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I was honestly really anticipating this movie


I'll still see it and judge for myself whether I think it's good or not, but with how it's getting shredded by critics I think I might give it a rent instead of a theatre viewing.

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Same here :( From what I eared it's similar to the Resident Evil type of films and these are just noise to me...

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Why? Just because Milla Jovovich plays in both?

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Apart from the first Zoolander (and Dazed and Confused, in which she appears only very briefly) has Jovovich ever been in a good film? She's like a bad luck charm.

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Fifth element is good

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True.

It was an honest question (admittedly one I could answer for myself just by checking Jovovich's filmography). The Fifth Element is indeed an entertaining film, although I still maintain that Jovovich has made far more duds than hits.

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Absolutely!!
Tons of them...
What do you think of her as Joan of Arc?
Some praise it as her best ...
It’s been 20 years since I have seen it but I totally forgot she played that role...
Bummer about Hellboy!
I was really hoping it would be a good unique movie

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She started off okay. She made Chaplin, and Dazed and Confused (albeit they were small parts). And then there was The Fifth Element, which is fun, and Joan of Arc (which I haven't seen), followed by the consistently enjoyable Zoolander. But apart from that, it's mainly been pap.

Even Kate Beckinsdale, who also has the same problem, thanks to the Underworld franchise (goes to show what happens when a female actor ends up getting married to an overgrown video-game obsessive hack filmmaker - they end up getting bogged down in poor CGI-fest franchises), has finally graduated from that type of dreck.

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Everyone is forgetting about the greatest movie ever - Kuffs.

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Haha. I never saw it. Is it as bad as I assume?

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Since the only thing I can remember is that she was in it and I think Christian Slater, I would say a very forgettable film. Might have been about cop stuff based on the name, but so help me, I can't remember one plot point in it.

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I love Milla, but her movie track record really isn't very good.

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Do not know why but I read 3 reviews who made that comparisons

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I'm not interested in this one. I expected better reviews from fans. So far, its mixed. We'll see after friday when more people watch it. The only reason I would watch it is because I like Niel Marshall. Dog Soldiers was awesome.

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So was The Descent.

What happened to Neil Marshall?

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Imo The Descent is one of the best horror movies ever made. I was expecting great things from Neil Marshall after that, I don't know what happened to him. I was interested in Hellboy just because Marshall is the director, I hoped that this would be a hit and put him back on the map. Looks like that won't be happening. I'll wait for the dvd.

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I get it. I personally really like David Harbour which is why I was excited and I thought it looked genuinely good.

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Let me know if you enjoy it.

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It sounds like it's a very violent, form over function film that not everyone can appreciate. I'm still willing to give it a go.

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