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Summary: This one has a plot
Review: If you don't like heavy metel and sci fi...your not going to like this movie. It's based on the comic book heavy metal. The first movie didn't have a plot really but thats ok because the comic doesn't ethier. However in heavy metal 2000 there is a accual story you can follow and it's good. I can't give anything away because it would completly ruin the story for you. The animation is wonderful. They do a incredible job of mixing computer animation and hand drawings. So if you like sci fi and you like a dungeons and dragons type adventure then you'll love this movie.
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Summary: This movie can be enjoyed
Review: Although Heavy Metal 2000 is garbage on a futuristic, cosmic type level if you treat it as a joke it can be fun. A friend and I just sat around laughing at it's terrible plot and wooden characterization. I will admit that even that got dull after a while so I missed the last 1/3 of the movie. I gave it two stars because although it fails on every level it can still be useful as a benchmark on how NOT to make animated movies. Actually, I suggest just avoiding this movie, it's awful.
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Summary: Heavy Metal 2; The animated promotion of Julie Strain
Review: Whats wrong with this film?? 1.Heavy Metal 2 has none of the replay that the original did. Watch this once, and it may sit on your shelf for a long time.2.Fans of the first film may notice that a few ideas have stupidly copied into the second film. 3.Julie Strain. After watching the movie and the shamless Julie Strain featurette on the disc you will soon be asking yourself, "why is this film centered around her"? Who Cares? Oh, wait her husband is Kevin Eastman the owner of Heavy Metal Magazine....Perhaps if he had concentrated on making a good film than trying to promote his easily ignorable wife.... . Whats good about it? 1.For the most part, the story isnt bad but very simple. 2.The 5.1 sound and special effects are quite cool if you have a home theater system. 3.The heavy metal soundtrack is good but after a while, what a headache. 4.The voice acting is ok but the dialoge? 5.The animation is pretty good and worth watching. Customers who know nothing about Heavy Metal and are just animation curious, may find this film a little exploitive. Fans of Heavy Metal may think its just fair at best.
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Summary: A worthy film
Review: Heavy Metal 2000 is totally worthy of the first Heavy Metal film. In fact, its essence is that of 'Tarna' (with a little bit of 'DEN' thrown in). Heavy Metal 2000 drops the anthology-based approach of its predecessor; instead, opting for a singular story line. This Canadian-German co-production is one simple yarn, based on the novel Melting Pot, by Kevin Eastman, Simon Bisley and Eric Talbot. The story, while not really original, is very imaginative and never boring. It basically conflates elements of George Lucas, Tolkien, Ralph Bakshi and the Bible; by necessity, then, there are unexplained script jumps and gaps. A marauding, near-immortal space pirate, Tyler (voiced by Michael Ironside) is the villain. The heroine, Julie (Julie Strain), is an adventuress warrior survivor. She shoots an automatic weapon with the best of them. She also looks pretty good in her ripped outfit. But seriously, she's seeking revenge on the nasty dude, Tyler, after he wipes out her family and the colony where they live. Tracking him in the aftermath, Julie follows Tyler into hyper-space, then to a planet far, far away. It is here that an odd Odin (Billy 'White Wedding' Idol) tries to help Julie in her quest to eliminate the demon man whose self-healing powers have made him nearly indestructible. For Julie, time is of the essence. Tyler is close to ruling the universe as an immortal demon. The animation captures that vintage Heavy Metal look and feel. One major difference between this film and the original is the arrival of CGI rendered animation, which is used intermittently throughout. The mixture is excellent (The one scene in which Julie positions her ship to "hitch" a ride on Tyler's ship as it goes into hyperdrive is simply awesome). Indeed, the $15-million budget look like much more. Interesting enough, the first Heavy Metal film had far more sex and violence (not that there is anything wrong with that). The soundtrack worked as well. Once again, the soundtrack producers assemble popular artists, however, for better or worse, the singular plot line yields less variety in the musical selections. But the driving Techno/Metal beats from acts such as MDFMK, Zilch, Apartment 26, Coal Chamber, Monster Magnet, Days of the New, Sinisstar, Queens of the Stone Age, Hate Dept., and Bauhaus (a great track) are catchy and are integrated in much the same way as the first film. Despite certain Anime titles, adult feature-length animated films are few and far-between and so it was nice to be able to watch an adult feature-length animated film once again. All in all, Heavy Metal 2000 radiates the spirit of the Heavy Metal magazine itself. It's dark, nasty, bloody, sexy........ The DVD itself is very good. The bright and clear picture is letterboxed at 1.85:1 and is 16x9 enhanced. The 5.1 Dolby Digital soundtrack is suitably muscular. Included with the other extras are a photo gallery of background art, pencil tests for an action sequence with narration by the director, five animatic comparisons, a trailer, and a four-minute featurette on the voice talent (mainly Strain, Michael Ironside and Billy Idol). The music track is isolated on a separate track for your listening pleasure.
