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Did I want to see what the stars wore, who they thanked, and what awards the Business gave to honor the Business? Hell, no! I already voted with my wallet. I was going stir crazy for a kick-ass action flick. And since I didn't think they'd let Russell Crowe beat the pulp out of the Oscar TV producer..."Blade II": well, it ain't 'Art'. But it satisfies, for the most part. SOTA in special-effects-enhanced fight sequences (better than the HK action films); "Spiderman" beware, the bar has been raised! The story consists of three rather disparate parts: the opening introduction to the antagonists and reintroduction of Blade (the best fight scenes in the flick), the bug hunt with uneasy allies (reminiscent of Jim Cameron's "Aliens"), and an ending Greek-tragedy-style family reunion. The vampire decomposition CGI effects are considerably better than in the first "Blade." Overall, three stars from me for this genre. Wesley Snipes and his Amen Ra production company are to be congratulated for delivering a superior sequel.
Oh, don't tell me that you went to see "E.T., The Extra Testicle" instead.
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Interesting that you mentioned Aliens. I am far too familiar with Blade II. Everytime I was asked how I liked it I replied that it is not terrible, but it could have done much better. Aliens had tension and suspense. You knew something awful was going to happen, but they made you listen to the water drip and watch the shadows and rotating lights quite a while before it happened. In Blade II they opted for almost instantaneous gruesome death. Way Way Way too graphic. Every chance to delay and tease was passed by and ignored. I remember a fella named Hitchcock who could have you jump out of your seat with a close up of a ringing telephone. Blade II is just another of the far to common films where severed heads, and blood splattering is ho hum. I like you skipped the Oscars, the worlds longest flashiest infomercial.
Steve
Hi,
watched it on tv a couple months ago, it ended at midnite; but it took a couple of hours to settle down enough to sleep. I agree completely with your thought, combine solid movie making with efx, and ....wow.
I watched the classic Columbo episode "A Friend In Deed"--with Richard Kiley as the corrupt deputy police commissioner--on LD on my Pioneer HLD-X9. The picture quality was extremely good, and this was surely a better use of my time than watching the wretched Oscars.Todd
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