Come and Find Me

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Aaron Paul plays a man whose girlfriend disappears without a trace, and he becomes obsessed with finding her, and discovers a lot about her he never knew. It's one of those double edge titles. As Paul goes on the journey to look for his girl we flash back and forth from past to present, taking a look at how these two met and fell in love, but you realize Aaron's character never really knew her, so he's doing more than just finding her physically, as it truly is a journey unraveling the complex world she refused to share with him. Directed by Zack Whedon the brother of Joss Whedon (Guy who created Buffy, the Vampire Slayer), I feel certain simulates in their story telling. I don't want to get into it as it might spoil the movie, but if you are a fan of the type of stories Joss likes to tell than you'll enjoy Zack's story. It's somewhat a crime drama leaning towards the drama part more often, with a focus on Aaron Paul that puts his leading man capabilities to the test. Plus it's very romantic not just in the story told but how it's implemented. Very watchable

I feel like I wasted 2 hours of my life. This movie started out good. Had my attention from the beginning. Dragged on though, I guess you're suppose to love the way the movie goes but it left me feeling like What ? For one I don't really know what, why, who, where and how .... it was drug out. The story line has been done before but they could have revamped it. At first you're all into trying to figure exactly what is going on but by the 30 minute mark I was ready to turn to something else. I finished watching though because with movies these days you just never know. Needless to say I could have done without watching this film.

The love story and opening scene were charming and all. But there was one ridiculous element after another. They love each other. Then the girl mysteriously disappears. Very sad. But then the boyfriend finds the hidden photos. In the end we find out that she was some kind of spy who left photographic "insurance" buried in her garden. Granted, electronic copies along with the paper copies and negatives. Negatives? Really? And one copy electronically on a zip drive. I have multiple copies of my stuff on various drives, down to my short films, various photos and my mp3s. But this deadly spy left behind ONE copy. ONE. And what're the photos that are so important. One of the bad guy spy, but not of his face. That is her insurance. And who is this lady brilliant spy? One who leaves behind a volume of photographic leads to her former lives. Not just with her last boyfriend, but the boyfriend before that. And she apparently went on her Los Angeles spy missions on the bus. Lost why the black partner of the lady spy took a year to come back and search for those photos. The very funny element was when the boyfriend packed his bag, along with a handgun and a hammer. He was then allowed to board a plane with that very bag, as he then had both when he arrived in Canada from Los Angeles. (Nevermind the fact that the car he stole off his attacker and then subsequently used later in the movie would have easily been found via GPS.) I was also lost when the boyfriend was walking in the street of that empty Canadian neighborhood from "something" to that house. He took a big wad of cash off that guy. He couldn't afford a cab? So, in the end, I didn't care what happened to both of them when they tried their Butch and Sundance routine instead of waiting a few minutes for the cops to show up from all the commotion.