KICKASS. It kicked my ass.
KICKASS. It kicked my ass.
Last film i saw was Monty Python - Life of brian,
Great film !!!!
"The Onion Field "better movie.Comedy not so much.![]()
Respect my lack of authority.
Spoiler: ShowIdol didn't freak out on me. Have I become that transparent?
No but seriously I did watch Hancock the other day. What had a decent premise and great potential was completely ruined by what seemed like two completely different storylines horribly slapped together.
The initial storyline was great and seemed pretty unique for a superhero movie (ragtag and unruly, looking to reform, etc. etc.) and made for some pretty good laughs in the beginning of the movie. Unfortunately, the "twist" that you see near the middle of the movie pretty much completely ruined the rest of it.
It wasn't that the twist itself was bad (Although I could see it coming from a mile away), the way in which was handled was absolutely terrible. It would've been nice if it was used to further explain Hancock's background, his behavior, why he's here, etc. but instead it was used to force upon a half assed love story upon us. And when these scenes are forced into the middle of a movie with absolutely no previous background or scenes to support it, it's nearly impossible for the viewers to feel any sort of connection towards it. Finally, when it shifts from a decent superhero flick into some massive almost mythological fight scene with weather controlling, exaggerated motions, random, entirely unexplained and completely out of character actions and other shit, it left me scratching my head as to what the fuck I was watching. It felt as if the movie had made an extreme left turn and never quite returned.
Another quibble I had with the movie is that it is never explained why the hell EVERYONE KEPT ON FUCKING WITH HIM. The hilarious "head up your ass" scene was a result of criminals having a bone to pick with him, and the final, "dramatic" end scene (which also, made absolutely no sense), was based on a disgruntled criminal seeking revenge. Maybe this part of the story could be further developed if they were some sort of an enemy that had knew him previously and knew some of his weaknesses, or kryptonite per say. But they were completely "normal" criminals, very keenly aware of his superhero abilities, and yet constantly sending themselves on seemingly suicidal attempts at doing some sort of harm towards. Great maybe, if every criminal mastermind in the world had suicidal tendencies and absolutely no sense of logic.
A great first half of the movie, ruined by a trudging second half that left me waiting for some redeeming quality that never came.
3/10.
Avatar 10/10
It had a good story, good characters and good action.
clash of the titan
Excellent story by the design fees
Last edited by Daniel_30; 05-03-2010 at 01:42 AM.
Repo Men. I felt like the movie was trying to do too much. There are loads of eye candy mixed with attempts at conveying deep moral themes, but for some reason the whole thing felt shallow. There's so much action throughout the film, but at the end (especially after that ending) I felt like 'wtf did I just watch?'.
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