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The latest in a line of video game adaptations, Resident Evil was released over the weekend. While past conversions such as Super Mario Brothers and Street Fighter were box-office flops, Resident Evil has the chance to break the game-to-movie-flop habit. While the movie is not a straight port of the game, it can still offer a good viewing experience.
The movie takes place in Raccoon City, USA, within a secret underground research lab called The Hive. The lab's work on a cell regeneration medicine ("the T-Cell serum:) for the Umbrella Corporation has a very negative side effect: it reverts the donor into a creature with basic instinctive needs. A lab experiment causes the virus to be released in the air circulation system and, after a logic snafu from the Red Queen (The Hive's AI), this AI quarantines the lab and kills everyone who may have been exposed to the virus.
A SWAT team (not STARS, for the Resident faithful), is sent to find out what's going on. After finding Alice (Milla Jovovich), they break into the HIVE. The Red Queen's traps have fun with the troops, and one they figure things are going their way, the dead scientists of the HIVE are released. On top of that, they're all thirsty for blood.
From here, it goes into a Night of the Living Dead shoot-and-scream-a-thon. There are some genuine scares, but most of them are peppered with shouting and running. There wasn't enough time to get to know the characters before they start getting killed off. The movie tries to be like Aliens in some respects, and sometimes it works.
Plot notwithstanding, the movie still offers a good viewing. It is a shame that George Romero didn't take the project, as was the original plan. Instead, it was taken by Paul Anderson (Soldier, Event Horizon, Mortal Kombat), whose influences show with strobe lights, dark passageways, and a loud soundtrack. Go and see it during the matinee, or wait for it on video. AfterThought: For those who are also fans of anime, here is a video you may wish to download: Resident Eva . It uses the trailer's audio track and makes good use of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
didn't we do this a couple days ago ? another great nearly plotless, blow the badguys up game turned movie, not that hollywood can write anything better on its own...
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As long as they stick to Milla in a short skirt we should have a pretty good movie. If they insist on a plot or a storyline then all is lost. Also, if they are so foolish as to have other people in it then likewise all is lost. I would go see 2+ hours of scantily clad Milla kicking the crap out of CG anything...
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I feel bad for the guy hosting Resident Eva. It looks like it's being hosted on a personal machine..
Can I suggest that the people who do download it post it to Gnutella/GiFT/KaZaa, and that people try to download it there?
I don't want to wreck this guy's machine/bandwidth.
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Most importantly, I'm wondering if the characters (players?) in the movie can step side-to-side or if they've stayed true to the RE series and made them all move like tanks (turning on their axes). So which is it?
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This movie rules, but I must say, I really miss the emotional-sociological take on the zombie genre that George Romero has. His Night, Dawn, Day series is just a classic, the movies being more about the people breaking down under duress than the zombies and gore (but OH! those Zombies and Gore!).
And I love the first Return of the Living Dead (produced by John Russo, who co-authored Night of the Living Dead w/ Romero). The sequels to that film sucked, but the first one was a very effective horror comedy with some nice twists on the zombie theme (intelligent zombies, no sure-kill tactic)
While Resident Evil is a great rush, it just doesn't have the substance that the Romero films do. If you wanna REALLY be scared of zombies, get the DVD of Day of the Dead, lock yourself in a basement, and turn off all the lights. FRREEEAAAAKKKYYYY!
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While past conversions such as Super mario Brothers and Street Fighter were box office flops
Tomb Raider grossed about $131 million. Not a superhit but definitely not a flop.
Angelina Jolie probably helped that one out.
Ship twirls around and fires. Misses. Fires again. Hits a large asteroid. Fires again and hits a flying saucer. Keeps firing. Hits a small asteroid. Fires four times in rapid succession. Oh-oh, tiny fast-moving rock: hyperspace. Re-enters close to the screen. Oh oh oh, dangerous, moves closer to the middle. Tiny spaceship comes out. Ship fires and hits it. 1000 points. Fires. Misses. Fires again. Another tiny spaceship fires back and hits him.
