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I wasn't really slamming HIM, or slamming at all. He had his p.o.v, I found fault with IT (just like he clearly did with the movie), and I said MY peice also - hey, I agreed with him on SOME points.
However, I think that if I were to have gone into imdb and stumbled across this film without having seen it, and read THAT - actually, no...not me...I don't go on reviews, but I'm sure a lot of people do...so, I'd say a lot of people might read that review and be convinced that it was a shit film with a good concept.
Was it Underworld? NO.
Yeah yeah, I'm dissing Underworld...but I'm not writing reviews for the imdb about it...eg: Ok, for the record, I didn't TOTALLY hate Underworld, but I thought that the majority of the characters were very 2 dimensional, and the acting was simply shithouse. I found that it had an overly convoluted plot for this kind of film and too much uneccesary conversation, seemingly both in an attempt to "smarten" what was clearly just another "clone" action film - this made the non action sequences boring, and a chore to sit through.
IMO, it also had an anticlimatic ending, tailor made only to say "here comes a sequel"...however, I guess the female was nice to look at, and the film had some interesting transformations, and nice weapon/combat effects, borrowed as they were. (SEE? piling shit on a film and saying one or two good things doesn't make it come off as great...)
You're right 42, I don't agree with all of his views - nor do I agree with yours. I wasn't telling him he didn't have the right to say those things...if I wanted to do that, MY review would be up there too, intentionally ripping into his.
But for all intents and purposes, he made a GOOD film look like shit...and he can do that, and SOME people will agree with him, you're walking proof.
All I'm saying is that since imdb is such a huge resource for films, I think that if someone submits a review like this, fine - but they should at least wait for a more posetive review to be posted also, for more objectivity...no doubt some Underworld fans would have liked the same...However, I DO think the majority of people that have seen the movie would agree that this was a rather poor review, I guess the only way to actually prove this though would be to have somebody that hasn't SEEN the film to read the review, then see the film. (hey, if anyone can get THAT happening, let me know...maybe I can ask my abovementioned friend that I was initially getting the review FOR)
urgeok, I agree...it's nice to have a film discussion going on for once...
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