it's a movie kinda weekend
so here be my (spoilery) reviews for...
while i know this was supposed to be the more 'serious' of the 3, i didn't think they would cut out THAT much of LOLZ moments. i would've gladly traded a few of the multi-Jack crazy moments for LOLZ moments because really, what was the point of having them after getting out of The Locker? i think they were trying to be funny but...it just wasn't, at least not for me. and if it really was trying, it shouldn't have been so hard considering how much sake i had consumed before the showing. but yeah, there was a major lack of new LOLZ moments. most jokes were just references back to LOLZ moments in the first two movies, and at most, they got a chuckle out of me.
i was rather disappointed that Chow Yun Fat ended up with such a crap character that really got no love. or hate for that matter. his character just felt like a plot tool to move things along to the next stage. hell, his random chinese crew members got more screen time love than him i think. AND THERE WAS NO DUAL FLINTLOCK PISTOL ACTION. BAH. no, the scene where they try to shoot each other doesn't count. like in Hot Fuzz, it needs to be the jumping through the air whilst shooting two guns type of action. feh, i say.
the movie just felt super fast paced for the most part, suddenly throwing things at you like the whole Calypso thing. yes, it makes sense and they threw VERY BLATANT HINTS at you in THIS movie, but there was no real build up to it. i mean, sure it was a 'surprise' but not in that 'wow, i would've never guessed!' kinda of way. it was more like 'uhh...okay. whatever works, i guess.' and wtf, Beckett gets a 5 minute death scene while Davy Jones just falls off the ship? WTF. Bill deserves so much more love than that.
there were some scenes that were fun though, like the whole swinging around on the ropes bit by Jack and of course, Keith Richards lil' cameo. the wedding bit was pretty funny as well. MEGA-CALYPSO was very...whoa. and i did like the little interaction between Calypso and Davy Jones.
just...meh... i think they could've done a lot better as far as storyboarding goes. and i really wish they had turned up the volume a bit more. there were some parts i'm sure i missed because the volume was so low. eh...worth a watch in the theatres but definately more at a matinee price, and hopefully you either have a student discount or at least gift certificates for it. not the worst trilogy flop but after all the awesome build up, it definately let me down. and i guess there's hope for a fourth movie? if they go through with it, i hope they do a better job of it since they'll pretty much have a blank slate to work from again for the most part. though...would Will and Lizzy have a part in it anymore? i mean, it would make sense for Will to show up again since he pretty much has GOD MODE on now but yeah... guess we'll see.
definately not as strong as the first movie. to me, this felt more like an inbetween episode so that they could just get to the next part of the story. there was nothing really spectacular about it. i guess, that could partly be due to the fact that for once, they actually did just try to contain the outbreak by killing EVERYONE, infected or not. of course, they still FAILED but it sure cut down on actual chase scenes.
another thing is that, unlike movies like Resident Evil, while there was talk of developing a cure/anti-virus for the infection...it's never followed up upon. at least, not like...scientifically, for lack of a better word. any samples that were taken from the mother were destroyed in the carpet bombing and while we know the kid is a carrier, there was no foreshadowing to him being a possible means to a cure at all. it's just like 'well, we killed our chickenshit dad, made it to our ride in the stadium with the guy who never expressed any interest in saving us in the first place...off we go!' i mean, maybe they're saving that for the first 5 minutes of the next movie but ugh...just seems like week writing in my opinion...
and i'm sorry, you know the lady is infected but just because she's not ACTING infected, you leave her all alone with no guards AT ALL? um. HELLO. that's quite the fuck up for a commanding officer who seemed so bent on doing shit by the book. were there no cameras in the med center for security or what? i'm sorry, while the husband is a jackass to begin with, the military done fucked up just as much. damn if it didn't suck to be that mother though. not only did her husband leave her for dead but also RAGED THE FUCK OUT on her. karmas said fuck you and turn it's back.
and that goes for Doyle. that's just fucked up, man. they didn't shoot him, oh no. they just lit his ass up on FIRE. and then just let him burn. at that point, i would've ran like hell towards them to try to catch their ass on fire before i died or they put my ass out of my misery with a bullet. that was just fucked up. Doyle was cool though. shame he went out like that.
and damn did they up the RAGE and GORE factor in this one. i agree, __tang, the helicopter scene was AWESOME. best part of the entire movie. and now we know where Michael went after he left The Island on Lost! :D Walt must've drawn that picture for him. X3 the Infected cam was a nice touch too, i thought, though i guess that might've been the part you felt was video game-ish? n.n; i'm a sucker for gun cam mode and such. :x
but yeah, i want to see what happens in the next movies, especially how the infections starts. my guess? the kid is eating a Royale With Cheese, decides he doesn't want it and chucks it...but a homeless due comes across it and starts munching...GRAJLDSKFJALDJFASDKFJARARRRARR! @_@ or maybe a crepe. mmm...crepes. or a fresh baguette. mmm...
