Odd Thomas is a good movie to me that had potential to be great. The main character to see dead people as well as see death coming to an extent. The rules aren't fully developed and it seems like it varies a little bit how everything works but that's death for you. He has a girlfriend who knows his gift as well as a detective that he helps solve crimes. There are weird creatures that show up that tell him something really bad is going to happen. The rest of the movie involves him trying to figure out where/when this bad thing is going to happen. It all comes together pretty well in the end but nothing ever stood out big time to me. The dialogue could have improved it but it felt a bit clunky at times.

As I understood, this is based on a book or a series of books I've missed. So I was watching this without knowing anything beside the short synopsis from IMDB. As the headline goes - this is a solid movie. The pacing is very reminiscent of Edgar Wright's style. It is very minimalistic, some necessary narration, but not much, lots of dialogue, but fast and always on the move, clever use of flashbacks etc. Such an approach gives the movie a good flow. One thing that was somewhat a miss was the introduction of a character 40 mins in. I guess he was important in the book and it seemed like they had no scenes for him but they still needed to feature him. The performances were handled well, especially by Yelchin, it is so sad we will not be seeing him any more. I'd rate this 6-7 for being a solid movie, but the ending pulled a string inside me and I have to give a little more just for this.

I am kicking myself for waiting this long to view this movie. Anton did a marvelous job and the movie as a whole is very well made, with great execution and a great cast behind it! It sucks that Anton passed away last year and again I waited long to view this movie, but NETFLIX has it on there so I decided to give it a go and I was NOT disappointed ! Willem Defoe is great as usual and then there are a few people who I did not recognize, but all parts are played very well! This is a great take on a Dean Koontz novel and it is just a shame that we will not see a 2nd one with Anton in it. Maybe a new movie as a whole, but I do not see it being better than this one! I don't know though. We could be surprised. Great movie though, if you haven't seen it, give it a go! It should not disappoint you! Peace!

A-Z Horror Movie of the Day..."Odd Thomas" (NR - 2013 - US)Sub-Genre: Paranormal/FantasyMy Score: 7.3Cast=8 Acting=7 Plot=8 Ending=9 Story=7 Scare=4 Jump=7 F/X=8 Creep=7 Imagine=8In a California desert town, a short-order cook with clairvoyant abilities encounters a mysterious man with a link to dark, threatening forces. "Fate is not a straight road...there are many forks in it. You have the free will to choose which one you take, but sometimes it will bend around and bring you straight back to that same stubborn fate." I really liked this...not really scary but a solid movie all around. This was one of those films that I didn't think much of when I bought it, but was so pleasantly surprised by it that I watched it again right away. RIP Anton Velchin...you are missed.