Even if you've never played an RE game, the movie turns out to be a decent horror flick. Producers finally figured out that you don't just have to retell a game - you just have to get the feel of the game - the RE movie does this well. Even without the Resident Evil name, it's a decent movie.
In terms of production, the special effects were so-so (and erred on the side of cheese a couple times), and the audio was a bit badly mixed (might have been the theatre). The acting was great, as were the costumes. It doesn't go for cheap scares like most horror flicks, which is a welcome change.
Worth going to, if you don't mind gore, or just want to see a lot of zombie killing
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It would have been better if they stuck with the original story line and cleaned up the dialogue.
The first Resident Evil game was ground-breaking. It was one of the first really scary video games to come out after the advent of decent 3D graphics.
Previous "horror" video games tended to be more of a shoot-fest. Resident Evil was genuinely creepy. I literally jumped at a few points when playing it. Part of making a good thriller is pacing things appropriately. You have to let the tension build up for a while before you release it.
It's ironic that the movie (by all the reviews I've read) seems to be a regression to more of an action movie/"shooter" game style, rather than being true to the original. This may be the first instance where the movie adaptation of a video game is less cinematic than the video game that inspired it.
-Mark
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Why would you build a emergency cutoff system for an AI (in case it perhaps goes crazy) BEHIND defense systems controlled by the AI??
And why would an AI that we find out isn't crazy start freaking out over killing the infected chick? The AI shouldn't care, it should have calmly stated kill her or you all die, instead of screaming kill her over and over like that chick just ate her cookie.
Not a plot problem but the Matrix bullets have to go, getting sick of the rip offs.
Who directed this flick: Hey pal, load noises and sudden appearances on screen only work if you use them SPARINGLY. No audience is going to jump every five minutes at that shit.
All in all it was a good watch though, entertaining at least.
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"It is a shame that George Romero didn't take the project..."
It's even more of a shame that John Romero didn't take the project.
What with his obsession of story lines in video games, Resident Evil would have been nothing less than a smash hit.
Just ask him. I'm sure he'll agree.
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That is FUNNY! That would actually be a great movie short.
Now, in the spirit of modern-day marketing and product tie-ins, we will soon see a crappy game based off of this movie..
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The commercials seem to be rather short on zombies. There's lots of spooky ghosty-looking bullshit. Did they envision it as yet another haunted-house movie but with a few zombies?
I suggest that most of the zombies associated with the Resident Evil movie worked behind the camera in in the board room.
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Watching this movie was like taking a very bumpy rollercoaster ride, it was scare, breathe, scare, breathe.
My biggest problem with it is that everytime there was an opportunity to make you jump, the director took it. There was almost no suspence. It reminded me a lot of the game.
And while it _would've_ been better had Romero done it, it was still a pretty good movie. There was a plot (albeit a simple one) and everything. I would recommend this if you liked Soldier, Aliens, or The Crow.
I'm not sure if anybody at this site has reviewed it (I haven't yet, and I'm too lazy to look), but thatmoviesucked.com typically has decent reviews up of movies. Usually after they've been out for a week, sometimes longer. :-) No pre-view reviews here.
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I saw Resident Evil this weekend and came out with mixed feelings. The did a good job translating the way the game built tension into film, but no scene jolted me the way RE-2 did when I first ran into that licker.
I think the upcoming Blade 2 will probably fare better, but I am not sure by how much. The original had some great action scenes and soundtrack that looking back seem like The Matrix's missing link. It's a sequal though and they brought in a different director than the original.
I am also looking forward to Spiderman in May not just because of fond memories of the series when I was 12, but also that it's directed by Sam Raimi. He probably would have also been a good choice for RE.
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I must not be geeky enough to hate good movies, I'm sorry. I thought FF was pretty good, the Time Machine wasn't bad, Star Wars Ep. 1 was fun, etc. I haven't seen Resident Evil yet, but I can't see myself hating it. You guys/gals expect too much from these movies, and once your overinflated expectations aren't met, you blame the movie.
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This is the best movie based on a video game that I have ever seen. But that may be like saying she's the smartest supermodel of all time or something.
