I didn't want to spend the $10 to see Doom in the theatre, but a couple of bucks to rent the DVD piqued my interest. First let me say that this movie is dark. But not in the twisted way, I mean in the "somebody turn the fracking light on" way. In some scenes only small portions of faces thinly lit appeared from the milky blackness. I suppose that fits since the number one complaint about the game was that it was too dark and had people all over the world cranking up the brightness on their monitors all the way to 11.
This movie is like Dragon Slayer dark, but a lot, lot worse. I wouldn't mention it, except for the fact that it completely ruined the whole movie experience for me and thus rendered all other salient points of interest around the film irrelevant. Clearly this is not a good movie. What I saw of the acting was bad, and what I understood of the plot was a joke. But I knew that going in. Hell, I saw Resident Evil in the theatre! I know from bad. But at least Resident Evil I could see!
So... my suggestion... unless you want to spend hours cranking the brightness on your TV skip this movie. You may just find that when you can see the picture, you won't care enough for it to have been worth the effort.
It's so sad, I didn't play the game becuase it was too dark. And now I hate the movie, because it's too dark. What? Are there some fans of deep dark images that are only vaguely recognizable out there? I'm sure there are, but why do they feel the need to torture us by creating eye strain... Ah, I get it... This was probably executive produced by some Lasix guys. They could stand outside the theatre with flyers; Now that you have screwed up your eyesight and can't see shit, visit Dr. Hanly just up the stairs to the right. Watch your step!
Posted by jherr at February 28, 2006 11:08 AMHere is my question: Will you see BloodRayne on DVD?
BTW, Matt loves Resident Evil, the movie, for some odd reason.
Posted by: bsaz at February 28, 2006 01:51 PMThat's a good question. I had totally forgotten about BloodRayne since it was cancelled after the first showing at my 25-o-plex. ;-)
The answer is maybe. These are the kind of movies I see when I make my second pass around the new releases section. If I don't find anything even somewhat acceptable the first time around, I check to see if I'm in the mood to dump a few brain cells, then check out one of these beauties.
So if Matt liked Resident Evil, did he like Resident Evil 2?
Posted by: jherr at February 28, 2006 02:20 PMI am not sure he saw it. I will say, though, the teaser for RE2 was pretty good. It was a teaser disguised as a cosmetics commercial.
I read that Bloodrayne (actually a fav vid game of mine) was so bad that some exhibitors refused to show it.
Posted by: bsaz at February 28, 2006 03:28 PMWow. Exhibitors refused to show it? That's ballsy. Given how much the take is geared towards the studios it is a wonder that the movie houses would refuse anything.
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