matinee or wait for dvd.
while i know this was supposed to be the more 'serious' of the 3, i didn't think they would cut out THAT much of LOLZ moments. i would've gladly traded a few of the multi-Jack crazy moments for LOLZ moments because really, what was the point of having them after getting out of The Locker? i think they were trying to be funny but...it just wasn't, at least not for me. and if it really was trying, it shouldn't have been so hard considering how much sake i had consumed before the showing. but yeah, there was a major lack of new LOLZ moments. most jokes were just references back to LOLZ moments in the first two movies, and at most, they got a chuckle out of me.
i was rather disappointed that Chow Yun Fat ended up with such a crap character that really got no love. or hate for that matter. his character just felt like a plot tool to move things along to the next stage. hell, his random chinese crew members got more screen time love than him i think. AND THERE WAS NO DUAL FLINTLOCK PISTOL ACTION. BAH. no, the scene where they try to shoot each other doesn't count. like in Hot Fuzz, it needs to be the jumping through the air whilst shooting two guns type of action. feh, i say.
the movie just felt super fast paced for the most part, suddenly throwing things at you like the whole Calypso thing. yes, it makes sense and they threw VERY BLATANT HINTS at you in THIS movie, but there was no real build up to it. i mean, sure it was a 'surprise' but not in that 'wow, i would've never guessed!' kinda of way. it was more like 'uhh...okay. whatever works, i guess.' and wtf, Beckett gets a 5 minute death scene while Davy Jones just falls off the ship? WTF. Bill deserves so much more love than that.
there were some scenes that were fun though, like the whole swinging around on the ropes bit by Jack and of course, Keith Richards lil' cameo. the wedding bit was pretty funny as well. MEGA-CALYPSO was very...whoa. and i did like the little interaction between Calypso and Davy Jones.
just...meh... i think they could've done a lot better as far as storyboarding goes. and i really wish they had turned up the volume a bit more. there were some parts i'm sure i missed because the volume was so low. eh...worth a watch in the theatres but definately more at a matinee price, and hopefully you either have a student discount or at least gift certificates for it. not the worst trilogy flop but after all the awesome build up, it definately let me down. and i guess there's hope for a fourth movie? if they go through with it, i hope they do a better job of it since they'll pretty much have a blank slate to work from again for the most part. though...would Will and Lizzy have a part in it anymore? i mean, it would make sense for Will to show up again since he pretty much has GOD MODE on now but yeah... guess we'll see.
definately not as strong as the first movie. to me, this felt more like an inbetween episode so that they could just get to the next part of the story. there was nothing really spectacular about it. i guess, that could partly be due to the fact that for once, they actually did just try to contain the outbreak by killing EVERYONE, infected or not. of course, they still FAILED but it sure cut down on actual chase scenes.
another thing is that, unlike movies like Resident Evil, while there was talk of developing a cure/anti-virus for the infection...it's never followed up upon. at least, not like...scientifically, for lack of a better word. any samples that were taken from the mother were destroyed in the carpet bombing and while we know the kid is a carrier, there was no foreshadowing to him being a possible means to a cure at all. it's just like 'well, we killed our chickenshit dad, made it to our ride in the stadium with the guy who never expressed any interest in saving us in the first place...off we go!' i mean, maybe they're saving that for the first 5 minutes of the next movie but ugh...just seems like week writing in my opinion...
and i'm sorry, you know the lady is infected but just because she's not ACTING infected, you leave her all alone with no guards AT ALL? um. HELLO. that's quite the fuck up for a commanding officer who seemed so bent on doing shit by the book. were there no cameras in the med center for security or what? i'm sorry, while the husband is a jackass to begin with, the military done fucked up just as much. damn if it didn't suck to be that mother though. not only did her husband leave her for dead but also RAGED THE FUCK OUT on her. karmas said fuck you and turn it's back.
and that goes for Doyle. that's just fucked up, man. they didn't shoot him, oh no. they just lit his ass up on FIRE. and then just let him burn. at that point, i would've ran like hell towards them to try to catch their ass on fire before i died or they put my ass out of my misery with a bullet. that was just fucked up. Doyle was cool though. shame he went out like that.
and damn did they up the RAGE and GORE factor in this one. i agree, __tang, the helicopter scene was AWESOME. best part of the entire movie. and now we know where Michael went after he left The Island on Lost! :D Walt must've drawn that picture for him. X3 the Infected cam was a nice touch too, i thought, though i guess that might've been the part you felt was video game-ish? n.n; i'm a sucker for gun cam mode and such. :x
but yeah, i want to see what happens in the next movies, especially how the infections starts. my guess? the kid is eating a Royale With Cheese, decides he doesn't want it and chucks it...but a homeless due comes across it and starts munching...GRAJLDSKFJALDJFASDKFJARARRRARR! @_@ or maybe a crepe. mmm...crepes. or a fresh baguette. mmm...
matinee or wait for dvd.