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I have to say I was underwhelmed. With all the buzz around this I think maybe the bar was set too high. I found it overly melodramatic, slowly paced without being gripping, characters spouted exposition ad nauseum, the lead character is a bit dim witted, and the zombies seem to get bored of their prey rather easily.
That said, the gore effects are amazing, but seem to feature far too prominently as if to compensate for the lack of much else. I understand the comic is known to be quite gruesome, so gore is a selling point to appeal to those fans. Slow moving soap opera plus gore effects just doesn't add up to the entertainment level we expected. I prefer Zombieland over this and that's saying something.
Can't say I'm hooked. It's not likely we'll be watching episode 2.
I just introduced the wife to Down in Front. We watched The Fifth Element with the commentary. It is one of her favorite films, so I was relieved that the hosts for this show more or less liked it. For a movie that quite simply is what it is everyone managed to make it interesting. To enjoy this movie you pretty much have to let go and just go for the ride.
It is a little like Dog Soldiers in that respect. Once you see someone get in a punch up with a werewolf you pretty much know what kind of movie you're in for. Same here, only more Heavy Metal style.
I'm not a big fan of the Star Trek franchise. I'm more a Star Wars fan (There are only 3 movies!). However, even though Star Trek was aimed at people like me, I absolutely hated it. Transformers 2 angered me more than I thought any movie ever could. Star Trek comes close. I have to go with Brian in most of the niggles regarding the movie. Plus, I think I have an allergic reaction to Abrams. He's like my Kryptonite.
Zoe Saldana, whether by limit of acting ability or by direction, always plays the same character. She is always the chick with an attitude. Avatar, The Losers, Star Trek - essentially they are all the same character. Couldn't we have a less contentious Uhuru? She seems to be written just to argue with Kirk. Shouldn't that be Bones' job?
And they blew up Vulcan and most of Starfleet! What?
And why parachute down to a suspended drill when you can just launch torpedos at it?
My summation is the movie is little more than someone dangling shiny keys in front of a baby. Lens flares anyone?
Dick shaped cookies? Beer bottles already have a somewhat phallic shape. Plus if you shake 'em first they'll spray all over you - erm -if you're into that sort of thing.
The gliding power as seen in Wu Xia films is known as ching gung. As mentioned in the commentary it essentially consists of using qi to lighten the body. As such a person can leap extraordinary distances, run across water, walk along a spider's web, or step upon tea cups without them breaking. The power is popular in Chinese adventure novels, particularly those involving Robin Hood like roguish characters.
Some believe ching gung to be an actual power lost to posterity. Many such mystical powers are claimed lost as masters were known to keep their best powers secret. In this sense the martial arts decline over the generations. Still others claim to have gained this power if just temporarily. B.K. Frantzis speaks of the Dragon Out of the Cave scenario, when martial artists experience a major breakthrough wherein the Dao speaks through them, in which he was able to achieve lightness power for a brief period.
My teacher of Eastern Philosophy at university claimed to have experienced seeing a Buddhist monk levitate.
Of course it could all be bullshit. Experience is the best proof. Most of us have not had the experience. Still, it makes for fascinating fight sequences.
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