Could Be One Of The Worst Films Ever Made!

Toppenguin, don't get upset im not commenting about you just yours was the last post so I just hit reply.

I had never heard of this film, never herd of the director, the comic books or anything to do with it. I work in a video store, it came back in and the packaging caught my eye. I read the back and decided to take it home. It intreagued me. The film had me hooked from begining to end.

I have a habit of sitting with my lap top while watching a film as I have a short attention span and can do two things at once, so usually I'm writing up a review of the flim as it is happening (unless watching it with friends then i refrain from doing that). But this one stopped me from typing, even ppl on my MSN list wondered where I had gone.

First off it was beautiful, reminded me a lot of 'Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within'due to the nature of the CGI, which did throw me at first as I didn't realise it would be that heavy. The acting wasn't A-list but it wasn't horrendous either. I've seen worse acting in mainstream films. The acting didn't deter from the enjoyment of the film.

This argument about Horus is just unsettling. On one hand you're arguing about Horus from a 'real-life historical' POV where as you have to take it from Horus writting for the film. Horus had 7 days before incarceration to impregnate the only woman able to copulate with a God, this left a very impatiant God. Doing things his own arogant God-like way (I created you, you do as I want) wasn't getting his will done any quicker. He realised that from the time he created the world to now a lot had changed and he too had to change in order to get his job done. The nature of evolution, which is one of the main themes thoughout the film (Evolution, the created of something similar yet different and societys fear of it) and throughout comics/graphic novels (think X-Men etc)

I can't remember your name, but the person who said about Horus failing to impregnate the girl twice through force gave over to Nikopol to try through love and succeded is right. Horus was used to doing things his way, his relinquishing power to Nikopol was his way of evolving. It was summed up with what Horus said at the end.

Some of you are complaining about the Gods CGI being too static. It was a little off putting. This day in age we are used to more fluid and life like movements in animated characters but I feel that the static 'statuesque' animation of the Gods was intentional - because we only have ever seen Egyption Gods in statue form and as straight, upright pictures in Hiroglyphics. The were 'born' of a time different, so who is to say that humans didn't evolve to become more fluid. This is another divide and in a way juxtaposition between the old ways of the Gods and the new ways of the mortals.

I see why some didn't like the film but I think it was a very deep and thought provoking movie, and I intend to find it to buy.
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I thought this film was extremely interesting and it inspired me to look into the graphic novels which I very much enjoyed. People tend to be too critical, I think. If a movie isnt for you, then fine. There are others. Just move on. So many people seem to need to make this stuff personal and actively attack people who disagree with them. That is NOT a sign of intelligence.

That said, its somewhat disingenuous to point out that the graphic novels predate Blade Runner. Sure they predate the FILM, but come on, Philip K Dick wrote that short story in 1968 and it is really one of the founding fathers of the entire "cyberpunk" genre. You can split hairs and say that his story predates the film, but Id be very surprised if Bilal didnt credit Dick as an inspiration.