Aeon Flux is unspeakably bad. That is all.
That's the thrill of living in the Hellmouth! There's a veritable cornucopia of fiends and devils and ghouls to engage ... Pardon me for finding the glass half-full.
Giles ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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Jessica - Dec 03, 2005 9:47:25 am PST #8870 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
tommyrot - Dec 03, 2005 9:49:22 am PST #8871 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
One review said that it might be fun for people who like bad movies, and for people who are capable of checking their brain at the door. I was thinking of seeing it on a matinee.
Jessica - Dec 03, 2005 9:55:44 am PST #8872 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oh I wish, because I love bad movies. Bad sci-fi especially. This one is not so-bad-its-good. It's just bad. The script is bad. The plot is bad. Even the action scenes are bad. The costumes and production design are okay, if you've never seen Logan's Run.
There are three pages of expositional text before the opening credits. Then there is another ten minutes of voice-over narration with more exposition -- the kind that only gets added after the studio has recut the film so many times that adding voiceover narration at the beginning is the only way they can remember what movie they're recutting.
It's baaaaaaaaaaad.
Invisible Green - Dec 03, 2005 9:56:54 am PST #8873 of 10002
I think it looks good. But I also found the Charlie's Angels movies to be enormously entertaining. So I don't know whether or not I'll actually see it.
But I did watch 13 Going on 30 last night. That was even worse than I expected.
Jessica - Dec 03, 2005 9:58:48 am PST #8874 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
But I also found the Charlie's Angels movies to be enormously entertaining.
So did I. That's the kind of bad movie I can get behind.
I don't think anyone involved with Aeon Flux was having even a shred of fun making it. Several scenes towards the end of the film involve characters impassionedly telling other characters "This has to end!" And DH and I looked at each other as if to say "She's saying what we're all thinking!"
Gris - Dec 03, 2005 11:19:07 am PST #8875 of 10002
Hey. New board.
13 Going on 30
Aww, I liked it.
erikaj - Dec 03, 2005 4:32:58 pm PST #8876 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Me too. I was fucking stunned too...JG completely sold that, to me, and Ruffalo is cute, despite the "Property of Matt tBF" sticker on his back. But that's okay, because by being a good bunky and respecting that I get Secor. We'll go somewhere and...meditate. Yeah. That's the ticket.
§ ita § - Dec 03, 2005 4:37:08 pm PST #8877 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I liked it too, the same way that erika did. JG went all out, and I think she hit all the right notes. I found it very charming.
erikaj - Dec 03, 2005 5:37:46 pm PST #8878 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
She was just so precious I wanted one. Just so "Whee! Isn't life great?" Of course, in comparison, I felt about 500 years old... but insofar as that movie had a point, that was it.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 03, 2005 8:24:59 pm PST #8879 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Ruffalo is cute, despite the "Property of Matt tBF" sticker on his back.
Um, no claim staked on Ruffalo here. I think he's a pretty good actor, but not one I'm particularly fond of.