screen |skr_n| |skrin| |skri_n| noun • a blank, typically white or silver surface on which a photographic image is projected : the world's largest movie screen • movies or television; the motion-picture industry : she's a star of the stage as well as the screen. verb [ trans. ] • protect (someone) from something dangerous or unpleasant • evaluate or analyze (something) for its suitability for a particular purpose or application
Friday, January 20, 2006
Underworld:Evolution
A movie of lengthy prologues, multiple flashbacks, and riddled with expository explanations of an elaborate back-story involving an endless war between vampires and werewolves. Admittedly, Beckensale’s posterior looks pretty awesome in that shiny, black leather costume, this movie made almost no sense to me. (…and I have no memory of the first one, which I know I saw.) Beckensale, who could’ve gotten an Oscar nom last year for The Aviator if Blanchette hadn’t gotten it, commits fully to the fetish leather and fake karate. There’s also a couple of old British dudes, who, if I’m not mistaken, are Shakespearian trained, and who wallow in their Goth-horror-villain dialogue with aplomb. The secret to these vampire movies: don’t load me down with a bunch of plot. Just suck.
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