Ok I know I am probably gonna get ripped apart for this but I don’t care, everyone on here can rip me apart but if they do so without good reason or without something solid to back themselves up with I don’t care.
1) I like the Resident Evil movie because Anderson took one of the best known and quit frankly pretty predictable at times survival horror videogame stories and produced something new and interesting. I like the way it expanded on how far the Umbrella Corp would go to protect its creations. I mean having a massive mansion as an emergency entrance, a whole special task force working for them, the laser room leading to the main computer system, and the Red Queen being as advanced as she is, that kind of AI is unheard of and very creepy.
2) I like the way it focused on how the Umbrella Corp affects people, the whole little “mini-story” of that guy and his sister trying to smuggle out the T-Virus so to expose Umbrella and also the lengths some people would go to try and sell it like that guy. I also liked the way when he explains to Alice how some people do different things to fight against Umbrella. I think it’s cool and is almost a kind of nod to characters like Leon and Clair from the videogame Resident Evil 2, who go one to fight against Umbrella. Claire continuing her searches in Code Veronica (I think, I haven’t played it) and Leon in Resident Evil 4.
3) I believe they were on a pretty small budget compared to most Hollywood movies according to Anderson on the commentary (which I think it is why it was chosen to be mostly shot in Germany as it is very cheap there) For what they had, I think they did a good job. I would have personally liked to have seen more of the labs, work areas which you do see but in more detail and some more big action scenes.
4) For a 15 (UK age rating) the zombies were pretty detailed and some looked as cool as some of the zombies from Dawn of the Dead 04. I especially like the way they had a more “ill” look to them, like they had actually been infected by a virus. The weird eyes, puffy eyes lids, sores around the mouth and on the hands. I thought they look good and it is a shame really you don’t get to see more of them up close, the zombies do show that thought was put into this movie. As for America etc giving it an R rating, I thought that was stupid. No way was it “bad” enough to get rated R.
5) I like the way you don’t really know where you are and I agree with Anderson on this, you get the feeling that you’re almost in a maze, rooms don’t seem to connect, and they all seem disjointed almost. I also liked the containers for the Lickers, it made sense to keep them in something like that though I doubt if this was real they would all be put in a large room and just left there in a way.
Those are just some of the things I like. I won’t go on as I have said enough. I will admit though with all the like I have for this film it still has some of the biggest and worst flaws. My most annoyance being how shit the Licker looks and moves and as for the bodies and blood disappearing from the elevators at the beginning where the woman gets her head knocked off and in the laser room is just stupid. Even one of the characters asks this question but we never get an answer. Oh and yeah, the sometimes down right horrible acting and dialogue. But still, lets not forget this is based on the first videogame which takes place mostly in the mansion and well if they did re-create the videogame into a movie it would cost a lot to find/build the mansion from the first game. Also, the videogame did have shitty dialogue too don’t forget.
So, Mr. Anderson, I would also like to forgive you for making the Resident Evil movie with a very much sci-fi feel, look etc. I don’t think you got over Event Horizon for whatever reason but it does give me some hope that Alien Versus Predator will have some good sci-fi feeling and look.
And there you have it, I could write a full document and post it if you all want, I think Resident Evil makes a great film to look at, criticize, study almost just due to its roots, making and audience reactions. It could have been a lot better sure, but then again the way I see it Dawn of the Dead 04 could have been better, so could have Van Hellsen, The Day after Tomorrow and many others. But for what it is, I like it and Kudos to Anderson for giving it his best shot, though I get the feeling he wanted to make it as quickly as possible so he could get one with Resident Evil: Apocalypse which I think is what he has wanted to do from the beginning.
1) I like the Resident Evil movie because Anderson took one of the best known and quit frankly pretty predictable at times survival horror videogame stories and produced something new and interesting. I like the way it expanded on how far the Umbrella Corp would go to protect its creations. I mean having a massive mansion as an emergency entrance, a whole special task force working for them, the laser room leading to the main computer system, and the Red Queen being as advanced as she is, that kind of AI is unheard of and very creepy.
2) I like the way it focused on how the Umbrella Corp affects people, the whole little “mini-story” of that guy and his sister trying to smuggle out the T-Virus so to expose Umbrella and also the lengths some people would go to try and sell it like that guy. I also liked the way when he explains to Alice how some people do different things to fight against Umbrella. I think it’s cool and is almost a kind of nod to characters like Leon and Clair from the videogame Resident Evil 2, who go one to fight against Umbrella. Claire continuing her searches in Code Veronica (I think, I haven’t played it) and Leon in Resident Evil 4.
3) I believe they were on a pretty small budget compared to most Hollywood movies according to Anderson on the commentary (which I think it is why it was chosen to be mostly shot in Germany as it is very cheap there) For what they had, I think they did a good job. I would have personally liked to have seen more of the labs, work areas which you do see but in more detail and some more big action scenes.
4) For a 15 (UK age rating) the zombies were pretty detailed and some looked as cool as some of the zombies from Dawn of the Dead 04. I especially like the way they had a more “ill” look to them, like they had actually been infected by a virus. The weird eyes, puffy eyes lids, sores around the mouth and on the hands. I thought they look good and it is a shame really you don’t get to see more of them up close, the zombies do show that thought was put into this movie. As for America etc giving it an R rating, I thought that was stupid. No way was it “bad” enough to get rated R.
5) I like the way you don’t really know where you are and I agree with Anderson on this, you get the feeling that you’re almost in a maze, rooms don’t seem to connect, and they all seem disjointed almost. I also liked the containers for the Lickers, it made sense to keep them in something like that though I doubt if this was real they would all be put in a large room and just left there in a way.
Those are just some of the things I like. I won’t go on as I have said enough. I will admit though with all the like I have for this film it still has some of the biggest and worst flaws. My most annoyance being how shit the Licker looks and moves and as for the bodies and blood disappearing from the elevators at the beginning where the woman gets her head knocked off and in the laser room is just stupid. Even one of the characters asks this question but we never get an answer. Oh and yeah, the sometimes down right horrible acting and dialogue. But still, lets not forget this is based on the first videogame which takes place mostly in the mansion and well if they did re-create the videogame into a movie it would cost a lot to find/build the mansion from the first game. Also, the videogame did have shitty dialogue too don’t forget.
So, Mr. Anderson, I would also like to forgive you for making the Resident Evil movie with a very much sci-fi feel, look etc. I don’t think you got over Event Horizon for whatever reason but it does give me some hope that Alien Versus Predator will have some good sci-fi feeling and look.
And there you have it, I could write a full document and post it if you all want, I think Resident Evil makes a great film to look at, criticize, study almost just due to its roots, making and audience reactions. It could have been a lot better sure, but then again the way I see it Dawn of the Dead 04 could have been better, so could have Van Hellsen, The Day after Tomorrow and many others. But for what it is, I like it and Kudos to Anderson for giving it his best shot, though I get the feeling he wanted to make it as quickly as possible so he could get one with Resident Evil: Apocalypse which I think is what he has wanted to do from the beginning.
