wyrder Reviews

Resident Evil (2002)

pretty good action flick

[8/10 · 15 March 2002]

The movie was a lot better than I expected. Then again, my expectations were set *really* low (so that it would be difficult for me to be let down).

Res. Evil greatly exceeded my expectations. That means it was pretty good--not Oscar material, but good.

They movie intentionally has a somewhat different plot from the game it's based on (so that things don't get boring). At the same time, even though it's different from the game, it manages to keep a lot of the same feeling--and you can definitely still claim that this movie *is* "Resident Evil".

Warning: ::Possible semi-ENDING-SPOILER::

Watch out for that ending--it's dark, open ended, and screaming, "SEQUEL!!" It looks really cool too. :-)

Okay, that's all.

I gave it an IMDb score of 8. It would have been 9 except for a few scenes I thought were fairly lame that, in my opinion, hurt the film. Still an over-all good action movie though.

Closet Land (1991)

Everyone who likes freedom should experience this film

[10/10 · 6 February 2001]

"Closet Land" tells a powerful story and has many different subtle elements. You could read lots of stuff about the movie's plot before hand, but you don't really need to. All you need to know is that the movie is all about an interrogation. Along the way, we learn lots of things about the interrogator and the person being interrogated. We also learn that the world can be a dark and scary place. Especially when you have absolutely no control over it.

In the end, the movie amounts to a warning (really though, the movie has several different aspects to it) about what happens to people's freedoms when they "look the other way" and ignore injustices happening to those around them.

If you've got about an hour and a half and know where you can rent this, I strongly recommend that you do so.

M.D. Geist (1986 Video)

Might make good background, but not much to really watch

[3/10 · 31 July 2000]

What can I say about M.D. Geist? Not much, because there isn't really much there. It's 50 minutes of some still and moving frames of anime.

I can sum the whole story, such as it is, up right here:

Most Dangerous Geist (ghost) wakes up.

Girl clings to M.D. Geist as protector (not really a smart move).

M.D. Geist gets in with the army--

goes with army as they go to shut down a doomsday device.

Army gets (mostly) killed in assault on doomsday device.

M.D. Geist has to fight powerful thingie.

M.D. Geist wins, kills the rest of the army, and makes sure the doomsday device gets activated while girl looks on in horror.

THE END (or is it??? there is an M.D. Geist II out there somewhere)

You can probably come up with a better way to kill 50 minutes, like hitting your head against a wall or something.

X-Men (2000)

Quite good

[7/10 · 31 July 2000]

I think, all in all, the movie was done very well. I am not a hardcore X-Men comic fan. If I were, I might not have liked it as much, but then, when it changes from the comics to the big screen, certain things have to be changed.

Believe it or not, compared to what I remember reading in the comics, I actually *preferred* the live-action version! My only real criticism is that it was such fun watching it that the time went by too fast--the movie could have been longer. If they make sequels, I will watch them.