The acting and the dialogue in Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child aren't always the greatest, but I enjoyed it anyway.
I didn't know that Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child was a small-budget movie. I just saw a trailer for it and thought it looked interesting. The trailer kind of misrepresents what it is. It basically shows the first 10 minutes of the movie, but there's a lot more to it than that. The timeline is kind of crazy. It's all over the place. But I liked it. It kept things interesting. And I liked the chapter headings. The only thing that didn't work at all was the slo-mo during the jail fight. That was super weird.
Death Race is a great movie. Death Race 3: Inferno is not. There
were multiple times when I was watching this that I wished I hadn't wasted my
time. The concept is still cool, and there are a few enjoyable moments and
lines, but not nearly enough to make up for the painfully terrible acting.
Death Race, I wish I knew how to quit you. I thought I was
going to get to see The Illusionist (animated one, not Edward Norton), but the
library didn't have it in stock after all. I was frustrated enough about that
to just watch Death Race 3 without doing any research on it. Death Race was a
great movie, and all I remember about Death Race 2 was that it sucked. The
trailer for Death Race 3 looked promising, so I gave it a shot.
That turned out to be a mistake. The acting was so bad it was downright
painful to watch. The star, the navigator, the villain, practically every actor
in the entire movie was terrible. Danny Trejo, Fred Koehler and Ving Rhames
were fine, but that's about it. There were actually a few good lines, but most
of the writing was terrible. The driver introductions were totally flat; no
info about the driver at all, just a flashy picture with their name. They did
have a couple interesting drivers; I actually felt sorry for all of them when
they died, which wasn't a good direction to go.
I guess because Luke Goss sucked so much, I really didn't
care about Frankenstein, and I wasn't interested in him beating the other
drivers. So much of the movie made no sense. Why were the prisoners always
allowed to tell all the guards to leave? Why was Katrina randomly washing the
floor by Carl's cell?
Perfectly average movie. Bale and Hardy were good, and the story was
interesting, but nothing really blew me away. At least I can say I saw
Batman on opening day without getting shot.
It had a few flat moments, but it was everything I expected and more.
The characters were likeable, the action was exciting, the story and
ideas behind the race were simple but interesting. The soundtrack was
surprisingly awesome, with the exception of one horrible choice at the
end. And I did finally like Jason Statham in something, yay.
Somehow I think the manga must've been better. This was probably the
goriest movie I've ever seen, and besides that, it was pretty dopey, but
it did have a couple of worthwhile moments. The only plot argument I
have is that although he's fighting against corrupt jailers, he's also
fighting to free legitimate criminals who actually belong in jail, which
is a little weird.
