Date: 9/26/2000
From: Consecutive

I rarely go off topic on this board, but I thought I would share with you my thoughts on the so called summer smash, Frequency. I was unable to see it when it was at the local cinema, so I saw it at a special free screening last weekend at my public library. Be warned ===> Spoilers ahead! ;-)

Once again we have a movie dealing with teleportation. This time it is in the form of a ham radio. The radio in this film is able to change its location and time as it appears to be present both in 1969 and 1999. It is because of this that the main character John is able to communicate with his dead father.

First of all, if you're going to do a movie dealing with teleportation, you should make it realistic. While the shots of a glowing night sky were a good indicator that the radio was using a form of astral projection to get around, the writers do a poor job of explaining just how the radio is able to do this.

Another element of the movie that I didn't quite understand was the message that suddenly appeared on Jon's desk. It had no connection with the radio, which was the focus of the entire film, and it seemed out of place. Likewise, the wallet mysteriously appearing in the floorboard was a bit convenient.

Near the end of the movie we have an unexpected twist - John seems to have developed a form of early dementia, as he starts remembering different things in the past that conflict with what he thought he experienced. By this time I was lost and wondering what this movie was even about. I kept telling myself that it would all come back to the ham radio at the end, but it didn't. Later we find out that John's father never really died at all, as he jumps in to save his son from the murderer, who at one point begins losing body parts for no explainable reason.

I think the ending, revealing that John's misadventures with a teleporting radio and his dead father was all a twisted, demented episode coming from his own mind, was a cop out. It does explain a lot about the strange sequence of events that preceded the revelation, but walking out of the library, I felt I was robbed of 2 hours.

So in summation, don't waste your time with this one. It's not worth your time or money.

THE CONSECUTIVE
http://pages.scifi.com/consecutive

I liked it

Date: 9/28/2000
From: Bowler233

It really was not suposed to be a Scifi flick It was more about how a boy who lost his father at a early age and how it effected him. You have to basically shut your mind down and enjoy the suspence of rather or not father and son will catch the bad guy and repair the damage that was done when the father lived rather then died. This movie was not a good Scifi story like sliders star wars or Star Treak this movie was about a grown man who was never able to fully accept the death of his father. And with help of a little magic or miricle what ever you wish to call it he is able to save his father from a early death. This Movie is pure fantasy think more along the lines of field of Dreams remember the magic baseball field where father and son play catch Frequency I lked better though because it had more suspence and in the end Mom and dad are both alive and well and the son has a family of his own on the other hand maybe I am just a Sap for happy endings

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