xakara

I had friends come into town today and got to spend some time with them. By request of one of my visitors we went to go see Dragon Wars. I'm putting the rest behind a cut because personally I like to avoid movie reviews before seeing something for myself.

I have rarely been so disappointed in a movie ever. I wanted to like it. I went into biased toward liking it by the presence of Jason Behr alone. But alas, it ws not enough. I was ready to leave an hour in, and as anyone can tell you, I'm one of the most generous movie watchers you can meet. I can suspend disbelief to degrees that boggle the mind and have loved some movies other considered the worst of the year. So when I don't like something, it's serious, especially when I wanted to so badly.

I won't give away anything, primarily because I don't have to in order to explain what was wrong with it. Quite simply, it was a six hour, Sci-Fi Channel mini-series, condensed into less than two hours. So the complete backstory was lost and rather than caring deeply for the characters because I'd gotten to know them, I was left wondering if there was heavy drinking going on throughout the editing process. So much was lost and obviously necessary for you to care about the characters at the end rather than just be happy it was over.

Now to say something nice. Awesome special effects. Jason Behr is cute. That's it. I'm done.

I have to go and watch something else just to make myself feel better. I think I'll also take a moment of silence for Jason's career. Here's hoping the Tattooist will do better than the last two projects and be a better film than Dragon Wars.

Disappointed Ramble Done

~X