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Summary: What is with people? just enjoy the ride.
Review: You should see this movie. It is good enough to see at least once depending on taste. I plan on seeing it a second time in the theatre for anything I missed while I was cringing in my seat. (which wasn't much--but I really liked this movie)I am really getting annoyed with the bad reviews this movie is getting though. Some of the reviewers trash the movie always referring to the Alice in Wonderland theme and Anderson's past film credits (Mortal Kombat). Now tell me honestly...how many times was Alice's (Milla) name even mentioned? How many times was the mansion referred to as Looking Glass House? Not many. So why complain about that tid bit? And as far as original...what HAS been original in horror films lately? Most everything in one fashion or another has been done or copied. So just enjoy the ride. Sit back and let it take you because it DOES. I am sure that while it seems a little odd, Anderson wanted this to be kind of like Alice down the rabbit hole scenerio. Who wouldn't be feeling that way in this situation? I thought that this movie (the game series aside) was very eye stimulating and chilling. The zombies were a little...well they could have been scarier or something but they're zombies not mutant zombies so what do you expect? From the opening scene in the elevator that was pretty heart stuttering to a confused, upset, and nearly nude Milla in the middle of Racoon City. I was really excited to see the end scene because it has the feel of a sequel and perhaps this movie being sort of a PREQUEL to the game kind of thing, we'll see more of what we wanted to see when we thought this was the first game in the series. (It will just be RE2 that's all) I would like to see a sequel. No doubt about it. It got jolts and scares out of me despite reading the scorn and criticism I'd read before seeing the movie. I mean-- I liked Aliens, I liked The Cube, I like zombies and freaky scenes. The red queen was pretty neat and I thought Milla and Michelle rocked. So if you enjoy just a good scare flick and can leave some of the scorn people are throwing around out of it--you will have a good time.
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Summary: Not enough gore
Review: The way the movie started I thought it was gonna rock...Boy was I wrong. First of all, Resident Evil as a game was scary and had lots of gore and blood. As a movie that was rated "R", it didn't even stand up to the video game in that aspect. The movie should have been PG-13. Come on! This is supposed to be RESIDENT EVIL, not Scooby Doo! The Blair Witch was scarier AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN SEE THE WITCH! If they intend on making a sequel, I suggest going all out for it, but please don't be afraid of using more blood and gore...Remember this is the year 2002! If they need to go for NC-17, then have at it!
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Summary: I was really suprised
Review: I walked into the theator expecting to walk about being really upset over watching this movie. I have played the games but have been jaded from Tomb Raider ect... I was really suprised to find this was a top quality movie that was really well done. I did acually drag my non videogame friend into it and they also really enjoyed it. That night we went back to see it again with some friends from work and I had a plast grabbing them at the right parts of the movie... They also walked out thinking it was great and we were all talking about what we wanted in the next movie... I hope you guys like it as much as I did!
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Summary: Evilishly good fun!
Review: You may think I am crazy ,but I tell you I couldn't get Resident Evil out of my head. Most of the elements of Resident Evil you may have seen in better movies ,but it does grow on you. Resident Evil, one of the most popular playstation games ever, has now been given the big screen treatment in this Big, Buff, and gory flick. Even though it lacks plot and characterization and it is not as gross as the video games and still is the best 2hrs of entertainment you will ever have. Using material from movies like Dawn of the Dead, Night of the Living Dead, Evil Dead, and Aliens(All Highly Recommended) Resident Evil will make you jump, scream, laugh, and hurt your ear drums with its driving load soudtrack.Special Effects are dazzling and is as fun as a 3 ring circus,this film is full of the big budget studio entertainment you see constantly in scifi/horror movies today.So for those nerds out their (like me!) who love scifi conventions, and dig (NO-BRAINER) zombie flicks this is the one to see!!! I think fans of the video games will not be too disappointed do to their dissisions to not use Jill Valentine or Chris Redfield from the original video game and not using the plotlines from the game as well. Anyways the bottom line is : Loud, fast, scary, and gross sells and is the amount of jolt Resident Evil has to offer for Horror junkies!Now already I have the DVD, I can't wait till director Paul Anderson finishes his script "Resident Evil 2: Nemesis" and starts production!
