EVOLUTION
With
David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, Julianne Moore
(Mis)Directed
by Ivan Reitman
To
say that Ivan Reitman is "the director of Ghostbusters"
may be a good hook, since this is pretty much more of the same - in the sense
of more money to wreak more havoc as earthlings battle a take-over,
this time by a fast evolving alien life-form, as opposed to the '80s hit's ghosts
& spooks. The FX are extravagant in many cases but then, why does so much
of the alien eco system look so damn plastic?. But, seeing as Evolution's
target audience was probably not even born when Bill Murray & the gang kicked
ghostly ass to Ray Parker Jr.'s hit tune, this lure is directed at those of us
who loved it on its innitial global release - since not much will keep the current
younger audience from heading out to go see it. If you still hadn't seen Ghostbusters,
get yer ass down to the videostore! The alien invasion picks up momentum pretty
quickly after a meteor hits earth, while an assembled cast is there to include
as wide an audience demographic as possible (race, age, gender). Duchovny is his
dry self and Moore tries to hit a new slapstick form she'd hardly ever done before.
Jones is quite a laugh while Scott is in regular early 20s "loser" shape.
They play for laughs as well as the gross out factor. The FX are cool, the jokes
silly and the pace fair in what is pretty much a Men
In Black out of control.
Butt, in the end, it seems as though the writers created a hole movie around the
urge to poop out the world's biggest ass joke as a punchline. Evolution
doesn't take itself too seriously and neither should we.
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...And
the
2nd
Opinion...
EVOLUTION
With
David
Duchovny,
Orlando
Jones,
Seann
William
Scott,
Julianne
Moore
Directed
by
Ivan
Reitman
I'm
gonna
keep
this
short
and
sweet
because
the
memory
is
too
painful...
What
a
waste
of
celluloid!
I'm
sorry,
usually
there
is
SOME
redeeming
quality
in
a
movie,
in
Evolution
there
is
none.
An
alien
meteor
crashes
near
an
Arizon
suburb
emitting
a
wierd
goo
that
in
fact
is
an
alien
primordial
soup.
From
it
springs
all
creatures
weird
and
wonderful
that
evolve
at
an
alarming
rate
until
they
become
nasty
and
large
enough
to
pose
a
serious
threat.
Duchovny
is
flat
and
flavorless.
Orlando
Jones
has
moments,
but
they're
not
good
ones...
Seann
William
Scott
didn't
learn
his
lesson
from
Dude,
Where's
My
Car?
and
Julianne
Moore's
character
has
a
quirky
clumsiness
that
is
just
totally
unjustified.
Weird.
The
special
CGI
effects
aren't
so
amazing
anymore...
The
creatures
are
ho-hum...
The
gags
are
flat,
predicatable
and
badly
delivered...
hence
the
acting
from
a
for-all-intents-and-purposes
"star"
cast
is
as
weak
and
incomplete
as
a
Cadiz
take-away
coffee.
Remember
Bats?
I
think
this
is
its
match.
But
at
least
Bats
tried
to
be
a
serious
movie.
Watch
out
for
a
scene
where
the
three
"heroes"
head
out
along
an
Arizona
highway
in
Duchovny's
red
Jeep
en-route
to
another
disaster-area
singing
"Play
that
Funky
Music
White
Boy"
for
absolutely
NO
APPARENT
REASON!!!
(There
is
in
fact
a
reason
-
it's
called
slapping-in-songs-to-make-more-cash-on-the-side-with-the-soundtrack-sales!
-
Ed.)
I'd
also
suggest
walking
out
before
it's
all
over,
but
for
those
of
you
who
find
delight
in
watching
weak
movies
that
are
funny
because
they're
bad,
do
stick
around
for
the
Head
&
Shoulders
mock
commercial
right
at
the
end.
Ugh...
This
movie
scores
high
on
the
CRINGE-O-METER.
-
Brett Reynolds (USA Flamedrop guy)
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