The Resident Evil game was basically a horror movie turned into a video game, so I guess it's pretty easy to turn it back into a horror movie. Still, for all it's big budget and Milla star power, it is just a horror movie. The genre isn't exactly deep. If you don't expect "something more", you can enjoy this movie.
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What a wonderful little action flick.
Of course I had reservations that Capcom had
pulled another Street Fighter the Movie, and
soon we'd see a Resident Evil the Movie The Game,
but thankfully it was really enjoyable.
Maybe I'm in a lone minority here, but I don't
have to have a complex plot and character
development to enjoy a hack and slash action
movie. I don't need to have twenty minute long
monologues detailing the philosophical
ramifications of the reanimated dead wanting to
eat BRAAAAIIIIIINSSSSSSSSSS. All I need are
sexy actors, sexy scenes, and a few good jump
scenes to make me happy. Sure, I'd LOVE to see
a video-game movie (I feel dirty refering to
them all like some sort of mutant sub genre) that
really makes me think and has some lasting
impact on society or some other sweeping hope,
but let's face it, despite how passionate many
of us are about various video games that we
think are genious, the widest audience for these
games, and thus the movies based after them,
probably just want to see things blown up
and a little T&A. So what happens? They go with
the lowest common denomonator, where the money
is. I think the Final Fantasy movie might be a
good example of what happens when you don't.
I, like several other people I know, absolutly
loved this movie. I enjoyed the odd concepts and
veiled hints of what was really going on. To me,
it felt alot like one of the bizzare plot lines
in some random Final Fantasy game that you just
want to attribute to a translation error.
Alot of people didn't like that. Those people
probably expected something a little bit
more base. Now Square Pictures is selling off
all their assets to try and make up for the loss.
Resident Evil however will appeal to a much
wider base. It works off a proven formula for a
good movie, one that I alluded to earlier--
Attractive cast, attractive sets, jump scenes,
and motivation toward a goal. Sure, it's overly
simplistic, but we can all think of movies that
followed this formula that did well enough in
their own right to be considered successes.
Maybe I'm not asking enough of the motion
picture industry when I go to be entertained,
but like most of everyone else, I'm only thinking
about what I want to see. And what I saw, I liked.
While past conversions such as Super Mario Brothers and Street Fighter were box-office flops, Resident Evil has the chance to break the game-to-movie-flop habit.
Guess he forgot all about the last three video-game movies to hit the big screen: Tomb Raider, Mortal Kombat and even Pokemon: The First Movie. They may not have been rippers in the plot department, but they were certainly financial successes for their respective studios.
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Producers realized you can get some free fans if you name your horror movie after a popular horror video game, even if you don't bother sticking to the plot.
It's true. Dragon's Lair is going to be made into a movie. Heard this from a friend of mine at a gaming store referancing one of the gaming mags.
I wonder how many of the old Dragon's Lair fanatics are going to be yelling, Left, Right, Right, Left, Up during certain portions of the movie.
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Saw Resident Evil at the Matinee... it's worth about $5. It had lots of zombies (good), and some full frontal nudity (very good).
The big problem with horror movies these days is that they're not really horror films... they're action movies with monsters thrown in. The plot in Resident Evil, for example, revolves around having to get out of dodge before the blast doors close in a predetermined amount of time ("You'll never dismantle the bomb in time, Mr. Bond!"). It wasn't "creepy", "horrific", "atmospheric", or "gory". But it did have zombies, so what are you gonna do?
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I totally wanted to see the movie, but I couldn't get my character through the doorway. I think it might have been the lighting aroud the theater, or perhaps the fact that my brain wasn't corresponding to my feet movement very well. I tried it for about an hour then got frustrated and left.
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I never played any of the Resident Evil games, but when and saw the movie this past Saturday.
It was decent, and worth the $5 admission. It is far from the best movie ever, but entertaining.
Some notes:
* The volume in the theatre I saw it in was turned up *way* too loud. Part of it was the soundtrack was mixed that way, but there were some times I jumped not because of the action on the scene, but rather because the noise was startling.
* The hologram girl was done well, and I was disappointed that she was not used more. She was creepy when used well.
