Every good movie needs a clever hook that keeps audiences talking, but some films overcomplicate and layer concepts so thick that they just fall flat.
A mind-bending or thought-provoking film is always likely to impress—but some movies aren't nearly as clever as they seem on the surface. As the years go on, it gets harder and harder for Hollywood to develop new ideas. So, concepts of time travel, social commentaries, and trope diversions get recycled. This often requires a new element or an additional layer of exploration to drive the plot home.
8 Cloud Atlas Cloud Atlas certainly had a lot going on. Actors Tom Hanks and Halle Berry played several different characters in Cloud Atlas over several centuries, which was interesting and ambitious on its own. The overarching theme here is a sort of connectedness—the idea that souls are pulled together repeatedly throughout time. Aside from this, Cloud Atlas has that stressful feeling of a film trying too hard to be deep.
5 Now You See Me Now You See Me is another film with an exciting premise that falls flat under any amount of scrutiny. It follows a group of stage magicians who miraculously steal money from the rich and powerful, and Robin Hood it over to the audience. At first, Now You See Me took the time to explain how some of these tricks happened, revealing their impressive magic to be the logical sleight-of-hand of real-world magic.
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