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Jan. 7th, 2015 08:47 pmlair of the white worm is an infamously-bad attempt to adapt the bram stoker novel of the same name. most of the movie is merely indifferent -- the writing limps along and the acting/direction is merely clunky -- but the special effects are so hilariously bad they make japanese rubber-monster movie effects look good.
LotWW is on my Loncon list of movies with good costumes, and i'll admit they did a good job with the costumes for the baddie, the last worshipper of the eponymous white worm. the other actors' costumes might be excellent examples of period english costume, but i wouldn't recognize them if they were.
LotWW also stars some guys named peter capaldi and hugh grant. they weren't as famous back then, and on the face of it, the movie probably looked like an excellent project. it's an adaptation of a famous novel -- or at least a novel by a famous author -- a well-known director, and probably had a plausible-looking script. i doubt anybody realized the increasing odor coming off the movie until well into shooting, and the true festering stench of this stinker probably wasn't obvious until the special defects where added during post-production. by then, it was too late for anybody to back out.
there's no particularly compelling reason to watch LotWW.
OTOH, guardians of the galaxy did well at the box office, and the professional critics liked it too. we can't imagine why. perhaps we didn't check enough of our brains at the door before putting the DVD in the drive. regardless, it comes across as a rather generic SF action adventure, which its few clever bits ruined by various late reveals. the last half-hour or so was so predictable and clumsy that we were MST3King it.
( how to ruin the ride with late reveals )
if you're looking for brain candy, i think this one will work for you. i know nothing about about the original comics, so i can't say if liking them will help or hurt people's appreciation of the movie. otherwise, it's worth it only for making fun of.
people who liked abbott's book flatland will probably likemoose and squirrel rabbit and deer, an online short film. the animation works for 2-D characters starting to explore 3-D worlds, and it's a suitably geeky plot.
LotWW is on my Loncon list of movies with good costumes, and i'll admit they did a good job with the costumes for the baddie, the last worshipper of the eponymous white worm. the other actors' costumes might be excellent examples of period english costume, but i wouldn't recognize them if they were.
LotWW also stars some guys named peter capaldi and hugh grant. they weren't as famous back then, and on the face of it, the movie probably looked like an excellent project. it's an adaptation of a famous novel -- or at least a novel by a famous author -- a well-known director, and probably had a plausible-looking script. i doubt anybody realized the increasing odor coming off the movie until well into shooting, and the true festering stench of this stinker probably wasn't obvious until the special defects where added during post-production. by then, it was too late for anybody to back out.
there's no particularly compelling reason to watch LotWW.
OTOH, guardians of the galaxy did well at the box office, and the professional critics liked it too. we can't imagine why. perhaps we didn't check enough of our brains at the door before putting the DVD in the drive. regardless, it comes across as a rather generic SF action adventure, which its few clever bits ruined by various late reveals. the last half-hour or so was so predictable and clumsy that we were MST3King it.
( how to ruin the ride with late reveals )
if you're looking for brain candy, i think this one will work for you. i know nothing about about the original comics, so i can't say if liking them will help or hurt people's appreciation of the movie. otherwise, it's worth it only for making fun of.
people who liked abbott's book flatland will probably like