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Mutant X (2001)
Looked good until Heroes came along
The special effects were good for their time. So were the characters. Interesting plot line but crappy dialog at times. Not until Heroes came along did I realize something was missing from Mutant X. Good directing! There's a distinctly cheap feeling to it at times, with backgrounds that really disappoint, and scenes added just to make the minutes.
You'll be finding yourself saying "come on come on...get to scene where they use their powers" or counting how many times they show them getting out of a car in that particular episode.
You'll like it if you're a fan of the genre. Still a nice watch if you're not.
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Why does the third film in the trilogy always fall short?
The character of Jason Bourne and the previous two movies gave me high hopes that this too would be a film I'd enjoy watching. Boy was I wrong! Reasons? Here goes:
#1.The dialogue. On Bourne's side it was OK but the CIA Deputy director kept asking for the assassin to be sent in every 3 lines. The rest of the time he was barking at his staff. In an effort to make him seem a power crazed man they ended up making him sound repetitive. Maybe it was David Strathairn's take on the character, maybe the director kept shouting at him for more anger and hysteria. God knows. I'd have imagined him as a cold and calculated man, truly convinced that what he was doing was for the greater good but it's easy for me to tinker once I've seen the finished product. And what's with this obsession of having every bit of information blown up on screen 1? I must have heard that line at least 3 times.
#2. The extras. I couldn't help but notice most of the staff in that CIA war-room weren't doing much. You had your basic *guy-at-the-computer* guy and few others around him plus you *girl-with-the-files* girl all of them hunched over keypads. Every once in a while after a hysteric order from their chief they'd look up. Thrilling.
#3. The shaking camera. Some people think it's cinematic art. I agree but I still got a bit nauseous.
#4. The advertisements. All the bad but efficient guys had a Motorola. Hmmm. And the car that took the most hits and kept going was a Dacia Logan. Well noted. I'm getting me one of those.
All in all it's a 1 out of 10, not cause it's THAT bad but it sure doesn't deserve to be in the top 250.
Hannibal Rising (2007)
A letdown for sure...
Giving Hannibal Lecter samurai sword skills is just one more surrender of a great character to the Hollywood machine. I can just see those people during a video conference thinking up ways to make "the forth in the trilogy" so to speak. The Misha storyline of course was forgotten in previous movies and I did feel I'd been cheated out of it. But to take something that would be worth 10/20 minutes in a previous film and elongate it and dilute it over 2 hours...well...that's just plain wrong. It's good as senseless revenge flicks go but as a Hannibal Lecter film it really leaves to be desired. Plus it's noticeable they tried to up the blood and gore level and did a poor job at it with even the slightest excuse to show a bloody finger. The storyline aside, the acting is OK but is still have an impression the kid was trying to had to show he'd become the monster.
300 (2006)
Good or bad it will leave an impression.
See it as you will: a touching and motivating movie or blatant Bush propaganda. Just see it!
Let me start off by saying the artwork is gorgeous and a tribute to Miller's vision. The alternation between warm and cold tones really balances the film out. The choreography of the fights is amazing, like a gruesome ballet with carefully calibrated slow-motion scenes alternating with quick jabs of striking action that will have you exhaling only at the end of the scene. Another aspect I enjoyed is the almost fairytale-like portrayal of good as handsome and evil as grotesque, over saturated with fat or pride or greed. Exceptionally well cast and acted the movie never once gave me time to remember I was in a cinema being entertained. As for flaws
well I can't say I glided over them too easy. If I hear the words "the beginning of a new era
of freedom" again it will be too soon. Sometimes I feel like it's just one man in Hollywood writing all the monologues for all the movies. And the last motivating speech given by Dilios is long winded to say the least. Also the plot sideline on father-son family values seemed both redundant and quite diluting to the main message of the film but alas Hollywood doesn't have the guts to make a pure message-movie without a human interest story anymore. Conclusion: Worth seeing once? Definitely. Worth seeing again? Yes, for the quality craftsmanship with which it was made. ed comments