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Summary: Love it,Love it,Love it,Love it,Love it,
Review: What more can I say then I Love it,Love it,Love it,Love it, Final Criticsm: Story line - Love it/ animation- Love it/ Overall - Love it,Love it,
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Summary: Don't waste your money
Review: Fans of the "Melting Pot" books by Eastman, Talbot and Bisley will quickly be disappointed. The Heavy Metal magazine guys took a great series, borrowed the characters and rewrote the story. Except for references to names and places, there is little resemblance to the original story. If the objective was to tell a completely different story, Heavy Metal didn't need "Melting Pot" at all. "Heavy Metal 2000" fails to deliver what "Heavy Metal" did. Apparently marketing didn't feel that audiences would be able to relate to non-human characters, so they made all of main characters human. In fact, there isnt' even a "Julie" in the original story. I find it amusing that the writers didn't even put forth the creative effort to at least think of a ficitious name for actress Julie Strain (except for an awkward reference to "FAKK2"). Clearly this movie was produced solely to advance the career of this actress. After all, I believe her husband owns Heavy Metal magazine. This is an abomination to the legitimate work put into the "Melting Pot". Eastman, et. al. should be ashamed for allowing this to happen to their work. If you are a "Melting Pot" fan, please don't purchase this video. It ISN'T "Melting Pot Animated". If you are a teenage "Heavy Metal" fan and just want a little T&A thrown in, MAYBE this is for you. You're better off buying the original "Heavy Metal" video as this is much, much better both in character development, as well as deeper story-telling. However, I will say that the CGI animation was very good. The character animation was rather flat (like your Saturday-morning cartoons -- think "Titan A.E"). Lots and lots of marketing went into this film, and they'll probably make more money on after-market merchandising. The film, however, fails miserably to live up to the hype. Many fans who waited for YEARS for this animated feature will be disappointed.
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Summary: Horrible
Review: Ok so why did Kevin Eastman destroy the Heavy Metal Magazine and culture. He had so much to work with but instead decided to go the opposite of the originators. Classic stories such as The Ape and Den are no more and instead we are left with a low quality B movie comic strip. The new movie Heavy Metal F.A.K.K 2 is a complete joke. Instead of making a high quality A move he went back a step and created a low quality B movie that fits more into the category of higher end porn. I have nothing wrong with pornography. Whatever works for people is fine with me. But Heavy Metal was never meant to be porn. It was meant to have erotic images and stories but decent stories, not stories that revolve around some second rate actresses buxom. Ever since Eastman bought Heavy Metal in '95 he has brought into a constant downward spiral. Pretty soon the magazine will be so bad i will be ashamed just to buy for colorful toilet paper. What it really needs right now are the classic artists and writers that made it great to begin with to speak out and admit that it is no where as good as it was. Now it should be just labled as porn instead of fantasy. I miss the old days of Heavy Metal. We need a real Heavy Metal magazine again. One without Eastman in charge. One with decent stories. One with the class and high quality writing that the originals (70's and 80's) had. The magazine still has a lot of potential if we can get a decent lead editor in charge of it.
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Summary: Good Animation, Great Sound, Ok Story
Review: This DVD is definately worth purchasing but not for the movie (explained at the end). Heavy Metal 2000 is a linear plot about a woman seeking revenge on a lunatic, posessed by an alien power, who destroyed her home planet. Standard science fiction plot with no twists. The single story line is a departure from the vingette style of the original heavy metal movie. This has the advantage of allowing a more coherent plot but has the disadvantage of not letting the artists explore as many different scenes and visual styles as they did in the original. I think that the illustration style of the sequel is better but not as original as the first movie. My personal pet peeve is the introduction of a poorly done CGI (computer generated image) at the end. Gimmicky and not effective. The sound effects are well done if you have a digital surround sound arrangement. However, the highlight of the movie is the great hard core soundtrack. Changing the DVD to the isolated sound track and just playing it for the music is well worth it. But the best reason to buy the DVD is the featurette on Julie Strain. I was not previously a fan of Julie Strain (didn't know her) but this woman is amazing. Her personality is captivating and her blunt, honest interview is a treat to watch. I can understand why she has a loyal following.
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Summary: Heavy Metal 2000 - All but there.
Review: Well it is here. The update to Heavy Metal has a quality feel to it, the sound quality is good compared to the original, the animation quality is better than the original, and the intergrated 3D animation was well done. It just doesn't do it for me. All the elements are up to date, but the story, cuts, and flow are not much to hold you. As a Heavy Metal Fan it is worth while to see. I would not recomend it to anyone otherwise. It is just a little less interesting than episodic Animé
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Summary: Good plot, too short
Review: I found this movie to have an excellent plot. With Tyler finding that key. Taking control of the ship "Cortez." Also taking over the tribe of Shantar to invade the Holyland. However, the movie needs to be at least 40 minutes longer to make the movie better. With only 88 minutes running time on the movie, it felt like the story was running in fast forward. If this film was stretched it could have made the movie much better by putting more detail. The end of the movie is to blunt. They could have work on the ending alot more instead of cutting it off so short. I rated a 4 star because of the action of the movie. There is a lot of good fighting in the movie and thats what I like in a movie. Could have been a 5 star in my book, if they had made it longer.
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