Lakeview

I watched Lakeview Terrace tonight.  The trailer looked decent and I finally had the opportunity to get a copy.

Back in university we engineers played this game once a year called “The Day the Movie Died”. Basically, we sit and watch movies and point out the plot loop holes, logic errors and cutting errors. Basically anything that makes Hollywood look less spectacular.

Here’s a short version of the “Death List” that I felt was prominent enough that made the movie less than what it could’ve been.

1. Have people never heard of security cameras?
   I don’t care if this guy’s a cop or not. You just don’t do this kind of shit to your neighbours and get away with it.
2. House Alarms
   The new home owner obviously had one. Did it never occur to them to use it after they realized that their neighbour is a bit psycho?
3. Caller ID
   This just reminds me of that line in the Blink-182 song: “what the hell is call ID?”. You’d think after 28 years of being on the police force and possibly dealing with unwanted duty calls he’s learn to get a damn caller ID. Or just turn his phone off. Still. above all you’d think he wouldn’t be dumb enough to call from his own phone. You can get a pre-paid SIM card and yahoo you’re done! None of this stressful anti-climatic ending.

Anyway, I tend to notice these darn things when watching movies.

What’s with that ending scene anyway? Raging fire? A symbolism for something? That, forest fires are hard to suppress? In the end, the fire rages one?