* I had not realized they were going to make Jason X. The trailer came on and I could not stop from laughing. "He's... he's... mutated!" As a friend of mine stated: "Six young space cadets go on a routine training mission and find, on planet Hell, something alive. 'Let's bring it on board with us!' They will regret that... forever... Jason X."
* At times it felt a little too "Night of the Living Dead."
* There were some pretty major plot inconsistencies, but I suppose that cannot be helped in an action/horror movie like that.
* The special effects were good, and used sparingly enough to keep them entertaining.
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After seeing this piece of trash, someone pointed me to a review of the movie by Roger Ebert. Here's the link, and below is the first paragraph of the review. It's pretty funny, and it sums up the movie very well:
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"Resident Evil" is a zombie movie set in the 21st century and therefore reflects several advances over 20th century films. For example, in 20th century slasher movies, knife blades make a sharpening noise when being whisked through thin air. In the 21st century, large metallic objects make crashing noises just by being looked at.
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I'm not quite sure where all the bad reviews of this movie are coming from. I planned to see this movie last Saturday, but before hand, I looked up a few reviews. They were about 80% negative, so I decided to not go see it. The next day, a friend of mine pressured me into seeing it anyway, and it was awesome. The atmosphere was exactly like the games...sure there is some filler/fluff, and most of the characters die 20 minuets into the movie, but again, that is just like the game. If you haven't seen it, for sure don't post opinions, and at least give it a chance. To put this movie in the ranks of Street Fighter, or Super Mario Bros. is just silly.
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If you go over to Coming Attractions, you'll discover that George Romero wanted the project quite a bit, and had alot of cool ideas.
Capcom apparently didn't like being shown how to make a Zombie franchise.
Here's to hoping that RE starts a resurgance of Zombie movies so we can see George in action again.
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I did say "[Resident Evil] was one of the first really scary video games to come out after the advent of decent 3D graphics".
Alone in the Dark was somewhat creepy, but not really "horrific". Texture mapping is an essential ingredient to getting the visceral reaction from the viewer, I think. On the other hand, maybe I just like bloodstains on my zombies.
And I still say the scripting in Resident Evil was much better. The cinematic cut scenes were a really nice touch, too.
-Mark
Any of you listen to Mr. Skin on Howard Stern on Fridays? Mila Jovovich is nude in this movie. The first 15 minutes you see full toplessness with "pencil erasers" the size of foam earplugs.
Also in the last 10 minutes of the movie, you get to see her....uhm.... naughty bits..
Yes I've seen it. It could have been better, but these were the redeeming qualities.
Resident Evil, starring Milla Jovovich (yummy), is based on the video game of the same name. I've never played the game, but I assume it's pretty much the same general idea..
The plot is mind-numbingly simple: The Umbrella Corporation is the biggest company in the US. It makes all sorts of consumer products, and is involved in military tech, and viral and genetic research.
Deep underground beneath Raccoon City (yep, that's what it's called) is The Hive, Umbrella Corp's secret research facility..
The movie opens with someone stealing what turns out to be a mutagenic virus from one of the labs, and leaving a broken vial of the nasty stuff to cover their tracks. In response to the contamination, the facility AI brain seals all exits and kills all occupants.
There's really not much more to it than that.. We get to see Yummy Milla passed out naked in a shower stall, in a nice mansion, due to having been gassed by the Red Queen (the AI code name) defense system. We get a gratuitous nipple shot, and then the action picks up as an Alien's-style special forces team arrives to figure out what hapenned in The Hive.
What follows is a joy-ride of mindless violence, cool special effects and lots and lots of zombies.
There's a few plot-related explanations that strangely hold together pretty well, but 'plot' is not what this movie is about.. It's about action, suspense, effects, soundtrack, and of course, Yummy Milla in a short evening dress doing acrobatic fight scenes.
It's been said that "Every Breath You Take" is the perfect Pop Song.. It's devoid of content, but it has everything a great pop song needs to succeed. A good beat and melody, plenty of rhyming and easy to recall lyrics, and a simple structure that doesn't test even the most mundane of brains.
