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So my mom and I wantched Ultraviolet tonight, and I don't see why everyone hated this movie so much.
I liked the mother/son thing she had going on with Six, I liked the story and the costumes and the shiny backgrounds, and I REALLY liked Milla Jovovitch. SO VERY HOT.
I mean, come on guys, it was an action movie. Action movie = thin plot, so-so acting, and lots of blood and death and bullets and kicking and tight leather. And maybe something blows up. You can't expect more than that from them.
Did I mention Milla Jovovitch was really hot? In tight leather? In like five different colors? And purple hair? God, the costume/wig department must have had a field day with this movie.
I imagine the pitch for the movie went something like this: "Ok guys, listen. I have this idea for a story, and it's sort of cool, but not really deep enough to hold an audience's attention for two hours. So I figure, we cast a smoking hot girl, put her in at least 10 different tight costumes, give her killer makeup and a couple awesome wigs, and then we give her these kick-ass skills, including but not limited to, fangs, (because we all know vampires are hot, but they've been done to DEATH) super speed, and great attention to detail. We provide her with a real sob-worthy backstory, give her a cute kid/sidekick, and put her in a futuristic world that's all shiny and computer generated. Throw in a lot of flying bullets, some holograms, and maybe one big explosion, and I bet we can make a couple million at the box office. What do you say?"
And they said yes, because that's what movie-makers do.
Unfortunately, they spent their entire budget on CGI effects and really awesome costumes and makeup, and then didn't have any money left to hire decent writers. Pity, because the story had real potential, and if they'd bothered to relly develop Violet's character, instead of just pretending to, it could have been a really good movie instead of just an ok one.
But I liked it, and it's not even close to the worst movie I've ever seen, so... yeah. I mean, I was entertained, and what more can you ask from a movie? (A lot, I know, but remember ACTION MOVIE... not great artsy work of genius. Meant to entertain, not exercise your brain.)
And did I mention how Violet was AWESOME?
P.S. You know Six? The kid that had the whatever inside him? The cure for the disease and/or the way to kill all humanity? Well, he was played by the same kid who played Leech in X-Men 3. You remember, Leech, the kid with the cure for mutancy inside him? Apparantly that kid can just cure everything.
P.P.S. And now, The Fifth Element is on tv. Ah, coincidences.
I liked the mother/son thing she had going on with Six, I liked the story and the costumes and the shiny backgrounds, and I REALLY liked Milla Jovovitch. SO VERY HOT.
I mean, come on guys, it was an action movie. Action movie = thin plot, so-so acting, and lots of blood and death and bullets and kicking and tight leather. And maybe something blows up. You can't expect more than that from them.
Did I mention Milla Jovovitch was really hot? In tight leather? In like five different colors? And purple hair? God, the costume/wig department must have had a field day with this movie.
I imagine the pitch for the movie went something like this: "Ok guys, listen. I have this idea for a story, and it's sort of cool, but not really deep enough to hold an audience's attention for two hours. So I figure, we cast a smoking hot girl, put her in at least 10 different tight costumes, give her killer makeup and a couple awesome wigs, and then we give her these kick-ass skills, including but not limited to, fangs, (because we all know vampires are hot, but they've been done to DEATH) super speed, and great attention to detail. We provide her with a real sob-worthy backstory, give her a cute kid/sidekick, and put her in a futuristic world that's all shiny and computer generated. Throw in a lot of flying bullets, some holograms, and maybe one big explosion, and I bet we can make a couple million at the box office. What do you say?"
And they said yes, because that's what movie-makers do.
Unfortunately, they spent their entire budget on CGI effects and really awesome costumes and makeup, and then didn't have any money left to hire decent writers. Pity, because the story had real potential, and if they'd bothered to relly develop Violet's character, instead of just pretending to, it could have been a really good movie instead of just an ok one.
But I liked it, and it's not even close to the worst movie I've ever seen, so... yeah. I mean, I was entertained, and what more can you ask from a movie? (A lot, I know, but remember ACTION MOVIE... not great artsy work of genius. Meant to entertain, not exercise your brain.)
And did I mention how Violet was AWESOME?
P.S. You know Six? The kid that had the whatever inside him? The cure for the disease and/or the way to kill all humanity? Well, he was played by the same kid who played Leech in X-Men 3. You remember, Leech, the kid with the cure for mutancy inside him? Apparantly that kid can just cure everything.
P.P.S. And now, The Fifth Element is on tv. Ah, coincidences.