Blade III
December 10th, 2004
MeLisa and I saw Blade Trinity yesterday afternoon. It was pretty meh.
Couple of complaints, in no particular order:
- Ryan Reynolds. I like the guy and he was pretty funny in the movie, but otherwise just didn't fit well at all. He was all humor and no ass-kicking... he just kinda came off as a stupid punk.
- Dracula. Give me a break... what a fucking pansy. Instead of a genuinely powerful villian, we get this mediocre pretty-boy poseur. Not at any time during the movie do you ever even remotely believe this guy can hang with Blade. Total dipshit.
- Parker Posey, the 80's wants it's clothes and hairstyle back.
- At one point in the movie, a bunch of cops raid Blade's hideout. Now, these aren't vampire cops or anything like that... these are just regular cops who are after Blade because he is now a wanted criminal. And what do Blade and Whistler do? They grab shotguns and start shooting these innocent cops as soon as they enter the place. I understand that Blade is kind of an anti-hero... but still. He's trying to protect humanity, right? What's the fucking deal with killing all the innocent humans? Gay.
Overall, the movie wasn't horrible... but it was much more cliche and predictable than the other movies have been. Some of the fights are good and the CG is definitely much better in this movie compared to Blade II. Jessica Beil's character was pretty cool (and fairly hot), but even she got a "oh please" moment when she uploaded her iPod with "music to slay to".
My final verdict:
Unless you are crazy for Blade, I'd wait and rent this one. Save your money and go see Ocean's 12 this weekend instead.
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