In Time

Jamie, Emily and I watched "In Time" last night. If you do not remember the movie, it starred Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried and was a movie about time being made into currency. Basically, through genetic engineering, everyone stops aging when they turn 25. At that point, they have 1 year left to spend or earn more time (there is a green digital readout on your arm that keeps your time). The rich live forever, the poor live day to day based on their job or earnings and if your time runs out, you die.

I missed this in the theater unfortunately and to tell the truth it had kinda fallen off of my radar but this is a great movie. At one point I looked around the living room and not one of the three of us was looking at a phone or on a computer which is a testament to how involving this movie really is. The prospect of the main characters running out of time really does keep you on the edge of your seat. I found myself unconsciously counting seconds as time was running out.

It really brought up some interesting questions about how you would live if you could see your life draining away, second by second. Would there be movies? Would anyone watch TV? Would you read books, or a newspaper or go for a ride on a nice day? Would you go to school after 25? Would there be waiting rooms in doctor’s offices? Would you eat anything other than fast food? Would you sleep in? Ever? Would video games even exist? Or Facebook? If you had just a day left, would you even look at a computer? Or cook a meal? Clean your house or mow your yard? It makes you consider what is important enough to spend your time doing.

"In Time" is a brilliant concept, a great movie that I think everyone should see. It is really well done, a very engaging movie and one of the better movies that I have seen recently. And honestly, it is an example of a fresh new idea, a completely new concept, when all Hollywood seems to churn out now is remakes and television shows or comic books made into movies.