Time for films made for awards bait, but due to the lack of anyone talking about this, i think its going to fail in its objective. Yep its time to see if this is as beautiful & life assuring as the trailer makes it out to be.

Minimal adverts yes happy days. IT meant the trailers were packed though, lots of new ones though, A final one battle after another, I swear (odd as i saw it monday), Bruce Springsteen, smashing machine The house maid (looks really good), roofman & whatever the other Sydney Sweeny film was.

My screening for a thursday night was half full but there wasnt anyone in there who looked younger than me.

& then the film started… its mushy safe & a little meh if im honest.

This film is the perfect example of people trying should be learning lessons & yes they do go on this trip but its just like hang on you get to the end & its just that. Did you all learn what you were meant to. At some points it took them far to long to get to grips with stuff & then its was like well okay that parts now been dealt with. It basically said everything has consequences but also nothing doesnt.

Why did Phoebe have that accent? It wasnt needed. I get it was to prove people can make a choice & be who they want to be but at the end of the day putting that on for all of two scenes was a waste of time & pissed me off. Also if she is in your film, bloody use her dont just have her in it twice.

Now the magic or whatever it was, when it worked on the satnav fine, when it worked on the doors okay, but then when it started working on other things, why… Why did it do that? It just ruined the vibe completely, not that the vibe was really up to to much but it lost its momentum, suddenly anything as long as its doing what the sat nav says can get you to that point.

Now i get films need product placements to get some of their money to finance it, but this one has one of the most blatant product placements of all time. So much so it was laughable. When you watch the film you will know what i mean because fuck a duck. Here the movie is trying to convince us all about our lives & the journey we take & then 20 mins in oooh heres a 5 minute advert that we will never reference ever again.

I am going to admit that i cried at one point, but it wasnt due to what was happening on screen. I was thinking about my sister & her husband & their little girl they had earlier this year & how petrifying that must have been & how we are now all so happy that shes okay now. That got me. Also the fact that it was a dad being vulnerable & not getting emotions out, that hurt. My dad is getting really soft in his old age so that hit a spot. I was expecting more of the sad stories to touch my soul but nothing really got to me. & i love to cry & get emotional so that shocked me.

Why for the final doors was he not him? That made no sense, so much so he has a big sigh because hes like hang on why am i doing this again.

Did they ever think of not muting the sat nav? Also unless you are going to Cornwall whos mobile phone craps out on you & also after the accident they must have lost the stuff in the car & yet they just kept going.

No matter how hard they tried to have chemistry & there were moments of it, the script was so indulgent & up itself it just delayed the next stage of it from happening, no matter what they did. IT was like ooh spark ooooh a genuine moment & now were going to bog you down.

There is no shame in going to a wedding along, either due to your partner not being there or being single. Weve been shamed a lot this year in films for being single & happy & content in the world, why does everyone always go oh you need someone. Cant they just understand that you know maybe i like being me & having my own company sometimes & i dont want to settle for red flags & arguments. Yes it would be nice to have someone to come home & pay half the bills & help with cooking & cleaning & some sex but has anyone ever actually asked me if im happy just being me? ASK ME! FYI I AM! I dont need to be shamed for being single going to any sort of event the world needs to grow up. A couple of years ago at a family wedding every older person there asked me oooh wheres you boyfriend or husband etc & i was like nope its just me. I spoke to my cousin half way through the evening & he is in a similar situation to me & i said has anyone asked him where his girlfriend or wife is & he was like no… & thats the problem with the world today. Im sorry for ranting but it bloody is & its not fair. No one celebrates you for doing it on your own. But oooh you get marride or have a baby woohooo here have gifts. Where is my congratulations you got your mortgage reapproved celebration or you travelled here alone this week thing which everyone else goes oh your brave. Ive had enough… & im sorry for the rant im done now.

It was romantic & it was a clever premise of seeing your life back, but there was no opportunity to change it or do anything with it. It knew what it wanted to be it just didnt execute itself in doing it, which is a shame. Also everyone has loads of fricking money & lived expensive lives & yea wouldnt it be great to just go rent a car.

Yea this frustrated me a lot, potential but it wasnt met, a bit like the chemistry in the film. It wasnt big or bold, at times it tried to be beautiful with some visuals but over all it was just an unnecessary journey.