MrWally Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Okay, so my friend had a birthday party and of course wanted to go to the movies. Typical of a teenage girl, right? So we're there and I obviously want to see The Illusionist, which looks stunning, innovative, and cinematically beautiful all at the same, while everyone else there wanted to see The Covanent. Succumbing to peer pressure, I of course agreed. Bad idea. After the movie, everyone was like "omg! it was soooo good! Who was you favorite character?! Man, I can't wait for the sequel!" And it SUCKED. Horribly. It was poorly cast, the lighting was crappy, the acting was definately sub-par, and the storyline was innovative at best. It had nude shower scenes just to catch the guy's attentions, and close ups on swimmer's speedos to keep the girls awake, both of which were definately not needed. In fact, the only good thing I can say for this movie is that the cinematogarphy wasn't bad. Like most "horror" (there wasn't a single scary scene in the movie, btw), it had pretty unique camera angles and such, and they definately weren't over used. And the special effects were pretty good. So this leads me to my question: When are screenwriters, film directors, and production studios going to realize that special effects, nude women, hot guys, and a couple witty one liners don't make a good movie? Come on. And what pisses me off even more, that this was number 1 at the box office for a while, and some people actually LIKE crap like this. I think I need to find new friends :/ Seriously, when are we finally going to get an innovative, original story, along with a brilliant cast, gifted directors, and a good budget backing them up? I feel as if I'm starting to lose faith in the film industry. [/rant] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 [quote=MrWallySeriously, when are we finally going to get an innovative, original story, along with a brilliant cast, gifted directors, and a good budget backing them up? I feel as if I'm starting to lose faith in the film industry. [/rant] NEVAR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Obi-Wan Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Any movie with nude babes is bonus! As it was in Snakes on a Plane. Well, the Covenant was one of the movies ,my buudy and I could have chosen to see that tonight, but we picked "Girdiron Gang". Btw, it was an awesome movie. We choose not to see the Covenant, as a result. I honestly thought the movie looked like crap. And do did my friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 hm... from the trailers it looked kinda cheesy like a x-men ripoff... still its only number one cause there is nothing else that can amuse people with short attention spans... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 It looks like The Craft, only without Fairuza Balk. Yes, I like my women kinda wild and naughty. Those eyes of hers are awsome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Urrg, I would have never seen that ****ty movie. Entire time I've seen the previews I just wanted to skip them. So lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pho3nix Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 They really should make a movie called "Not another B-movie!. meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoxStar Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 They're capitalist pigs, those movie makers. Such as with jarhead Producer "OK, we've got a solider's memoirs on the apparent lack of war in Iraq" Producer 2 "Hmm... lets pander to the teenage crowd and spice it up" Producer "I say Jake Gyllenhaul should be in it, he's a stud Producer 2 "We need more marketability, lets throw Jamie Foxx in there, and use Kanye West's Jesus Walks as background music!" Producer "PERFECT! Kids are too stupid to know that the song has nothing to do with the movie" Producer 2 "Lastly, we throw the only semi epic scene in the trailer to excite the not-so-dumb in the theater" I ****ing hate people >.< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWally Posted September 17, 2006 Author Share Posted September 17, 2006 F***. I wish we here at the forums could make a movie and show people how it's done. The Covenant looks like complete crap. You should've taken my advice and gone to the Illusionist, Hollywoodland, or possibly the Black Dahlia. It was actually your "review" on the Illusionist that I was considering when I said I wanted to see it, that combined with the fact that the trailer looks awesome. And yes, in case I haven't made myself clear, never see The Covanent. Ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toms Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Jarhead was good.. Just watched the trailer for the covenant.. boy it looks generic and bad! It looks just like The Craft, but with boys. It rips off the "droping from roof into crouch" from Underworld. the whole look and feel looks SO generic. Its currently rated at 19% on metacritic and 4.5 out of 10 on IMDB. I think i'll give it a miss. Though i'm obviouslt not its target demographic anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWally Posted September 17, 2006 Author Share Posted September 17, 2006 It also recienved 2% on Rottentomatoes, last time I checked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagobahn Eagle Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Generic, cliché-filled movies sell, unfortunately. On the other end of the spectrum, truly creative and unique movies generally do badly as the audience is largelly afraid to "take the plunge" and try something new. The same applies to video games, in fact, which is why innovative and different titles such as Thief and Ground Control never really caught on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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