On Friday, April 28, 2023 at 11:31:21 PM UTC-7, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
I know they kind of shot themselves in the foot with some bad
publicity from the screenwriters at the get-go and the movie sank
without a trace, but it's actually pretty good. It's a light-hearted
comedy adventure in the Xena/Hercules mode with some genuine emotion
as well (but not enough to slow things down). Chris Pine basically
plays George Clooney's Ulysses character from "Brother Where Art
Thou", and makes it work while Michelle Rodriguez shines as a stoic
"tank" character, and Hugh Grant smarms it up as the oily (secondary,
though he doesn't know it) villain.
Along the way there is a dungeon, several dragons, an owl-bear,
gelatinous cube, portals & peril. While I would have preferred R. J. Stewart on the script, this one works well enough and brings things to a
satisfying conclusion while leaving room for sequels (which now will presumably not happen).
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I haven't seen the movie, but Youtube reviews seem fair to good. I had previously thought on and off about the 2000 movie. I watched that within a few years after it came out. From all my recollections, it was just overwhelmingly dull, with some really
bad CGI. The worst part was that I watched it because of the participation of Daman Wayans, whom I have never been a fan of but respect. In fact, he literally made me think of Steppin Fetchit. I came out wishing someone had been creative enough to let Mr.
Wayans write the script. It might not have been good, but it would have been interesting.
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