some to become immortal many have to die".Therefore i completely enjoyed the movie and was fun to watch the collapse of bureaucracy by magnanimous efforts of a common man (JT) in the movie.
I feel that the story is well contemplated and executed and the movie is definitely a one time watch.It shall definitely land you pondering over a lot of things. :)
