Underworld not getting good reviews...

[MarauderX]

I kinda liked the flick, with the "low" budget and decent story line portrayed really well. It was interesting to me how the director protrayed first the werewolves as the 'bad' guys, then followed up with an introspective look at the vamps. Towards the end I didn't want either side to lose, but didn't want either side to win either.

And I can't see them backtracking into the past much if there is an Underworld II, as it will probably be focused on Kate Beckensdale's brooding character as she runs from her former pals with her new boy.

 

[Ranger REG]

I'm not really sure if you're calling me a purist or not here, but my point was meant to be an anti-purist one, even if it didn't come across very well.

You're right. It didn't come across well. Consider my message as an agreement to your assessment.

 

[Viking Bastard]

Oh, and I saw it yesterday evening and I liked it for the most part.
Didn't like Kraven (man that actor got on my nerves) and the final
combat was less than inspiring.

Spoiler

So the Abomination we've been
hearing so much about in the movie gets slapped around by Viktor?
And the whole head-cut-in-half thing was quite disappointing after
seeing them get ready for a swordfight.

"Yes! Yes! Swords! Booyah! Ye--no! No! NoNoNO!! Damnit!"

 

[jaldaen]

Spoiler

So the Abomination we've been hearing so much about in the movie gets slapped around by Viktor? And the whole head-cut-in-half thing was quite disappointing after seeing them get ready for a swordfight.

"Yes! Yes! Swords! Booyah! Ye--no! No! NoNoNO!! Damnit!"

Spoiler reply to above spoiler... ;-)

Spoiler

Actually I think that if Lucien (sp?) had made himself an Abomination you would have seen him wipe the floor with Viktor... which is why he needed to be betrayed (by a few silver bullets from Kraven) b/c as a writer you never want your main character (aka Selene) out shown by secondary characters... Thus Lucien was dealt with in such a manor to take him out of the equation and allow him to give Selene the idea to make her bo the Abomination... Of course this too has its problems in the fact that the Abomination is clearly meant to be a superior race... however without the experience (which Lucien would have had) to back him up the Abomination holds his own for only a short time... whereas Selene who does have the experience (and the newfound motive) to finish Viktor while he is distracted (seeing as I think its safe to assume Viktor would have been to much to handle mono-y-mana ;-) is in the end the one who deals death to her former master. The focus of the film was IMHO not the search for the Abomination, but the awakening of Selene from the underworld of her own soul... which I was convinced of by the end.

I think they did the best they could with the premises they had and I would have felt robbed if it had turned out otherwise... of course don't get me wrong there were plenty of things they could have done better, but knowing they only had a 22 million dollar budget helps explain why the special effects weren't flying as I thought they would at the end... I only hope they get a bigger budget next time... if there is one ;-)

My 2 cents,
Jaldaen

 

[Viking Bastard]

Spoiler

Lucien was trying to make himself the Abomination? That
was totally lost on me. I was under the impression that
he was simply trying to create 'A' Abomination, in this
case, Micheal.

 

[jdavis]

Spoiler

Lucien was trying to make himself the Abomination? That
was totally lost on me. I was under the impression that
he was simply trying to create 'A' Abomination, in this
case, Micheal.

You and me both but that was gone over in the other Underworld thread and they convinced me I had missed that part. http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=64249

 

[Viking Bastard]

Yeah, I bow down to their superior logic and argument.

That flew way over my head.

It kinda makes the whole Lucien part of the plot fit much better in.