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Tuesday, March 29, 2005
+ O How the Mighty Have Fallen +
then again, maybe they just weren't all they were cracked up to be... pulled under by the strain of their own hype... so much potential and publicity, so little to show. The Scorpion King (2002)  They had the stars, they had the sequel, then... they had the spin-off. The Rock ran around the ancient world stuck in a plot thinner than his loin-cloth. Fight-sequences bordered on the cartoonic. The Big Bad Guy had an extremely forgettable name and died in an aptly retarded manner. I overheard bengs in a bus complainin about the movie...yes, thats how bad it was. Alien versus Predator(2004)  oops... wrong pic... hahahaha... U can kill humans by the bucketfull, yes.. but how can u kill a movie based on a multi-million dollar franchise? simple... give it to screenwriter Paul WS Anderson. What he did to Resident Evil 1 & 2 was forgiveable (almost) given the limited storyline. But this was murder, the ultimate crossover became B-comedy. Loopholes swarmed and made swiss cheese of the already fragile plot... Whoever Wins We Lose $8.50. King Arthur(2004)  Romans, knights and Keira Knightley. How they screwed up this winning combination never ceases to amaze me. Too little Romans, too little knights and too simple acting. The "automatic city gates" didn't help either. They killed off all potential by thinking small. In this day and age of CGI, not having enough staff is no excuse. Making "King Arthur" a small-scale movie does it no justice! Also worth honourable mention... Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones(2002). Everything was right, except the story was punctuated by Anakin Skywalker acting like some chico-pek. And still geting the girl??!! Amidala: "stop looking at me like that." Skywalker: "why?" Amidala: "it makes me feel.. uncomfortable." Whadahell?? which guy in his right mind would reply "why?" ???? here's another... Skywalker: "i don't like sand, sand is coarse, not like you..."(he proceeds to stroke her arm) most girls I know would have broken his light-saber by then. Lucas really screwed up here... made a possibily fantastic movie into a "worth watch".
ian wong beats around the bush@
2:44 AM
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