Monday, 5. January 2009

Short, independant flick reviews! Read about it, before you watch it!

The Mutant Chronicles - C-class movie

Movie critic in a nutshell: C-class apocalyptic mutant movie, with for some reason a good cast - still crap :-(

The Plot: The world as we know it is no more. A global conflict between mining corporations reigns over what’s left of the planet. Until an ancient seal is broken, unveiling an army of scary mutants with blades growing out their forearms, forcing all humans to stick together in order to survive.

Flickcritique says: What a piece of crap! I can’t believe some good actors agreed to join this c-class movie project. I like Ron Perlman, recently seen in Hellboy 2. And I have respect for John Malkovich, who made my day  when I watched Burn After Reading. But this? It’s a low tech, kinda First World War/Industrial Revolution-style movie with cheap effects and no real story :-(

Side note: I almost pissed my pants seeing German wannabe actor Benno Fürmann playing a retro WWI commander role. I guess it was an attempt to become a real actor ;-) The guy really should have stayed in his German hicksville :-D

Watch it f you liked: No, don’t! Even if you like mutant movies this is a s bad as Doomsday. Just don’t watch this, you would be wasting your time :-(

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Hellboy II: The Golden Army – a quick review

The story: The muscular, kitten-loving, red fella has to stand up against an over-ambitious prince and his ancient army of indestructible, golden warriorsgreat movie! Watch it!

In a nutshell: Hellboy is craving for recognition for his heroic deeds, very much to disliking of his superiors. Simultaneously, he’s got a few personal life issues with his moody girlfriend Liz (Selma Blair, hot!). Luckily, as he faces his next challenge, the narrow-minded but aspiring Prince Nuada Hellboy can count on his psychic pal Abe :-)

Flickcritique says: WOOOOOOW! What a great comic adaptation! Hellboy2 rocks! Let me summarize the movie quickly:

  • acting performance: 9/10 points. Kudos to Ron Perlman, well done!
  • plot: 7/10 points. Could be slightly more logical but I did not mind really.
  • sense of humor: 10/10 points. Laughed my ass off!
  • CGI: 10/10 points. Particularly the Golden Army warriors are awsome!

For me, this movie is even better then the first Hellboy flick. The main characters definitely evolved and appear more mature now. I even liked the new ones, even though I was skeptical at the first sight. The explanation for the tooth ferry tale was brilliant and so were the tooth ferries themselves - evil little bastards ;-) A funny fact: the scenes that were supposed to be in Giant’s Causeway/Northern Ireland, however it did not look like Giant’s Causeway at all [yes, I have been there]. Anyways, Red’s sense of humor was making it up for any flaws the script had. Loved the movie!

My favorite conversation:

A: Nice baby.

B: I am not a baby. I am a tumor.

Conclusion: What are you waiting for? Watch that cool movie, you gonna like it! :-D

Watch it if you liked: the first movie about Hellboy (2004) is the only one that comes to my mind.

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