Buried

Saturday was not one of my best days. I never had sinus problems before but for some reason I woke up and felt like my eyes were going to pop out of my skull. Apart from that I was also feeling pretty weak and sore all over. With not enough time to call out of work, I decided that I'd just tough it out for a while and come home early. On my way home I wanted nothing more than to just get into some pj's and crash out on the couch. As I passed Walgreen's I decided that I'd pop in and see what the Redbox had to offer. Luckily there was no line at the machine so I could browse through movies without being rushed. I HATE when the person(s) in front of me at the Redbox have no idea what they want or how to even work the machine. Rude. I quickly decided on a movie called "Buried" for a few reasons, apart from having Ryan Reynolds, the box art had quotations like' GRIPPING" "TERRIFYING" and "BRILLIANTLY TWISTED AND SUSPENSEFUL." How could I go wrong? I got home and waited till dark to start the movie. The premise was interesting enough. Ryan Reynolds wakes up in a coffin buried underground with no idea of who put him there or why and now has to figure out a way to escape with only a cell phone and a lighter for help. What the quotations on the box art failed to mention was that at no point during the entire 90 minute movie did the camera ever leave the box. No flashbacks, no other characters, just Ryan... in a box... for 90 minutes. In all fairness I will admit that at no point during the movie was I bored or wanting it to end, but when the ending did come I was extremely disappointed. The story just fell apart and the twist that I was waiting for never happened making the whole ordeal all for nothing. By the end, I felt so claustrophobic that all I wanted to do was get the heck outta my house. However, being sick and having nowhere to go didn't help my situation. I felt like I was being buried and it was seriously frustrating.