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Summary: Special effects thinly disguise a plotless splatter film
Review: "Good special effects" seemed to be the only positive thing anyone had to say about this movie. From start to finish, the movie did nothing to make you feel either for or against any of the characters, except perhaps for tantalising glimpses of Milla Jovovich's anatomy. The entire movie seemed like an endless repetition of a 90 second sequence: create a spooky setting with an opportunity for special effects to go overboard, build an "it's almost too quiet" sense of normalcy, then introduce some grotesque horror and put a bang in the soundtrack to make it seem like everyone's jumping due to the amazing build-up of tension. I tried to think of a worse movie, but apparently I've either repressed all such experiences, or this is genuinely the worst movie I've ever seen. It's probably not... oh - no... in fact, it definitely isn't. There was one film that I've seen that was worse: "Powder", which one reviewer dubbed "the best supernatural albino film ever made". Ah well - this film didn't even make the best of the worst... just plain lame.
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Summary: Nice adaption, fun movie
Review: Is it a movie masterpiece? Well, no. But "Resident Evil" still satisfies the most important movie requirement - it's fun. It's designed for the same audience that enjoys hack & slash video games, and in that regard, it succeeds totally. I suspect the critics who can't understand this are the same ones who actually think trivial pop-culture [movies] like "American Beauty" really do deserve Best Picture awards...
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Summary: More fun than a vat of T-Virus, Resident Evil rocks!
Review: The incomparable and slightly fleshier Milla Jovovich in a torn black mini-skirt, brain chomping zombies, a nebulous and overarching fascist corporation, an uncontrollable engineered virus that turns its victims into flesh eating ghouls, enough hardware and gadgets to make James Cameron nervous, and a crisp, lard-less screenplay that keeps things pumping along---what more could a good horror movie buff want? For that matter, what more could a film buff want? Resident Evil was an unanticipated pleasure, in that I expected so little, especially after news that fright film legend George Romero had been sacked as the film's director, and that the legendary Bruce Campbell had walked with him. The replacement: Paul Anderson, who had turned out a competent, if silly, noxious piece of grue in the unsettling Event Horizon. Anderson proves a superb choice, and demonstrates increasingly acute horror film instincts. The movie builds its tension from a taut and bluntly horrific open to a bloodletting frenzy, with nary a dull (or insipid) moment. The special effects are spectacular, and Anderson uses sound as an effective palette for horror, shifting between periods of almost unbearable silence and gut-pounding heavy metal. The interior of the hive is bleak, antiseptic and immpersonal, heightening the atmosphere; and the personification of the Hive's defense computer, the Red Queen, as an English child is particularly disturbing. The movie is one of the best fear flicks in a decade, and for those who whine about characterization: THIS IS A ZOMBIE FILM! If you want Edwardian costume and brain-numbing stilted English accents, go watch the dazzlingly dull Gosford Park or Remains of the Day. As for me, I'll be watching Milla thrash zombie Doberman butt in Resident Evil.
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Summary: this movie kicked ...
Review: I am a big fan of Resident Evil games. I always wondered what it would be like to be inside the games. This movie really made you feel like you were part of the game. It doesn't have the same characters but I didn't mind too much. It was actually a lot better than I thought it would be. I thought the score by Marilyn Manson made the movie creepier. The soundtracks pretty cool also, they include some of the songs from the score. I thought they did good on the make up on the zombies and dogs also. If you go into this movie not expecting much I'm sure you'll be surprised at how fun it was.
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Summary: Best scary movie I have ever seen
Review: If you are a fan of the game or not, you will like Resident Evil. That is, if you can handle a scary movie. This one will have you jumping out of your seat. Scary stuff is around every corner. Eerie environments (like the spooky quiet rooms in the game), monsters that pop around corners, as well as the good ole blood and gore that accompany any resident evil game fill this movie. Watch it if you are ready to be scared!
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Summary: Gamers Movie
Review: Well last nite I went to go see the movie and I enjoyed the movie beyond belief. Because it related to the game. I can not stand people who do not understand it and give it bad reviews, in most cases it is because they haven't played the game. Seeing the graphics of this movie was great, personally I liked the twist in the story and the evolving stages of a licker to a hunter. It keeps you wanting more and I cannot wait to see part two if they come out with one. The plot behind this movie was excellent and people who disagree are those who haven't played the game. To a gamer it was great to a new person who was trying to compare it to Night of the living dead need to go home, this was another type of movie horror yes but entertaining and yet kept to the game, unlike other movies (Tomb Raider). During the movie u wanted to see more of the game come out, in the theater all u heard if u were surrounded by RE or in japanese (bio-hazard) fans was when is Tyrant or Nemesis going to show. To the people who made the movie I think it beats any other game movie cross over and congrats.
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