This movie is the perfect Popcorn Movie. It's got a non stop mix of suspense and shock, which alternates with loud gunfire, growling monsters, and the occasional computer-screen overlay.. It's a study in brilliant, yet vapid, entertainment.
It's Night of the Living Dead, on Methamphetamine.
And best of all, it's more than just a movie about the game "Resident Evil". All you need to do is replace Yummy Milla with a male, and the openning "virus theft" sequence with an experiment in trans-dimensional travel, and suddenly, it's also a movie about the game "Doom".. Seriously, right down to the final scene, except there isn't a bunny-head on a stick anywhere in sight..
If you've got $8.50 burning a hole in your pocket, this is a fun, albeit mindless 2 hours on which to spend it.
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I'm sorry, but everyone yaps about how bad RE is in movie form. Super Mario Brothers sucked. Mortal Kombat was only slightly less so thanks to a decent soundtrack and some faux kung-fu action grip. However nothing is worse than Wing Commander.
I once read a review for WC that said simply this: "This movie is an insult to the sum of humanity."
And I couldn't agree more.
...who thought "Hey, I've played this level of Half-Life!" when they first entered the Hive complex?
#1) Ebert is an idiot.
#2) Anyone expecting much more out of this movie than what it delivers is expecting too much. It's delivers cheap scares, Milla in a dress and a gun, and the occasional nostalgia of actually playing the video games. If you want Oscar-level stuff go rent a Ron Howard film. If you want an entertaining movie that won't make you feel guilty you watched it, get this.
#3) It's at least worth a rental, but probably not the full ticket price...unless you are bored
#4) Ebert is an idiot. Is review is little more than a plot synopsis, and not even a very good one. I question whether he even watched the movie.
#5) If seeing Milla J. act like a badass and be half-naked from time to time isn't enough reason for the average male to see this film, then M. Rodrigrez's sultry tough girl act should wrap it up for you.
#6) Milla actually does a pretty good job despite a two dimensional character who mostly just acts surprised throughout the film. Despite rumors, she's a pretty darn good actress (watch The Messenger if you don't believe me)
#7) Ebert is an idiot.
#8) Ebert is an idiot.
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Look at what a garbage movie the 5th element was, but it was so well worth watching for Milla Jovavich. Hell, even the Blue Lagoon 2 was viewable. Plus, zombies are funny.
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Milla is a cutie and all but my lord that was THE WORST sound I have ever heard in a movie. I sat there the *entire* movie with my ears plugged.
the sharp very very loud stabbing sounds to add some dramatic effect to _every_ turn of milla's head was just making me wince through the whole thing.
I think that the only reason that milla was in there was to over deliver on her signature surprised look.
and the other girl - michelle rodriguez. WORST ACRTESS in recent memory. I wanted to punch her by the end of the flick.
ALL in all - RE SUCKED MAJOR ASS. dont waste a dime.
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They spent the whole movie foreshadowing this creepy creature that escapes and then focus on the zombies. I've seen zombies; I go to work on Monday mornings. Give us more scary mutants and bitch computers.
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Better animation, much funnier, and better story.
More relevant to geeks than Resident Evil is. And gotta love that squirrel!
Resident Evil is pretty darned lame - the ONLY reason to watch it is you play the game. Why doesn't anyone jump sideways when the zombies shuffle in straight lines towards them?
Flawed movie. Total waste of bucks.
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Bah, Resident Evil was never truly frightening. It just had lots of ambush shock value. The sensation of fear came from being so wound up wondering when the next baddie was going to jump you.
If you want frightening, play Silent Hill. *shiver*
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There was one scene in this movie that was a typical kind of horror scene, where you know where you know what is about to happen. My roommate and i were sitting there in a row by ourselves in this dark cold theatre and we had a short dialogue that went like this:
Him: Oh god, it's going to happen.
Me: What?
Him: She's going to open her eyes.
Me: What?
Him: Look, it's going to happen, oh god oh god.
(At this point he was more or less drooling on himself with fright)
3 seconds later, what he was drooling in fear about, which we both knew was going to happen, happened, and we and everyone else in the theatre jumped.
