DVD watching
9 Oct 2005 01:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
karohemdQuick rundown of films recently:
Hellboy - As someone who doesn't know the comics, I quite enjoyed it in a switch-off-brain-enjoy-the-ride kind of way. I like that despite all the prosthetics, you could still tell it's Ron Perlman, who rocks.
I, Robot - Hm, OK. Too clean, too shiny, nice effects but a bit blargh and just far too shallow considering the material it's based on
Intacto - a Spanish film recommended by (and borrowed from)![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
akonken about lucky people (and who can either control their luck in certain ways or steal other people's luck). Really not bad at all.
Chronicles of Riddick - Vin Diesel doesn't do anything for me and neither did the plot. Pitch Black was mean and nasty, this was bleh. It looked like it was made by the people who made the Dune TV films with a slightly higher budget. A few good moments but nothing gripping.
Battle Royale 2 - Also no comparison to the first. The violence seemed to be there completely for the violence' sake without that gut-wrenching atmosphere of the first film. If there was supposed to be some kind of message, it didn't come across.
Hellboy - As someone who doesn't know the comics, I quite enjoyed it in a switch-off-brain-enjoy-the-ride kind of way. I like that despite all the prosthetics, you could still tell it's Ron Perlman, who rocks.
I, Robot - Hm, OK. Too clean, too shiny, nice effects but a bit blargh and just far too shallow considering the material it's based on
Intacto - a Spanish film recommended by (and borrowed from)
akonken about lucky people (and who can either control their luck in certain ways or steal other people's luck). Really not bad at all.Chronicles of Riddick - Vin Diesel doesn't do anything for me and neither did the plot. Pitch Black was mean and nasty, this was bleh. It looked like it was made by the people who made the Dune TV films with a slightly higher budget. A few good moments but nothing gripping.
Battle Royale 2 - Also no comparison to the first. The violence seemed to be there completely for the violence' sake without that gut-wrenching atmosphere of the first film. If there was supposed to be some kind of message, it didn't come across.
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Date: 9/10/05 07:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 9/10/05 07:08 pm (UTC)To be honest, I'm still not a big comic fan for some reason. Oh well, at least some are where I can save money (to spend on silly camera gear instead).
Chronicles of Riddick...
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