時間規劃局語錄

1. 求時間規劃局英文影評。 要有感悟。 只要是論述Time is money

In a future where time is used as currency people stop aging at 25. Upon reaching that age a clock on your arm starts counting down. Each person is granted a year. When your clock hits zero you die. To stay alive you have to earn time and because time = money it means people work, deal, fight, gamble and steal to get it. The poor live day by day, while the rich literally have all the time in the world.

Will Salas (Justin Timberlake) is a young man living in a ghetto. One evening he saves the life of Henry Hamilton, a wealthy old man. Henry, tired of living, rewards Will by giving him all his time before he clocks himself out(commits suicide). Will, knowing what it looks like, flees the scene and sure indeed, not soon after the police (timekeepers) accuse him of murder. In an attempt to get the timekeepers of his back Will takes a hostage, Sylvia Weis (Amanda Seyfried), the daughter of one of the wealthiest men alive. Robbed of their time by the same gangsters that tried to kill Henry, Will and Sylvia must work together to stay alive.

I didn't know what to expect from In Time, mainly because I had trouble picturing how time can be used as currency. The filmmakers must have known this would be an issue so they waste no time to visually explain how the system works. In the first 10 minutes we follow Will and his mother in their everyday life. We see how they pay the rent on their apartment, pay for the bus, go the work and get paid. Through it all the word "time" is used so often you're likely to start counting it, but it also emphasizes how important that ticking clock on their arm is. After you're familiar with the concept the story gets up to speed immediately.

In Time creates a detailed and intriguing world.

"In order for a few to be immortal many must die."

It means many people will have to do with only minutes, hours and days so that only a handful of people can be very wealthy. The poor work their ass off to earn time, literally dropping dead to the floor when they run out of time, while the rich sit around wasting and spending it. There is a very strong division between the social classes, they are not allowed to mingle. Each class is kept in a time zone and to pass zones you have to pay. The closer you get to the wealthiest zone the higher the price becomes. It's simply impossible for people from the ghetto to travel through time zones. They are deliberately kept short on time and there is little opportunity for people to climb the social ladder. You are born in your time zone and that's where you'll stay.

Timekeepers meticulously keep track of time to guard that system. A dead millionaire in the ghetto means all that money is now somewhere on the streets. Imagine what would happen if poor people suddenly have all that money? They would rebel and so it is of vital importance for Leon (Cillian Murphy), head of the timekeepers, to quickly find Will and confiscate his time. Murphy excels in these type of roles. He brings a certain intensity to his character. Leon is focused, driven and convinced that the system must be maintained even though he is from the ghetto himself. He has the same background as Will and in a way cannot stand seeing Will defy the system.

Timberlake is a convincing leading man. He effortlessly guides us through the movie, handles the action with ease and is able to portray emotions. He connects well with Seyfried, his hostage and love interest, but there is no real spark. I'm glad the filmmakers didn't focus on the love story, too many movies have derailed because of that. Seyfried's role however is minor. Besides being the daughter of a rich guy, which gives Will leverage over the timekeepers, and running around there isn't much purpose to her being there.

What I simply love about In Time is the literal use of English idioms and sayings. For instance:

Time is money Running out of time Don't waste time Time's up

I also thought In Time was refreshingly simple. It's shot on location in LA, so almost everything that you see is real. It's a breath of fresh air in a time with so many CGI and computer animated movies.

On the downside is that In Time eventually started to drag a little. From the moment Will and Sylvia become fugitives the story is about stealing time and running, stealing time and running. The final confrontation between Leon and Will is a bit of anticlimax and there is no closed ending.

It's a movie that makes you think, a movie you can discuss after you have left the cinema. The one thing I can't get my head around is why this system was created in the first place. Why genetically modify people to stop ageing at 25? Why create a society of young looking people? What's the point of eternal living? Why would people want that anyway?

Personally I don't see the benefit of it, which makes the entire movie a bit unnecessary.

Nevertheless In Time is entertaining to watch. It's engaging, pacey, contains well-dosed action scenes, has a decent cast and presents a believable sci-fi universe. Even though the story is easy to follow it's clear that the filmmakers have thought the concept through, there is great attention to detail.

In Time is just a movie of one man on the run while fighting a system, but told in an original perspective. As there is a serious lack of decent original movies in mainstream cinema these days for that reason alone I would recommend seeing In Time!