The acting was not overly great or in anyway different from what I was expecting, but we made sure we checked our brains at the door. Doing that allowed us to have a great time and really enjoy a strong Zombie flick.
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Jesus, some of these opinions on Resident Evil are flat out pathetic. "Milla is hot, so I'll go see it". People who say things like that are the reasons bad movies get made. Hollywood thinks they can sell the same garbage repackaged 10 ways to Sunday to the public, and the public is DUMB ENOUGH to let them.
If you love Milla so much, download some pictures of her. Don't go spent $7 on a bad movie which does nothing but re-iterate "I'm an idiot, please keep making crap because I don't know any better" to Hollywood.
They were just clawing and biting. How the hell is that basic instinctive needs? Basic instinctive needs would have meant an orgy of zombies.
Hey, is it necrophilia if you and your partner are dead?
I was just happy to see a horror movie nowadays with the cast of the WB in it.
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You know the feeling (this might be foreign to /. readers, who are likely more skilled than not at games) you get when you're stuck being Luigi, and the kid who got to be Mario is really good, and makes it to like level 6 before you get your turn? Not that this movie wasn't alright for an action/horror sort of flick (worth a 0.99 rental from the corner store), but that's kind of the feeling I got from this movie. The movie may have strayed from the game, but a lot of the footage was shot like a game anyway.
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I goto the movies many times(my roommate is the manager) and I noticed during RE the volume was turned up really loud. That plus creatures and zombies jumping out will make anyone jump out of their seat. I remember the train scenes from the game Resident Evil 2. The way the movie concluded it made way for a pretty interesting sequal(if this movie does good enough.)
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I wonder how many parents are going to freak out with that full-frontal crotch shot Milla gives us near the end? I mean, it's quick, but it sure is fine. Yes, it's an R rated movie, but you don't see short fuzzies in most movies.
I was really amazed by this movie. It makes no compromises. There is zombies and guns and kicking. And then zombie dogs and lasers and shooting and yelling. After that is running and monsters and sparks and crashes. Well, and Milla.
The pauses for exposition were short, and the movie didn't really have any goals but sustaining tension. It didn't play around trying to set up some victorious climax or crazy plot twist or romance. It just kept with the zombies and the shooting and the "tension building music".
It certainly isn't my favorite movie, but it's certainly something. The thing it reminds me most of is, well, a video game.
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Let's not stir that bag of worms...
A good, straight-forward horror flick. Nothing more, nothing less. But watch as we get deconstructive commentary on this piece from armchair critics, as well as these two inevitable comments:
1) "Milla Jovovich - great tits but sucks as an actress"
2) "Like Tomb Raider with Angelina Jolie - who has great tits but sucks as an actress"
No doubt by the same people who think that Drew Barrymore is the height of talent.
Just three things, little boys:
a) whether or not they're good or bad, they're still better actors than you'll ever be;
b) Angelina, Milla, and their tits: laughing all the way to the bank. Shrewd ladies; smarter than most slashdotters, apparently; and
c) no matter what happens at any time during your pathetic lives, *you* will never have the opportunity to touch *those* tits.
Ever.
Max
My god carries a hammer. Your god died nailed to a tree. Any questions?
the wizard, remember when conventions were cool. I'd love to see nintendo or sony bring back the travelling video game competitions/trade shows open to the general public with a nice circus atmosphere...
hell, it'd be nice to see comdex lose the age restrictions and promote itself as a technology fair. lets face it, computers and video games have been bigger flops then any movies based on them. anyone seen a VR headset or gloves in a retail store since VR Boy or the nintendo powerglove ? post 2000 and the greatest leaps in portable technology are in adding walkman capabilities and "colour" to our portable address books (palm, windows ce, etc)...
- tensions in our lives that are attacking our minds, unite themselves together to make our consciousness blind - op'ivy
after a logic snafu from the Red Queen (The Hive's AI), this AI quarantines the lab and kills everyone who may have been exposed to the virus.
