Comments on: I Barely Knew ‘im! http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/i-barely-knew-im/ Lollards in the high church of low culture Tue, 29 May 2012 06:49:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Tracer Hand http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/i-barely-knew-im/#comment-677857 Tracer Hand Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:33:43 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=17345#comment-677857 She actually does kick some ass, though never as much as you'd like her to. She deserved more. A set-piece duel, perhaps (or some clever trick to wipe out a bunch of clowns at once - though as per above, this movie doesn't do clever). The movie sets her up as a deep character (a loner who trusts no one; tending to the ship's biology lab; being a complete ass-kicker; etc) but she ends up just kind of running around with Ben Foster and looking hot. She actually does kick some ass, though never as much as you’d like her to. She deserved more. A set-piece duel, perhaps (or some clever trick to wipe out a bunch of clowns at once – though as per above, this movie doesn’t do clever). The movie sets her up as a deep character (a loner who trusts no one; tending to the ship’s biology lab; being a complete ass-kicker; etc) but she ends up just kind of running around with Ben Foster and looking hot.

]]> By: swanstep http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/i-barely-knew-im/#comment-677688 swanstep Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:59:03 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=17345#comment-677688 Bad sign about this film: its, surely deliberately, very misleading poster. I assumed that the gal whose face is biggest and center - in star position - was Milla Jovovich. It looks like her, the poster primes us for that identification by saying the film's from the creators of Resident Evil, and who else could earn star position? And, beyond that, this is exactly the sort of ropey semi-sci fi, video-game B-movie that Milla J. has slummed in for the last decade (after starting out rather brilliantly in things like The Claim). The upshot: it *has* to be her. But alarm bells start to ring: her name's nowhere on the poster. And, looking closer, maybe that isn't her after all? It couldn't/shouldn't be, since quaid and foster alone get any sort of billing. Looking at the film's wiki page, I gather that the second thought is correct, moreover it's clear from the plot summary there the only possible 'dishy gal' character is very minor (evidently playing a significant role only at the very end of the film). It turns out then, that *not only* is this movie Milla-free, it doesn't even fulfill the poster's (arguable) secondary promise, of (at least in part) having an implausibly gorgeous, Milla-wannabe kicking level after level of video-game-baddie butt. Of course, I'm pretty sure that the film has many much more serious problems than just just its intentionally, and I believe multiply misleading advertizing (its plot sounds like it combines several ludicrous and unsatisfying twists - e.g., surprise! we're actually underwater!). Still, that a reasonably big-budget film felt free to use the deceptive marketing practices of a sideshow barker is remarkable. Bad sign about this film: its, surely deliberately, very misleading poster. I assumed that the gal whose face is biggest and center – in star position – was Milla Jovovich. It looks like her, the poster primes us for that identification by saying the film’s from the creators of Resident Evil, and who else could earn star position? And, beyond that, this is exactly the sort of ropey semi-sci fi, video-game B-movie that Milla J. has slummed in for the last decade (after starting out rather brilliantly in things like The Claim). The upshot: it *has* to be her.

But alarm bells start to ring: her name’s nowhere on the poster. And, looking closer, maybe that isn’t her after all? It couldn’t/shouldn’t be, since quaid and foster alone get any sort of billing.

Looking at the film’s wiki page, I gather that the second thought is correct, moreover it’s clear from the plot summary there the only possible ‘dishy gal’ character is very minor (evidently playing a significant role only at the very end of the film). It turns out then, that *not only* is this movie Milla-free, it doesn’t even fulfill the poster’s (arguable) secondary promise, of (at least in part) having an implausibly gorgeous, Milla-wannabe kicking level after level of video-game-baddie butt.

Of course, I’m pretty sure that the film has many much more serious problems than just just its intentionally, and I believe multiply misleading advertizing (its plot sounds like it combines several ludicrous and unsatisfying twists – e.g., surprise! we’re actually underwater!). Still, that a reasonably big-budget film felt free to use the deceptive marketing practices of a sideshow barker is remarkable.

]]> By: Tracer Hand http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/i-barely-knew-im/#comment-677616 Tracer Hand Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:33:11 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=17345#comment-677616 Previous review here - http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/10/panda-decorum/ We even used the same poster! Previous review here -

http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/10/panda-decorum/

We even used the same poster!

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