Aeon Flux

griff_goodbeard · Aug 22, 2005

If you haven't seen it, the trailer for the new 'Aeon Flux' movie is <HERE>

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Joker · Aug 22, 2005

here.

griff_goodbeard · Aug 22, 2005

thanks Joker, I don't know how that happened. Not enough coffee this morning I guess.

Viking Bastard · Aug 22, 2005

Aaaaaaaaaand it's not very good.

Dunno, feels flat.

Jamdin · Aug 22, 2005

Looks great to me

takyris · Aug 22, 2005

It looks pretty rotten to me. It was far too colorful and Hollywood to appeal to the people who liked the original series, and just plain didn't look good enough to me to impress the people who wanted a popcorn action flick.

I remember ranting awhile back about how when Hollywood is making an action movie with a female heroine, and the action movie's dialogue is going to suck because the emphasis is on the action, the studio shouldn't insist on getting the world's greatest actress to deliver the sucky lines and then try to train her to move acrobatically. It'd be far better if they just owned the suckiness of the dialogue and got a really athletic woman and give her enough acting lessons to pull off "brooding grim antiheroine with stupid lines".

'Cause Charlize Theron is a great actress, no doubt, but I didn't buy her physically in those clips at all. I anticipate a lot of editing tricks to make it look like she's actually doing graceful gun-fu.

griff_goodbeard · Aug 22, 2005

takyris said:
It looks pretty rotten to me. It was far too colorful and Hollywood to appeal to the people who liked the original series, and just plain didn't look good enough to me to impress the people who wanted a popcorn action flick.

I remember ranting awhile back about how when Hollywood is making an action movie with a female heroine, and the action movie's dialogue is going to suck because the emphasis is on the action, the studio shouldn't insist on getting the world's greatest actress to deliver the sucky lines and then try to train her to move acrobatically. It'd be far better if they just owned the suckiness of the dialogue and got a really athletic woman and give her enough acting lessons to pull off "brooding grim antiheroine with stupid lines".

'Cause Charlize Theron is a great actress, no doubt, but I didn't buy her physically in those clips at all. I anticipate a lot of editing tricks to make it look like she's actually doing graceful gun-fu.

[male chauvanism]Maybe, but I'll get in line just to check out her hot body. She looks damn good in the trailer.[/male chauvanism].... I mean, I'm sure she was selected because of her acting skills.

Kesh · Aug 22, 2005

What are you people talking about? There was no Aeon Flux after Liquid Television got cancelled.

KaosDevice · Aug 22, 2005

I don't think there is going to be any middleground on this one. It is either going to be a fun two hours at the ciniplex or it is going to completely suck. Only time will tell.

Zym · Aug 24, 2005

Hmmms, I'll probably see it...but so far it seems lacking the proper feel. Not sure I care for Charlize Theron, her face doesn't look right at all, and as mentioned the movement was odd.

I think Carrie Ann Moss would have been a much better choice, at least she looks more the proper body shape, moves well, and carries combat scenes nicely.