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Addendum: something I forgot

We watched The Island last night. On the one hand, this is one of those very rare instances where critics ought to be allowed to employ the word "derivative." The list of films from which The Island lifts everything from plot to design to dialogue are far too numerous to mention. Start with Metropolis, move along to Logan's Run, then Coma, then The Fifth Element and The Matrix, and you start to get the picture. And yet, on the other hand, recognizing that it lacks even a scintilla of that overrated commodity originality, it was still quite enjoyable as the Big Dumb Action Film that it was. I cannot deny that I had fun watching The Island and will not try. It's worth a rental. However, I stand astounded at the fact that films like this have such budgets lavished upon them. Do producers actually watch movies or do they only listen to "high concept" pitches? One must wonder, especially after seeing The Island. Someone thought this was a very intelligent film, and I have to wonder about that, as well.

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greyaenigma
Dec. 18th, 2005 03:07 am (UTC)
Not to mention Parts: The Clonus Horror.
greygirlbeast
Dec. 18th, 2005 03:12 am (UTC)
Not to mention Parts: The Clonus Horror.

Yep. Like I was saying, the list goes on and on and on. I must have named at least thirty movies while we were watching it.
imaget
Dec. 18th, 2005 05:00 am (UTC)
It's good to know that someone besides me can appreciate the Big Dumb Action Film for what it is.
greygirlbeast
Dec. 18th, 2005 05:24 am (UTC)
It's good to know that someone besides me can appreciate the Big Dumb Action Film for what it is.

I consider myself an aficionado  of the BDAF.

Love you icon, by the way.
emrecom
Dec. 18th, 2005 06:33 am (UTC)
The writer of The Clonus Horror sued.
greygirlbeast
Dec. 18th, 2005 07:01 am (UTC)
The writer of The Clonus Horror sued

I did not know that. But I can't exactly blame them.
robyn_ma
Dec. 18th, 2005 04:22 pm (UTC)
The first half of the movie was surprisingly not-insulting, coming from a director like Michael Bay. Then people started falling off buildings inside giant Rs and it lost me.
greygirlbeast
Dec. 18th, 2005 05:08 pm (UTC)
Then people started falling off buildings inside giant Rs and it lost me.

That was a very large R, wasn't it? And very red, too.
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