Double Feature
I had the privilege to watch a double feature one evening and watch a third in advance. Book of Eli, The Lovely Bones and Legion will be reviewed here with a little excitement. Two of the three movies weren’t very good and highly predictable with a questionable cast (perhaps to earn a little extra money on the side). One of them is quite excellent. We’ll start with The Book of Eli:
While this movie does have it’s good action scenes, it lacks a lot: story, originality, dialogue, and writing. Half way through the movie you know what the book is and I won’t spoil anything for you, but the title gives a hint at it. Denzel does a nice job as a blind man, but I would think casting could have been better for his part. I’d settle for a younger Blade-like version of Denzel, but he did okay. Gary Oldman did a bad job acting and being a bad guy. The pace of the story was slow, but predictable and not interesting. I’ve seen post-apocalyptic movies before and they’ve been great (Mad Max) and they keep you guessing and siding with someone or something. Here, you get a dead pulse. 4 stars.
The Lovely Bones: This adaptation to the adultish book was hauntingly good. Marky Mark put on a good performance as did Stanley Tucci. Both individuals I’ll never look at the same again. The lead, played by a virtual unknown, plays a disturbingly good protagonist. This movie sends chills down the spine, be warned. It’s also pretty hard to take in some areas. After all, the book is about a a pedophile who murders children. You’ve been warned. The direction was hauntingly good and the dialog moved on just as well leading you into each scene. The chemistry of the actors worked out really well and this movie, by far, is the best of the bunch. I have to give this an 8.5.
Legion: Stay away from it. It stunk CG was terribly bad, and the acting was worse. Shame on you, Dennis Quaid. Shame on you, Tyrese Gibson. Shame on you Paul Bettany. Watch the Prophecy. It’s the same movie, only better. 2.
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