| ixian |
02-02-2004 04:27 PM |
This movie started out like it was really going to go places (except for a couple cheap looking CGI shots, such as a building blowing up in the beginning - they should have build a particle board replica and blown it up for real, would have looked better and probably been cheaper to boot) but then quickly sank under it's own weight of one improbable action sequence after another. The Nautilus being the size of a cruise ship, for example, yet able to navigate through the canals of Venice - anyone who's ever been there can tell you those canals are about 5 feet across, at best. And let's not even talk about the lack of roads in the city on which to drive automobiles.
It might sound like nitpicking - after all, it's a fantasy movie set in an alternate 1899 - but when one ludicrous scene after another is piled on, with little to no character development and plot points telegraphed a mile away (you'll guess who the two main villains are in the first 10 minutes) it grows tiresome. Sad, because the concept is sound and it is a nice break from all the Marvel comics inspired films hitting the big screen. Too bad they couldn't do a better job of it.
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