![]() Again, no real developments or ideas are plugged in here for you to digest, only well established ones reiterated for your brainless entertainment. As far as science-fiction goes, it's standard thematic material. As such, the writer's lack of anything interesting to say becomes apparent after the first act comes to an end. Of course, it's not the most original of ideas, and the movie's script plays them as obvious as can be with no desire for subtlety at all. Through this voice, Eagle Eye delivers its main theme of technological sabotage and paranoia Big Brother with ones and zeroes. What makes this feature at least a little more interesting than the cookie-cutter outline of thriller scripts however is that both these lead characters are being led on a mysterious journey across the country by a voice-on-a-phone who has access to all sorts of technology that governs our civilisation from computers, phones and TVs to billboards and alarm systems. Following meek photo-copy shop clerk Jerry Shaw (Shia LaBeouf) as he takes the road after being wrongly suspected as a terrorist by the FBI, Eagle Eye is standard political thriller material there's the hard-ass government officials, the misunderstood civilian who is inevitably on his way to save everyone, and the fragile love interest along for the ride in the form of Rachel Holloman (Michelle Monaghan). In this regard, the movie makes for good popcorn watching, but not much else. Despite some major issues however, Eagle Eye still manages to retain a sense of spectacle, and the story, although mostly a science-fiction dud for the most part, does move forward at a decent rate. While these elements leave an experience that will always have you guessing as to where the movie is going next, the eventual climax of the film boils down to character rather than plot, and as a result of spotty characterisation, the film eventually falls flat. and for the most part, that is how the movie plays out. Read aloud, the script could easily be interpreted to be a techno-phobe's transcription of a recurring nightmare the government tracking us all on phones, cameras lip-reading us etc. Not much risk-taking is implemented here there are virtually no new ideas of any kind, and the themes present have all been battered to death in countless novels and films that have frankly done the job far more successfully. So despite some similarities, Eagle Eye at least delivers an experience that is refreshing, but at the same time familiar. No, it is neither creatively similar nor anywhere near the same quality. From the trailers I was imagining Eagle Eye to be a cross between The Matrix and Wanted, but it's not not at all. Better than Farmville, anyway.I think this is possibly the third film this year that has directly involved a higher power turning 'insufficient funds' into a considerable amount, and while this comparison is valid in a sense, that's where similarities end. Script-O-Rama afterwards - because reading is good for your noodle. ![]() At least you'll have some Eagle Eye quotes (or even a monologue or two) to annoy your coworkers with in the meantime, right? I know, I know, I still need to get the cast names in there and all that jazz, so if you have any corrections, feel free toĭrop me a line. Transcribed using the screenplay and/or viewings of the movie to get the dialogue. This puppy is a transcript that was painstakingly Voila! Finally, the Eagle Eye script is here for all you fans of the Shia LaBeouf movie. Eagle Eye Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or the Shia LaBeouf movie Eagle Eye Script - Dialogue Transcript ![]()
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