Underworld not getting good reviews...

[Krug]

Well if u read AICN you know there's a buzz about Ong Bak Muay: Thai Warrior, as well as Zatoichi. I'd be more interested in watching any of those rather than Underworld.

I do think that there still is a "buzz", but it's effects are less pronounced (compared to say at the time of Blair Witch), since you can get so many legitimate reviews on the net these days.

 

[uv23]

AICN is more of a safehouse for annoying self-proclaimed iflm critics that like to use REALLY BIG FONTS more than anything. Their reviews are meaningless to me and I'm sure to most others. I'll go see this movie regardless and hey if it sucks, thats life.

 

[Krug]

Another -ve review.. more complete:
http://www.latinoreview.com/films_2003/sonypictures/underworld/review.html

Also, that AICN review doesn't use REALLY BIG FONTS. Just a pity that one has to take the good tomatoes with the rotten ones.

 

[jdavis]

Here is a much more positive review from empiremovies.com:
http://www.empiremovies.com/reviews/brendan/underworld.shtml

Here's a review in French (shame I don't read french or I could tell you if it was a good or bad review):
http://www.filmdeculte.com/film/film.php?id=601

And here is one about a completly different movie called Underworld:
http://www.theonionavclub.com/review.php?review_id=1310

 

[theT0rmented]

Here's a review in French (shame I don't read french or I could tell you if it was a good or bad review):
http://www.filmdeculte.com/film/film.php?id=601

It's not very favorable. They compare it to a B-movie. They say its narrative style is laborious, and that the rebounds are mostly redundant and useless, and that the combat scenes are less than stellar. They say the movie's theme is much under-utilized; that it could have been much more. They say technically the movie is well done, but the plot / story fails.

 

[Ranger REG]

Bah. I'll watch it. My personal taste does not mesh with the mainstream, anyway, although they do crossed path several times, to my chagrin.

 

[Mercule]

This sounds like a love it or hate it movie.

Take the scene from the trailer (thus, no spoilerage) where she uses her Uzis to cut a neat little hole through the floor around her feet, thus making a nice escape.

My friends thought it was way cool and were immediately psyched for the flick.

Myself, I think it's just about the dumbest thing I've seen this year. *shrug*

That said, I'm sure I'll go to see it. 1) I'm a vampire fanatic, so it's a moral imperitive. 2) Kate Beckinsale looks nice in tight vinyl (sure, it's piggish, but at least I'm honest).

 

[Tewligan]

It's not very favorable. They compare it to a B-movie. They say its narrative style is laborious, and that the rebounds are mostly redundant and useless, and that the combat scenes are less than stellar. They say the movie's theme is much under-utilized; that it could have been much more. They say technically the movie is well done, but the plot / story fails.

Are you sure you didn't accidentally read a review for Matrix Reloaded?

 

[JoeBlank]

I did a pub stunt once. Spilled oatmeal stout all over the floor. Waitress got mad at me.

Was it Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout?

If so, I am mad at you too. That stuff is not to be wasted.

 

[Krug]

Chud's review also says it's a dud: http://www.chud.com/news/sept03/sept10under.php3

PS: Just noticed the signoff for the guy at AICN is Strahd. Hmm...