100 Movie Challenge #8: Heavy Metal 2000
Movie 8: Heavy Metal 2000. The sequel to the original Heavy Metal film from back in the 80's. Unlike the first film, which was more of a series of short stories, this one has one full story about a woman seeking revenge against a tyrant who destroyed her planet. The tyrant had gone insane because he had touched a key to some holy waters of immortality.
Since this movie was made in 2000, I kind of expected improved animation, but they more or less stuck with the same style as the original. There was some nice CGI animation in the space travel scenes, along with a rockin' soundtrack to accompany those scenes, as well as the fight scenes. Surprisingly, there was less sex than the original, which is a plus in my opinion. I just wonder how that woman could stand to wear that battle outfit in the end, yeesh...
Meanwhile, I've got a pressuring watch list ahead of me. I got an e-mail from M-Go with a $3 credit towards any purchase, so I used it to rent Lone Survivor. And then The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug came up as Vudu's 99 cent rental for today, so I had to snag that one too. And I still have yet to see the first Hobbit film. I was hoping to avoid making more than one movie entry in any given day. Perhaps I can skip watching a movie at work tonight. I should space them out a bit, otherwise I'll run out of DVD's to watch.
Since this movie was made in 2000, I kind of expected improved animation, but they more or less stuck with the same style as the original. There was some nice CGI animation in the space travel scenes, along with a rockin' soundtrack to accompany those scenes, as well as the fight scenes. Surprisingly, there was less sex than the original, which is a plus in my opinion. I just wonder how that woman could stand to wear that battle outfit in the end, yeesh...
Meanwhile, I've got a pressuring watch list ahead of me. I got an e-mail from M-Go with a $3 credit towards any purchase, so I used it to rent Lone Survivor. And then The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug came up as Vudu's 99 cent rental for today, so I had to snag that one too. And I still have yet to see the first Hobbit film. I was hoping to avoid making more than one movie entry in any given day. Perhaps I can skip watching a movie at work tonight. I should space them out a bit, otherwise I'll run out of DVD's to watch.