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trinityvixenGod, I'm a sucker.
Some context: I am probably one of the only people I know who liked the Resident Evil movies. Or, I should say, I liked the first two well enough. The first is decently-paced, written well enough to enjoy, had genuine gross-outs (the elevator thing? WORSE THAN THE ZOMBIES), and some terrific action. (I will never get tired of the Mila vs zombie dogs scene. Never.) The second is ridiculousness scaled up, which is fine, and any irritation I had with it is vaporized by the fact that "Undead Gaudy Hooker #2" was a cast credit.
The third one was everything that is wrong with second-rate zombie movies that exist to make a quick buck or to be viewed instantly and just as instantly turned off via Netflix. Every cliche they could throw at the screen happened, and it was all abusively stupid. I liked where they were going with Mila Jovavich's character, even, and I hated that movie. I blame Ali Larter. I think Legally Blonde was the last time I enjoyed anything she was in. (FUCK YOOOOOU, HEROES!)
So, naturally, given that hatred, I should totally not want to see the fourth movie. It's continuing a story line that aggravated the shit out of me and it's being shown in 3D. I sat through one 3D movie, and that was only because it would have been utterly boring were it not for the visuals. (Guess which movie it was?) I hate 3D. It never works exactly right for me, and it gives me headaches, and it's distracting, and, well, fuck 3D, too.
But...but...I kinda want to see this movie.
Jill Valentine, who I wanted to dooooooooo omgsohard from the second RE movie is back (though not featured in any of the footage to date). That guy I had the embarrassing crush on from Prison Break is in it as Chris Redfield. (Oh, and hilarious side-note to all this: there is an XBOX 360 Prison Break game. If it weren't, like, $20? I would buy it for the LOLZ alone.) And, and! It's the Mila army taking out the entire world! Although somebody commenting on the trailer made this really, really good point:
Strictly speaking, from a strategic point of view, destroying the last remaining organization with any kind of scientific and industrial base, organized military, and support structure for their people might NOT be the best thing to do when the planet's been horrifically overrun by mutant ghouls. Even if the disaster WAS their fault in the first place
Yeah, okay, logic, I get it. Eliminate the zombies first, kill Umbrella second. Still want to see this movie.
So, er, does anyone want to go with? We can totally hit a matinee to avoid paying the highway robbery prices of a 3D movie. I'm also totally willing to go in disguise or provide them for those as would see it but would prefer not to be known to be seeing it.
Some context: I am probably one of the only people I know who liked the Resident Evil movies. Or, I should say, I liked the first two well enough. The first is decently-paced, written well enough to enjoy, had genuine gross-outs (the elevator thing? WORSE THAN THE ZOMBIES), and some terrific action. (I will never get tired of the Mila vs zombie dogs scene. Never.) The second is ridiculousness scaled up, which is fine, and any irritation I had with it is vaporized by the fact that "Undead Gaudy Hooker #2" was a cast credit.
The third one was everything that is wrong with second-rate zombie movies that exist to make a quick buck or to be viewed instantly and just as instantly turned off via Netflix. Every cliche they could throw at the screen happened, and it was all abusively stupid. I liked where they were going with Mila Jovavich's character, even, and I hated that movie. I blame Ali Larter. I think Legally Blonde was the last time I enjoyed anything she was in. (FUCK YOOOOOU, HEROES!)
So, naturally, given that hatred, I should totally not want to see the fourth movie. It's continuing a story line that aggravated the shit out of me and it's being shown in 3D. I sat through one 3D movie, and that was only because it would have been utterly boring were it not for the visuals. (Guess which movie it was?) I hate 3D. It never works exactly right for me, and it gives me headaches, and it's distracting, and, well, fuck 3D, too.
But...but...I kinda want to see this movie.
Jill Valentine, who I wanted to dooooooooo omgsohard from the second RE movie is back (though not featured in any of the footage to date). That guy I had the embarrassing crush on from Prison Break is in it as Chris Redfield. (Oh, and hilarious side-note to all this: there is an XBOX 360 Prison Break game. If it weren't, like, $20? I would buy it for the LOLZ alone.) And, and! It's the Mila army taking out the entire world! Although somebody commenting on the trailer made this really, really good point:
Strictly speaking, from a strategic point of view, destroying the last remaining organization with any kind of scientific and industrial base, organized military, and support structure for their people might NOT be the best thing to do when the planet's been horrifically overrun by mutant ghouls. Even if the disaster WAS their fault in the first place
Yeah, okay, logic, I get it. Eliminate the zombies first, kill Umbrella second. Still want to see this movie.
So, er, does anyone want to go with? We can totally hit a matinee to avoid paying the highway robbery prices of a 3D movie. I'm also totally willing to go in disguise or provide them for those as would see it but would prefer not to be known to be seeing it.
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Date: 2010-06-21 05:02 pm (UTC)The reason I keep giving money to this franchise is not really for any WOW ZOMBIES factor (I can get that with other films) but just for the fact that it's one of the few action franchises that feature a female lead that doesn't annoy the shit out of me. And there's always some sort of girl BFF awesomeness going on too so that's a plus.
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Date: 2010-06-21 05:11 pm (UTC)The female-led franchise points are just bonuses. I actually really like Mila Jovavich's character and the fact that she kicks ass. She and Michelle Rodriguez were the only ones I could remember in the first one. (There was "Mr. Greenpeace" and "Euro-trash Hugh Jackman," but, you'll note, I don't know their names or their characters' names.) In the second one, you added Jill Valentine, who was SMOKING HOT and also walked into the police station and shot fucking zombies in the head and walked on. Love you!
But the third one killed the fun. It was nonsensical, cliched, boring, and the action was an afterthought to the Mila Army. Okay, okay, Mila Army = THE WIN, but still. Now that we get the Mila Army up and running, it's exciting again. Stupid gullible trailer-watching me!
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Date: 2010-06-21 05:27 pm (UTC)The second film I think did the most nods to the actual game; Jill's outfit for one, and the Nemesis. Plus there was this one scene that was lifted directly from Code Veronica. This one looks like it might actually have a lot of nods to the game as well, with the monsters and Jill and Chris showing up.
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Date: 2010-06-21 06:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-06-21 05:45 pm (UTC):)
I'm not sure I could justify paying money to see this. The only reason we justified the second one was we were in Vegas and felt like seeing a movie. But if you're willing to wait a little bit, we could MovieNite it. :)
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Date: 2010-06-21 06:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-06-21 06:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-06-21 06:57 pm (UTC)Also: HURRAH! YOU WILL COME WITH ME? TRULY WE ARE FRIENDS!!!
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Date: 2010-06-21 07:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-06-21 07:15 pm (UTC)forget RE 4....
Date: 2010-06-24 08:15 am (UTC)Re: forget RE 4....
Date: 2010-06-24 11:43 pm (UTC)