[Lvlug] Re: Doom

[Nachiketa Kalam]

Faber Fedor said:
> On 21/10/05 18:12 -0400, dann s washko wrote:
>> I'm insterested in seeing this and am shooting for Sunday.  The wife
>> will not go due to the violence/gore.  Anyone interested?  We can make
>> it a date :-)
>
> I'd love to, but my dog would get jealous!
>
> Have you heard anythning about it yet?  Good?  Bad?  Indifferent?  I
> thought The Rock was a good choice for the main character; he's almost
> as square-jawed as the original marine.

Here is the best website to find an amalgam of reviews for any movie,
'good' or 'bad':

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/doom/

...but they specialise in collecting critical reviews and quantifying them
using the 'Tomatometer'. Doom got a 19%. I plan to go to the Roxie theater
in Bethlehem with two friends, sit in the right-front-most seats and MiST
every minute of it. No, it's not Greek drama. Yes, it's a shitty movie
that might titillate my visual cortex for an hour and a half while sending
the frontal one into a brief coma. Like dann suggested, watch it for what
it's worth. No, the Czech Republic, where Doom was filmed, does not
resemble Mars; but who's going to notice?

As far as geographical/logical discrepancies go, at least it's not Bridget
Jones 2. I was hoping Hanuman would show up and, in dealing Renee
Zellweger a Mortal Kombat style 'fatality' uppercut, get the damn thing
over with.

> How about Wallace and Grommit?  I am not going to it on a weekend (darn
> kids!) but everytime I try to go mid week, a customer calls (darn
> customers!).

It seemed so painstaking to make it. It's a shame the creator's warehouse
with all his prototypes burned down. :( NPR gave the movie good review, in
any case.