I don't think this was a logic snafu. If I was setting this computer up to protect scary shit like that virus, I would have it use any means necessary to make sure that the virus never saw the light of day. Too bad they didn't equip it with a self destruct system like they had in the movie "Andromedia Strain". If I was setting up a lab like this there sure as hell would be a way to make sure that the facility was destroyed and no one would ever be able to get into it.
what a joke these mods are, the point of the post was that these video game turned movie reviews are getting redundant. ooh hot girl, decent game, movie leaves something to be desired, no wait, the game left something to be desired, they just carried the pathetic plot over, oh well, don't worry, plenty of nerdy guys who aren't getting any with spare time & money on their hands to go see the movie, who cares if they're educated, they're not getting any...
come'n save the bandwidth for real articles and pull your self righteous head out of your ass. as if modding me down is going to help your odds at getting a babe like Jovovich =P
- tensions in our lives that are attacking our minds, unite themselves together to make our consciousness blind - op'ivy
No one seemed to notic there is a pussy shot of our favorite 5th Element charater. Sorry Bruce, you my second favorite 5E charater.
I like the fact that most people died in this movie. They introduced quite a few people in this movie, and I thought it was going to be a crap version where everyone lives in the end. In the end I was very pleased to see that only 1 really survived. I mean she was afer all the star, can't blame them for that.
Can I get an eye poke?
Dog House Forum
int movie_analysis (char movie_direction, char actress, char naked, double breast_sizerating)
{
int movie_score;
if (actress) {
if (actress == "Milla Jovovich") {
if (movie_direction == "no plot") movie_score = 7;
if (naked) movie_score = 10;
return (movie_score);
}
if (actress == "Angelina Jollie") {
if (movie_direction == "no plot") movie_score = 8;
if (naked) movie_score = 10;
return (movie_score);
}
}
if ((breast_sizerating > 7) && (naked)) {
if (movie_direction == "plot") movie_score = 1;
if (movie_direction == "no plot") movie_score = 6;
return (movie_score);
}
if (naked) movie_score = 6;
if (movie_direction == "no plot") movie_score = 0;
if (movie_direction == "plot") movie_score = 5;
return (movie_score);
}
So are we done boycotting the MPAA? Guess so! Whoo!
I too ventured out to see Milla Jovavitch in a short skirt battle the undead, and while I did enjoy it, I can't wait for the DVD to see if they put some of he violence back in. It felt like Dawn of the Dead, but without hald of it's violence. This is a video game filled with gratuitous violence. Other than a few key shots these Zombies pretty much blocked all the gore. Sure their was blood, but not enough, especially for it's R rating.
The team sent into The Hive were neither STARS nor SWAT, it was a team sent by Umbrella Corp. themselves. Hence the detailed maps, knowledge and equipment to disable Red Queen, and lack of communication with reinforcements. They were sent to investigate what happened to Red Queen and to shut her down, and thanks to Umbrella concealing The Hive well underground, no SWAT team would've even known about it, let alone Red Queen or the T-Virus.
-Anti-brian
I was going to reply to your comment but it's not here any longer.
Maybe next time.
If there are any fans of Hellboy here you'll be pleasantly surprised to learn that Hellboy creator and genius extraordinaire, Mike Mignola, consulted the producers of Resident Evil on special effects.
Ok, so no character or plot developement to speak of. Silly makeup and some rather cheap CGI. Stilted dialogue (Just ... do ... it). These are all things that I expected, and I got them. Of COURSE this was a lousy movie, but it was also creepy and provided some good scares (my date was hiding under her jacket half the time). It looks like they're gearing up for a sequel considering how the movie ended, and maybe this time they will pay a starving screenwriter living in a one-room hovel in LA an extra $50 to write an actual script. We'll see.
By far the best part of the movie was the trailer for "XXX", starring the ever-expressive Vin Diesel. I mean, how can a movie with Static-X's "Bled for Days" in the soundtrack be bad?
Capcom is doing a remake of the original RE for the Gamecube this year. The graphics are hella-improved, and they rearranged the mansion and added a bunch of stuff. They must have done a good job, too, because Famitsu (a Japanese mag that is very stringent on it's ratings: the only game to ever get a perfect score was The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time) gave it 39 out of 40.
BlackGriffen
A tribute to Resident Evil's Barry Burton - if you can play realaudio and have played the first game, you need to see this, especially the link at #10.
