Okay, so I'm still on my action movie binge. Yesterday I watched the sequel to
300, which is called
300: Rise of an Empire. Let's leave aside the historical accuracies - or inaccuracies - because this isn't meant to be historically accurate, I think it's based on a comic book, the same as
300, which I loved.
It's just messy, and in parts very boring. Some of it is brilliant, and of course, the CGI stuff makes everything look cool and groovy, blood spatters paused in midair, fellers dying groaning while they arch their backs, ballet-battles, like the Bolshoi, men in tiny skirts pirouetting through the air to a funky tune, standing en pointe while they ram the spear through. Those parts were okay, but I think the special effects in films like these come too cheaply and so it makes them look cheap. There's no hard work or ingenuity in creating the effect, so it no longer looks special.
My main bugbear was Eva Green, as Artemisia. She reminded me of
this, she was so hammy. Overall, I think it was a bad idea to make the sequel, although it wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be...
