Underworld

[robinturner]

I've just watched Underworld - that's the one with vampires and werewolves, in case you were about to confuse it with one of the other half dozen films of that name. I think it's proof that a film can be so derivative as to make you laugh out loud and still be enjoyable. We are talking Whitewolf's RPG Vampire, the Masquerade (specifically the "Under a Blood Red Moon" scenario) meets The Matrix. I mean if you are going have your heroine wear a PVC top and hold an automatic pistol in each hand, at least don't give her a long leather trenchcoat as well. Everything about this film said "I am a cheap imitation" (or rather a very expensive imitation, judging by the SFX) but even so, I loved it.

Comments

[klig.livejournal.com]

Such a pity that Kate Beckinsale is so thin now. When she had some meat on her bones she was teh hawt, as it were.

[xlnyc.livejournal.com]

I believe they are working on a sequal. I liked the first one, even though I wanted it to be better.
hopefully it will.

[drx.livejournal.com]

You forgot "Romeo and Juliet" in your list. Heh.

[ironed_orchid]

It was pretty funny, but nothing compared to the laugh out loud 'oh how can the scriptwriter be serious' hilarity that was Van Helsing. Which also features Kate B in a corset.

[several-bees.livejournal.com]

Eh. I found Van Helsing mostly boring; sure, the plot was broken, and the acting was intermittently competent at best, and the script was dreadful, but it was all done in such a dull way. Underworld was all those things plus entertaining. I think the guns helped. And the coats were more dramatic, which is always a good thing.

[solri.livejournal.com]

Heh, indeed!

[solri.livejournal.com]

Coats maketh the film.