In the last couple of days I saw five movies... I Robot, Superman Returns, V for Vendetta, Ultraviolet, and Aeon Flux. (SPOILERS if you haven't seen them yet.)
I think the best of them was Aeon Flux, and the worst, Ultraviolet.
Definately cool effects in Superman Returns and I Robot, and V for Vendetta had a good political message, but as a whole, these two were too simple in plot, or too rediculous, respectively.
Superman, the only out of these I saw in the movie theatre, did have good growling bass clips, bullets stopped by eyes, and Kumar (poor guy). Liked the discovery of strength scene. And that Superman, running around impregnating women behind their husbands' backs, tsk tsk tsk.
Didn't mind Will Smith's badass role in I Robot, but the smooth faces and liquid eyes of the robots set me off. Plot was okay, but clearly more for the action. Having watched it the longest ago, I don't really remember too many of the scenes. Perhaps the assault on the car, and the good use of his arm. Fleshtone spraypaint.
V for Vendetta, clearly uber-motivated towards social commentary, so much of it. Felt like I was being force fed. I can only be nailed with so much of that before needing to say "yeah, I get the point, get over it." One good twist with the imprisonment scene, but meh, its Portman. I couldn't feel a lot of pity for that actress.
It pained me to watch Ultraviolet. After seeing Jovovich in Resident Evil, she was just rediculous in the "I just want to be a mommy" plot. This movie had no real point, bad background/build-up plot, and the combat was all awful. The only somewhat memorable scenes were the motorcycle chase near the beginning, or the cauterizing of the wounds with the overheating gun. That kid freaks me out too.
Aeon Flux on the otherhand, great plot, background, circumstances, and potential for continutity. I mean, playing with the idea of memory, and romance over multiple lifetimes? Good stuff. The combat wasn't all that great. Did like how they focused on the missiles (darts, screw shaped projectiles, removing bullets from wounds, etc.). Adn the rapid fire sniping was cool too, even if the contrived death of the snipers came to pass.
To sum it up: You can skip most of these, and not be missing much, but Aeon Flux, if it's about, give it a look.
