Project Almanac centers around a boy genius named David, who stumbles upon an unfinished time machine with his group of friends. Together, they built the machine and figured out how to manipulate time, and they discover how harmful that can actually be.
I cannot say that I had high expectations towards the film, but I can say that it intrigued me. The last found-footage type of movie that I have seen was Chronicle, and I was pleasantly surprised with that. Although I cannot say that this film lives up to Chronicle, I still found myself having a lot of fun with it.
To start, acting as a whole was not great, but it was not horrible either. Some people from the cast performed wonderfully, while others were a bit mediocre at best. The chemistry was there, but sometimes there were a few underperformed scenes that could have been more felt had the performances been a little better. Dialogue was alright, and the overall storyline wasn’t too bad.
What I really liked about the film was how clever it was, and how intriguing the ideas of time travel can be. This isn’t the first time that we have seen time travel in a movie, but it does so in an interesting way. The characters use the time machine to do things that any teenager in the world would have wanted to do, making it somewhat relatable to the target audience that is teenagers. Also, the CGI looked great. Each and every time the characters used the time machine, it was as if I was going through the time rift with them. It sounded and felt realistic, and I really liked that.
The film does do a good job at pacing, but sometimes it can be a little bit inconsistent. The best way that I can describe it is like a roller coaster. Sometimes the movie will stay interesting and entertaining, then it will slow down and lose all of its momentum. It wasn’t something that ruined the movie for me, but it was just something that was noticeable and a little bit disappointing.
It was really towards the last thirty minutes of the movie that things really picked up again, and stayed that way. It made for an interesting ending that I’m not complaining about.
Overall, Project Almanac delivers a thrilling and suspenseful enough story that would make me comfortable to recommend to a friend. Some of the performances were spotty, and the film was a bit inconsistent with all of the momentum that it builds up. It isn’t a film that blew my mind away, but it wasn’t horrible at all. If anything, it’s a mixture between Chronicle and The Butterfly Effect, and a pretty enjoyable one at that.
I cannot say that I had high expectations towards the film, but I can say that it intrigued me. The last found-footage type of movie that I have seen was Chronicle, and I was pleasantly surprised with that. Although I cannot say that this film lives up to Chronicle, I still found myself having a lot of fun with it.
To start, acting as a whole was not great, but it was not horrible either. Some people from the cast performed wonderfully, while others were a bit mediocre at best. The chemistry was there, but sometimes there were a few underperformed scenes that could have been more felt had the performances been a little better. Dialogue was alright, and the overall storyline wasn’t too bad.
What I really liked about the film was how clever it was, and how intriguing the ideas of time travel can be. This isn’t the first time that we have seen time travel in a movie, but it does so in an interesting way. The characters use the time machine to do things that any teenager in the world would have wanted to do, making it somewhat relatable to the target audience that is teenagers. Also, the CGI looked great. Each and every time the characters used the time machine, it was as if I was going through the time rift with them. It sounded and felt realistic, and I really liked that.
The film does do a good job at pacing, but sometimes it can be a little bit inconsistent. The best way that I can describe it is like a roller coaster. Sometimes the movie will stay interesting and entertaining, then it will slow down and lose all of its momentum. It wasn’t something that ruined the movie for me, but it was just something that was noticeable and a little bit disappointing.
It was really towards the last thirty minutes of the movie that things really picked up again, and stayed that way. It made for an interesting ending that I’m not complaining about.
Overall, Project Almanac delivers a thrilling and suspenseful enough story that would make me comfortable to recommend to a friend. Some of the performances were spotty, and the film was a bit inconsistent with all of the momentum that it builds up. It isn’t a film that blew my mind away, but it wasn’t horrible at all. If anything, it’s a mixture between Chronicle and The Butterfly Effect, and a pretty enjoyable one at that.