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Originally Posted by Siberys  X-men three I will debate with you that it's entirety was cinematography, and no story. It was REALLY weak of a story if there was one at all. They concentrated heavily on just special effects and mutant powers rather than the actual storyline IMO.
As for Underworld Evoloution, and for that matter, the first underworld, the reason why they are bad is because they are built based upon the World of Darkness Pen and Paper game.
What's wrong with them? Movie 1, all they can do is jump, they really nailed that down. Movie 2, the vampires look REALLY weird. |
I totally understand where you're coming from with X-Men 3 and I can't really debate with you since I think it'd go nowhere.
Personally I went into the movie looking for action and thrills only; my expectations were tempered to that. I did find that the story was engaging and interesting to me. Yes, the whole mutants at war thing is a little rehashed. On the other hand, their take on the Phoenix plot and other various romances and how they ended up were interesting to me. I say to me, because whether it is to anyone else, I don't know.
As for Underworld, again I went in expecting action and that's what I got out of it, so I was satisfied. I've certainly seen worse plots in a movie though so the story didn't take away from it either.
The Wedding Crashers: The plot is fairly typical for a romantic comedy (although the film's rating is R due to some scenes and dialogue), guy meets girl, falls in love, has trouble getting her, etc etc. It's a formula that's used in a ton of movies every year, but what separates them is the journey. The Wedding Crashers had more than enough laughs for me to enjoy before the inevitable climax, which I knew was going to happen before I started watching. Obviously, you wouldn't watch the movie for a unique story. The dialogue was above average for this sort of movie (with the exception of certain romantic comedy necessary scenes) and Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn have great on screen chemistry. For those who can't stand this genre you won't find anything here to change your opinion, but it's certainly much better than many others of its type.
Three and a Half Stars out of
Five
The 40 Year Old Virgin: Yet another "new school" comedy I saw recently, although this one has a protagonist who is quite a bit different from the pair in the above movie. Steve Carrell plays the role of a somewhat geeky 40 year-old virgin and takes upon a series of escapades (with the help of his friends and cowerkers) that had me laughing. Some of the scenes seemed almost over the top, but they never crossed into the territory of being overdone. The humor's not as crude as you'd expect, in fact, I found the majority of it to be witty (at least from my perspective) and not low-brow at all. The acting of Carrell was also one of the other strongpoints. If you even have a slight interest in watching this movie I'd say it'd be worth your while.
Four Stars out of
Five