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| "Am I laying the smacketh down, or having it laid down upon me?" |
Although reviews aren't typically something we will do on this site, if we see a film, we decided here at WSF that we may like to flatter ourselves in thinking that someone might actually care what we feel about it. It's kind of rare that we get to go these days, because life is busy for three guys that are aspiring to be busy people, but when we do, we'll force our opinion on you and make you like it. Last night I got to check out The Immortals, which I had been looking forward to for awhile. Here's the skinny:
-Visually, the movie was as cool as any I've ever seen. The cinematics were incredible, the fight sequences were awesome (for the most part), and the special effects were amazing. The way it looked was definitely my favorite part of the movie.
-Mickey Rourke was really good as the villain, as always. Has he been bad in anything since The Wrestler?
-Henry Cavill, playing the hero "Theseus", was also really good. Although it probably doesn't say much for the rest of the movie when at least five seperate times, I thought to myself, "This guy would be great as Superman!"
-Those are the only good things I can say about The Immortals. Seriously. I can't think of any more. The flow of the movie was weird and jumpy. Rourke made you hate his character, "King Hyperion", but other than Cavill, there wasn't anybody else in the movie that you liked that much more. Problems were too easily solved by both sides, throughout the movie. There were a couple of times where you felt like you were really getting set up for a cool moment.......that never happened. It was one disappointment after another. And here, for me, is the biggest:
-When I see the trailer for a film like this, and hear that it's "from the producers of 300", I have expectations for the protagonist. "Maximus" in Gladiator, "Leonidus" in 300, "Perseus" in Clash of the Titans. What do I expect, you ask? That they kick an enormous amount of butt with very little vulnerability until the final act. I want him to overcome insurmountable odds, the more ridiculous the better! 10 against one? Great. 20 to one? Awesome! 100 to one? Now your talking! "Theseus" began the movie in that vain, but it quickly faded. He was easily knocked down, out, over, and around. He needed the gods to save him. He needed his friends to save him. He would defeat 12 at once, and then get KO'd by a single random soldier in the next scene. Drove. Me. NUTS!
-I did not see this movie in 3D, mainly because nothing since Avatar has been worth shelling out the extra cash to see it in 3D, so that may have been a mistake. But overall, this movie was a huge disappointment for what I felt it should have been. We here at WSF haven't come up with a rating system yet, so for now I'll just give this film 2 1/2 Big Sticks out of, um...... 7.