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In Reply to: best films of 2002 (from the local video store) posted by njjohn on January 03, 2003 at 15:15:33:
I personally found it to be a pretty dumb movie. Great concept, fantastic scenery design, but an awful script and worse acting.It's not really "british sci-fi". "blockbuster american sci-fi set in post-apocalyptic England" is more accurate. The director is the same guy who did the X Files movie and his primary work is on episodes of Star Trek - Next Generation.
The Matthew McConaughey and Izabella Scorupco characters ruined the movie for me - lots of poorly written dialog and script flaws. Biggest flaw for me was the use of guns. First: why do they bother with small arms at all? Second: the shooting from the hip thing - somehow I have a feeling that the Army teaches you to aim when shooting at flying objects. Third: McConaughey constantly telling people to "lock and load". If someone needs to tell you to load your gun before trying to shoot a dragon, you shouldn't be out there in the first place.
Ok, venting over.
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On a side note, a couple of blockbuster-rental type DVDs I enjoyed recently were:
Mothman Prophecies (Richard Gere. Good suspence. Very spooky. An ultimately forgettable movie . . but lots of fun.)
The Black Adder (the BBC series - just watched the 1st, second and third series . . very funny stuff)
Malcolm in the Middle (the TV show .. brilliant stuff . . and better when you can watch 16 episodes straight without commercials)
Zoolander (had to rent this twice - One of Ben Stiller's best)
Band of Brothers (the 5 disc set is awesome)
Death to Smoochy (very dark, very funny . . the role that Robin Williams is meant to play: the sad clown that you're supposed to hate)
Brotherhood of the Wolf: (dumb but fun monster movie - pretty brutal)
Oh, and Lord of the Rings I - just watched it for the 3rd or 4th time and it's steadily growing on me as a great movie. I like the balance between camera tricks and CGI for the special effects.
ok, back to work . . .
Follow Ups:
i think you are right. i couldn't figure some of the time what they were saying with the heavy accents. i think you are right about the script and acting. no great acting except for the bravado of the american commander and the forlorn look on the angels faces.but still, perhaps the rawness of the whole thing, the 'great concept' as you say, the fiercest enemy i ever seen in cinema, (talk about dragon breath). the way the dragons shook the very ground. sound and action were well integrated.
actually i think it was action scenes and special effects with meaning that make this an excellent film. it was not action for action's sake, but action as related to the whole concept.
i thought the 'angels are flying' scene to be the best cinema action scene i have seen since arnold falls into the water and waterfall in collateral damage. and the dragon on top of the castle type of building was pretty awesome, as well as the ending.
i thought 'minority report' and 'xxx' were major disappointments. so i'm not just into action, just to show what hollywood can do. this is a good, good action film. it should be a classic.
the gun fire seemed to hurt the dragons slightly. at least maybe annoy the draqgon and gets it's attention (like an insect bite).
i'll check into some of your recommendations. thanks.
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