Underworld not getting good reviews...

[myrdden]

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.

Doesn't that summarize a lot of what Hollywood has been producing lately?

Myrdden

 

[jdavis]

another bad review at Aint it Cool News. This one was even worse than the last one: http://aintitcoolnews.com/display.cgi?id=16069

 

[Krug]

Well after sitting through Charlie's Angels 2 I had enough of the summer explosions/flimsy excuses for a movie, and skipped almost everything else. Only thing I'll see is Pirates. rest of the time it's Simpsons Season 3.

 

[Dark Jezter]

Heh! I'll admit that my hopes weren't high for this movie. It always sounded a little silly to me... "Yeah, this move is a retelling of Romeo and Juliet featuring vampires and werewolves."

Maybe someday I'll catch this movie when it's on HBO or Cinemax. It dosen't even sound like it'd be worth a 99 cent rental at Blockbuster.

 

[takyris]

You know, Jezter, I think it says a lot about how far your tastes and mine differ that hearing "Romeo & Juliet, but w/Vampires & Werewolves" makes me actually interested in seeing the movie, when I had ZERO interest in seeing it beforehand.

Ditto on the floor thing. While I'm no weapons expert, I kind of think that it wouldn't exactly work like that -- and from a style viewpoint, it looks less like The Matrix and more like Yosemite Sam trying to saw the floor out from under Bugs Bunny. It could look good in the film itself, though -- the re-edits they do for commercials often irk me.

 

[Viking Bastard]

I kinda expected it to suck really, but I usually do (I mean, I was sure
LotR would lick hairy balls, but hey!) expect that from major pictures
unless I have 100% faith in the filmmakers.

I'll still see it. I can't not.

 

[jdavis]

Ditto on the floor thing. While I'm no weapons expert, I kind of think that it wouldn't exactly work like that -- and from a style viewpoint, it looks less like The Matrix and more like Yosemite Sam trying to saw the floor out from under Bugs Bunny. It could look good in the film itself, though -- the re-edits they do for commercials often irk me.

"I'm the rootenist tootenist vampire north south east and west of the Pecos" If she could fire her guns straight down fast enough to lift herself off the floor then I'd really be impressed, "you darn werewolf galoot".

I'm sure I'll eventually end up seeing this movie, of course the professional media reviews have not come out yet, I'll have to wait to see what Roger Ebert says. Whether I see it at the theater or rent it later will depend on what kind of buzz the movie has after it has been out for a couple of weeks.

 

[Hackenslash]

....Werewolves and Vampires ?.....gotta watch !!

Come on ENWorlders, this is an RPG Website and you're telling me that a Vampire and Werewolf flick is gonna be Pants !!! and not many people will watch it. I doubt it. I will definitely see this movie if for no other reason than to see a Werewolf fight a Vampire and kick it's butt. 'Nuff Said. Cheers All

 

[Chain Lightning]

jdavis wrote:

check out the writer and director credits, how did the assistant props guy from Independence Day and the "2nd Ape Soldier" from Planet of the Apes get to make their own movie?

Well, I think its a bit unfair to judge them based on the fact that they only did 'little stuff' before making this movie. Everyone has to start somewhere. I mean, I would'n't have seen "Aliens" if I based how good a movie is going to be off the director's previous credits. At the time, (IIRC), Cameron had only done art design on "Battle Beyond the Stars" and directed "Piranhha 2:The Spawning".

A lot of these guys may have mundane credits under their belt, but it doesn't mean they don't know what they're doing. Everyone needs a day job till they can break into the bigger arena of movie making.

Now, I'm not saying these guys who did "Underworld" are good. They could actually suck. But I'm just saying....you probably shouldn't judge them off the fact that they've never directed a major motion picture before.

However, you can get a sense of how bad a film might turn out to be if the credits of the core people (writer/director/producer) has a long list of bad films. But if they haven't done anything before....it doesn't mean they'll be bad.

M. Night Shaylaman's "The Sixth Sense" was pretty cool. That was his first major picture right? Yes, true....they're ones that prove that first time can mean crappy quality. Courtney Solomon on "Dungeons&Dragons" and Mark Dippe on "Spawn".

Just saying that it doesn't mean its an 'automatic crap'.


Mercule wrote:

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.

By the way, just a little FYI. Oliver Grunner in the straight to video movie "Nemesis" did that move first! [or at least before Kate did it] Not that I think anyone would care to know that bit of useless info. But just in case you want to know who came up with that move first....I think we can thank the team on "Nemesis".

 

[jdavis]

jdavis wrote:


Well, I think its a bit unfair to judge them based on the fact that they only did 'little stuff' before making this movie. Everyone has to start somewhere. I mean, I would'n't have seen "Aliens" if I based how good a movie is going to be off the director's previous credits. At the time, (IIRC), Cameron had only done art design on "Battle Beyond the Stars" and directed "Piranhha 2:The Spawning".

A lot of these guys may have mundane credits under their belt, but it doesn't mean they don't know what they're doing. Everyone needs a day job till they can break into the bigger arena of movie making.

Now, I'm not saying these guys who did "Underworld" are good. They could actually suck. But I'm just saying....you probably shouldn't judge them off the fact that they've never directed a major motion picture before.

However, you can get a sense of how bad a film might turn out to be if the credits of the core people (writer/director/producer) has a long list of bad films. But if they haven't done anything before....it doesn't mean they'll be bad.

M. Night Shaylaman's "The Sixth Sense" was pretty cool. That was his first major picture right? Yes, true....they're ones that prove that first time can mean crappy quality. Courtney Solomon on "Dungeons&Dragons" and Mark Dippe on "Spawn".

Just saying that it doesn't mean its an 'automatic crap'.

Yea but it's not a good sign either. It's not like I want this movie to be bad I was looking forward to it, but when you see bad reviews, a lawsuit and it being their first movie you have to wonder.

By the way Cameron made Terminator before he made Aliens (and yes I did go to see Aliens because the guy who made Terminator directed it).