Day: December 7, 2005

Hats off. Not only is he a fine screenwriter and one of my favorite playwrights, he’s got a lot of guts.

‘Aeon Flux’ is not as much fun as it should be. The action sequences are OK, but it takes itself far too seriously, and I’m getting tired of these “dangers of cloning” movies. ‘The Island’ was bad enough, but this one also tries to sell the joys of nature, in all its wildness and unpredictability. It ends with the leads turning their backs on eternal life and heading out into the forbidden forest to live “only once, but for real.” Didn’t these people watch the Harry Potter movies? Anyway, this movie is a waste of CGI and real actors. Frances McDormand has a thankless part. And Pete Postlethwaite has an absolutely horrible cameo. He must be desperate for ‘Usual Suspects II.’

The preview for ‘Underworld II: The Evolution’ on the other hand, looks super. Kate Beckinsale wears skin-tight leather far better than Charlize Theron. And Derek Jacobi is in it. ‘I, Claudius II’ must also be in production.