The Rebound is a half decent idea for a classic romantic comedy. As proven by a lot of the other movies I've rated within that genre, there's no reason I shouldn't be able to enjoy it.
Unfortunately it's not well enough scripted, it's not balanced in its cutting/frame time for different parts of the story and it's really never either dramatic, romantic or funny enough. Zeta-Jones and Bartha does quite well, the children are well casted and all of them would have deserved a slightly more balanced screenplay or a better editing at least.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Underworld: Evolution (2006)
Underworld: Evolution continues the story about the battle between Lycans and vampires, Selene's role in it all and more about the reasons behind the centuries long war.
As with most other sequels, it's not as good a story as in the original. I find it better balanced than Underworld, but it's still not as good story there to begin with. Still it tells me more than enough I'm really not very interested in the story behind it all, so I doubt I'll watch Rise of the Lycans. At least not until the fourth chapter arrives, and I feel obligated to watch the third before again following Beckinsale as Selene.
And just to have mentioned it. I really really hate it when a sequel flashback cliffnotes about the original movie to the extend they do here. Jeezes. If you make a sequel depending on watching the first movie to really get into the story, at least make sure you trust your audience enough to believe they'll actually bother watching the first movie ahead of the sequel.
As with most other sequels, it's not as good a story as in the original. I find it better balanced than Underworld, but it's still not as good story there to begin with. Still it tells me more than enough I'm really not very interested in the story behind it all, so I doubt I'll watch Rise of the Lycans. At least not until the fourth chapter arrives, and I feel obligated to watch the third before again following Beckinsale as Selene.
And just to have mentioned it. I really really hate it when a sequel flashback cliffnotes about the original movie to the extend they do here. Jeezes. If you make a sequel depending on watching the first movie to really get into the story, at least make sure you trust your audience enough to believe they'll actually bother watching the first movie ahead of the sequel.
Underworld (2003)
Underworld takes on the story of the long lasting fight between the immortal vampires and the werewolfs clan called Lycans. I'm no stranger to be entertained by fantasy stories, vampires or long lasting wars, as long as it's told well.
Underworld isn't half bad when it comes to its way of telling the story, but I still never really get that into it. To tell the truth it's kind of hard to care much about the Michael character as flat as he comes around, and that's probably much of the reason Underworld isn't as good as it easily could have been. He takes to much screentime, and I really don't give a shit about him.
Beckinsale is quite marvellous as Selene, several of the supporting cast gives great life to their roles whether they're Lycans or vampires and the story of dark battle dark behind the scenes (from a human perspective) is a good idea. I wish they either managed to get the human character better written into the story or left out all together, but thats just me. If you buy better into that part of the movie, you might enjoy it a lot.
Underworld isn't half bad when it comes to its way of telling the story, but I still never really get that into it. To tell the truth it's kind of hard to care much about the Michael character as flat as he comes around, and that's probably much of the reason Underworld isn't as good as it easily could have been. He takes to much screentime, and I really don't give a shit about him.
Beckinsale is quite marvellous as Selene, several of the supporting cast gives great life to their roles whether they're Lycans or vampires and the story of dark battle dark behind the scenes (from a human perspective) is a good idea. I wish they either managed to get the human character better written into the story or left out all together, but thats just me. If you buy better into that part of the movie, you might enjoy it a lot.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Shoot 'Em Up (2007)
Shoot 'Em Up is a good old fashioned video game genre. As a movie it doesn't manage to entertain as much as it needs to for the purpose of making us forget about the weak script and acting. I don't mind blasting action movies without any other purpose than to entertain its audience. This movie just doesn't manage to be entertaining enough to enjoy the ride.
For future reference I did for once manage to find Monica Bellucci somewhat credible. I think she nails the whore part of her role, but how many good roles are there to be found as such?
For future reference I did for once manage to find Monica Bellucci somewhat credible. I think she nails the whore part of her role, but how many good roles are there to be found as such?
Friday, February 19, 2010
Stand by Me (1986)
Writer: Novel: Stephen King Screenplay: Raynold Gideon, Bruce A Evans
Cast: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, Kiefer Sutherland, Casey Siemaszko, Gary Riley, Bradley Gregg, John Cusack
Genre: Pre-Teen, Adventure, Drama
Many from this young cast have since gone on to become familiar names, and their roles here isn't anything to be ashamed of.
Stand by Me reminds me of how life was at that age. Before girls and before life lessons of hard work and everyday boredom. A time of most boys life were they can concentrate on growing up, playing around and staying away from the older boys.
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