Blood and Chocolate

[Tydeus]

Originally Posted by Mirai Gen

Hey, Transformers '07 might not be terrible. If you ignore the Brown interpretation of The Transformers (Which is actually kind of cool to see in a new light), the movie right now has gone through six or seven writers and they've approved most of the script.

I'm hoping. I'm hoping so desperately. Nightly, I undergo a ritual of self-flagellation in the vain hope that my blood sacrifice will please the gods of film adaptation, and compel them to smile upon us all.

Originally Posted by Mirai Gen

And yeah, I don't see how you can possibly lump Lord of the Rings with this movie or Underworld 2. Underworld was okay. Lord of the Rings was good.

Like I made explicitly clear -- LOTR is shitty only in terms of craftsmanship. Acting, directing, editing, writing, etc. It's enjoyable as fuck, and thankfully there's a great plot behind it all (no thanks to anyone living, of course), but it's crap in basically all respects other than (A) the general plot, and (B) art direction. So, all the superficial stuff is really fucking excellent, and in turn, you get a really enjoyable way to spend ten hours. But it's not good. See what I mean?

Basically, LOTR, like Underworld 2, is very poorly crafted. Underworld 2 is not enjoyable however, because it doesn't involve Sauron, nor did it have amazing, mind-blowing art direction. But, ultimately, both are equally anemic on any level beyond how pretty and/or badass it looks.