soulcharmer

I was surprised to see such high rating for such lowly piece of movie.

Let alone the facts that you get hardly anything portrayed from this vampire world and what little you get is one stereotype after another...

But honestly you need to decide if the following matters for you when choosing a movie to watch: - stupid speeches in the middle of a fight scene, - out of nowhere and sloppily performed travesty for a sex scene, - ridiculous "I'm your father, you're my son" reasoning to fill the holes in the script, - zero character development; in fact hollow characters altogether, - straightforward reminder flashes for the dim-witted.

I believe that where the first movie barely succeeded in terms of a plot, this linear sequel fails completely. Don't expect any surprises, everything is laid before you like a paved road in the desert. But do expect components I have mentioned above.

I would also like to say that there is a complex and thrilling world where vampires walk the Earth and I would love to see some movie based on that since vampires get more and more attention in media in the last years. It's called World of Darkness or Vampire:the Masquerade and I'm sure some of you know the books or pen-and-paper RPG games or a card game or even computer games based on this setup. Most notable piece of perfectly executed vampire story is the latest computer game from World of Darkness named Bloodlines. The plot is as thick as a pitch and the dialogues are just polished and rich (I produced a rhyme by accident :). Comparing Bloodlines to U:Evolution I can only laugh how weak this movie is. Truly a junk food for the masses powdered with flashy eye candy.

I do not recommend this movie to anyone, not even the vampire fans.

I don't want to sound overly zealous or anything but still I'd like to express my loathing of comic adaptations that were created in past few years, including Xmen, Daredevil, Hulk, Fantastic4, Spiderman and whatnot. For most of them I only had to endure a trailer or a commented review on TV though...

And though I'm not a comic book fan, I know that Sin City differs from other comic franchises. It's black-and-white, it's ultimately dark, it has its own black humor and overall style.

Reluctantly I went to see Sin City on tape. The first scene suggested that the style from the paper version would be preserved. Subsequent credits indicated that Frank Miller had much to say and decide during the production. And next... from start to end one hell of a satisfying ride.

The flick has a noir style that is near to perfect. That may be the case of other comic adaptations as well (just cut "noir") but Sin City is supported even by the characters. Almost every single one of them has a believable personality - acting was surprisingly good for me.

Next thing is a fine combination of reckless violence and humor. It goes so well together in Sin City. I won't spoil anything though because I believe this movie deserves to be seen even if you are not into comic books in general.

Just go and watch deadly little Kevin and deadly little Miho, to name the few, in action.

Remembering the awkwardness from episode one and two I didn't really expect Revenge of the Sith (ROTS) to be any better. And it wasn't.

I will spare you the lengthy sermon about how the thing was awful etc. Just want to say this. I like the Star Wars universe in overall as some of the video games like Knights of the old Republic or Jedi Academy are my favorites. I can tolerate the whole lot of silly aliens or linearity and simplicity of the plot.

But what I can't tolerate in a movie is this: clichés, bad acting, stereotypes, bad jokes, bad dialogues and pathos. And sadly ROTS is just full of that. Except for Ian McDiarmid you'll have a hard time to find the hint of acting performance, almost every line someone speaks is a blunt banality, battle scenes are stupid imitations of medieval war encounters, dialogues are mostly clichéd stereotypical disasters without a spark, not one attempt on a joke hit the spot and so on.

But it is all packed in flashy, colorful wrapping, it's enough for the shallow audience to get entertained, it got a huge hype and that's what counts. Whatever.

One more thing. Nothing beats the worst actor of this film, which is Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan. Truly sad.

The flick has its merits but they are really marginal and everyone wants to spend their precious money on this movie anyway, so let them go and find them.

My mark for ROTS is 4/10 and I'm done with this crappy trilogy.