Murray, the evil demonic skull muahahaha
Yes, you see Milla's right nipple (wowza, that's a big nipple) and Milla's pussy as well (looks like she shaves ;-)).
Maybe I'll see it after all, then.
Best game to movie transfer ever. The TV trailers do the movie zero justice. Even the kung-fu dog kick makes sense in the movie. This is a good movie- starts creepy, goes into action. Not for everyone, but Res Evil fans will get a real kick out of this flick.
As to all the bashing this film is getting- half of the negative comments I've read so far are just wrong, these people did not even see the film! Seriously, their statements are just utter bullshit! Totally made up; I didn't notice this because this is the first movie I've gone to since Star Wars Ep1, but the people who slammed this movie are the same people who have slammed other movies with nonsense. Are they shills? Probably. Can I prove it? No.
The other half of the negative responses seem to focus on a single subject- not enough gore, bad dialogue, whatever. Yeah, even "Gone to the Wind" had a few weak points, but whatever.
Yes, this film has flaws, but I would say it has a whole lot less flaws than most films. But let the flame boys go jack themselves, and just go watch a matinee showing of the film- you will be pleasantly surprised.
Vote monkeys into Congress. They are cheaper and more trustworthy.
Now if they only made Parasite Eve - the original cinematic RPG - into a movie. :-)
Watch for RE 2 coming out next summer. True to the game it will be almost exactly like the first movie except with a male character running around doing similar stuff. Wait a second, that's a pretty good description of all hollywood sequels...
I can actually think of two (semi)good reasons for comdex to have an age restriction:
1) The need to limit the crowding somehow, and the best way to do this is to get rid of people who won't be buying much.
2) Legal liability: If a minor causes a lot of damage, it can be very difficult (read: impossible) to get him to pay for all of the damages as you can't make somebody pay what they don't have.
I know the latter is rather weak and suspect that it is the former lying behind the age restriction, but I'm also convinced that the Comdex planners have a team of lawyers advising them.
Opinions are not Informative, though they may be Insightful or Interesting.
I grabbed the Apache status page just before I shut it down, but I can't paste it into this post, because the lameness filter doesn't like it. It'll be at http://tharkun.dyndns.org/slashdotted-status.txt tomorrow.
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Do I look like I speak for my employer?
mind you i haven't been to comdex in a couple years, the last time i went(2000), it had dwindled down to 1/4 it's size from a few years prior, i don't know anyone in the industry that even bothers to go now. anyone in the know has already read all the latest info online, and the one chance to get the public excited about new products is completely wasted. it should be noted that in 1999 or 2000, the local geeks from sfu with their vanlug (vancouver linux users group or something) had the one of the most popular booths. who in the industry wants to watch some M$ lackey show off the new features in internet explorer ?
- tensions in our lives that are attacking our minds, unite themselves together to make our consciousness blind - op'ivy
This incident was finally enough motivation for me to finally work out how to install mod_throttle. So now the server's back up - it's just going to kick you out if there's too much bandwidth being used at the moment.
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wasn't Mortal Kombat a good movie? I enjoyed it, something I can't say for the other ones you mention..
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Internet Explorer (n): Another bug -- that is, a feature that can't be turned off -- in Windows.
there wasn't any problems with sound where i went. They did rely on sound though for every "scary" moment, there werent any scary visuals.
I agree with you on michelle rodriguez, i havent really liked her performances in any of her movies, RE, FATF, and girlfight
Bring back the old version of slashdot.
...can anyone explain to me why the zombies can not feed on each other but must consume creatures that are alive?
Good point, now, can anyone explain why we must feed on innocent livestock when there are plenty of criminals on death row that would make fine morsels?
I saw Resident Evil matinee today, and sat through the opening ads.
The Toyota "Matrix" car.
no comment.
Lipton Brisk Iced Tea.
Near the end when they are throwing eggs and goo at the billboard for the iced tea, the Danny DeVito puppet chucks an egg at the "D" in GOOD, and it splats into E.T.
What movie is being re-released?
E.T.
Subliminal messages are alive and well out there.