Honestly, 9 just... didn't do much. It was gorgeous, but it had a criminally thin plot. And the resolution was pretty non-existent.
Gorgeous CG rendered animation, though. Justin On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > 9 - > I don't remember seeing 9 on anyone's list this year, so I thought I would > give it some props. I just spent the evening watching this film and thought > that it was an interesting rewrite of an old theme with beautiful artwork, > and interesting characters. 9 was born into a post apocalyptic world where > the machines had taken over and killed off most of mankind. Basically > finishing the job that Skynet could not. 9 is a good multi-genre film mixing > post apocalyptic scifi, with a family Disneyesque theme. > > More info here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472033/ > > > Ink - > This was a low budget indie film ($250,000) that was made outside of the > Hollywood system. Ink is about what happens in the dreamworld. When we are > asleep two opposing forces emerge to fight over what we will dream. The light > gives us good dreams, and the incubus that gives us nightmares. The two sides > go to war after a little girl is kidnapped in the dream world by Ink (a > wannabe incubus). This movie is a mix of mystical, and the matrix (there are > some good martial arts scenes). I could see this movie made into a series on > BBC. It is available on DVD and bootleg. (The company said that they are > comfortable with the downloading.) > > More info here; http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1071804/ > > Hardwired - > Hardwired stars Cuba Goodin Jr. as the lead role, Val Kilmer, and a few other > faces that you may recognize in a "near future" film where the bank bailouts > have failed and the entire world is owned by corporations such as Mc Donalds, > and Microsoft. (Mc Donalds owns the Hoover Dam, and Pepsi owns the moon.) > Cuba plays a man that finds himself with amnesia after a car crash. To save > his life, his sister gives permission for Cuba to have an experimental > operation that places a chip inside his brain. > > I wanted to like this film, but there was a lot of tacky elements to it. One > is Val Kilmer's hair. The other is unexplained inconsistencies with Cuba's > fighting skills. I guess with a little tweaking this could be a good > superhero origin story. > > Overall it reminded me of a made for the Syfy channel movie with a higher > budget. The story gave me the feeling that it should have been written in the > 1980s. (Like parallel to Robocop.) The special effects looked a bit dated as > well although this movie was made this year. Oh how the mighty have fallen... > > Check out 9 and Ink! > > -- Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Guy. http://thebitterguy.livejournal.com ------------------------------------ Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: scifinoir2-dig...@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: scifinoir2-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
