Post by Shevy on Aug 28, 2006 14:11:26 GMT -5
I feel bad for everybody above the age of 12 who has bought this movie. It was hard enough just sitting through it.
The acting was absolutely horrible and completely one-dimensional. The utter lack of anything resembling a respectible script certainly didn't help, and the piss poor editing throughout the movie just drove this turd into the ground.
The Thing has kind of a cool costume (even though he's the shortest guy in the group), although still fake looking despite over the top sound effects to show off the fact he's hard as all hell. When it switches over to CGI, especially when Reed Richards stretches, it's maybe one step up from the special effects in Mortal Kombat. Seriously, how long ago was Jurrasic Park made? Why does this movie have worse CGI than Jurrasic Park? I find it hard to believe this is as far as technology is willing to take us.
The absolute worst part is this: If Hollywood had every intention of making such a hollow movie filled with low-grade actors and special effects, at least fill it with tons of action and violence. Make it in-your-face in light of such an awful movie. Nope...they have to cram this dramatic overtone all through the flick. The whole thing was so utterly horrid that it's insulting to think a board room full of movie execs watched this and all agreed that the masses would not only like it and buy the merch...but also expect a sequel which this very much sets up (I mean, come on...nobody ever expects Dr. Doom to die. Nobody that's ever read a Marvel comic book, at least).
And one last thing...that scrawny dude that played Dr. Doom is probably the most undercast character in the history of film. Absolutely painful when you have to listen to a geared up Dr. Doom rattle off grade school banter like Doogie Howser. This is the guy that supposed kicked Magneto's ass?
The Punisher was better than this. Either one of them.
The acting was absolutely horrible and completely one-dimensional. The utter lack of anything resembling a respectible script certainly didn't help, and the piss poor editing throughout the movie just drove this turd into the ground.
The Thing has kind of a cool costume (even though he's the shortest guy in the group), although still fake looking despite over the top sound effects to show off the fact he's hard as all hell. When it switches over to CGI, especially when Reed Richards stretches, it's maybe one step up from the special effects in Mortal Kombat. Seriously, how long ago was Jurrasic Park made? Why does this movie have worse CGI than Jurrasic Park? I find it hard to believe this is as far as technology is willing to take us.
The absolute worst part is this: If Hollywood had every intention of making such a hollow movie filled with low-grade actors and special effects, at least fill it with tons of action and violence. Make it in-your-face in light of such an awful movie. Nope...they have to cram this dramatic overtone all through the flick. The whole thing was so utterly horrid that it's insulting to think a board room full of movie execs watched this and all agreed that the masses would not only like it and buy the merch...but also expect a sequel which this very much sets up (I mean, come on...nobody ever expects Dr. Doom to die. Nobody that's ever read a Marvel comic book, at least).
And one last thing...that scrawny dude that played Dr. Doom is probably the most undercast character in the history of film. Absolutely painful when you have to listen to a geared up Dr. Doom rattle off grade school banter like Doogie Howser. This is the guy that supposed kicked Magneto's ass?
The Punisher was better than this. Either one of them.
