Babylon AD - a flat pack film gone wrong
November 6th, 2008
Ikea is fantastic for affordable, generally easy to assemble and get home furniture. The concept is simple, they give you all the parts and relatively easy instructions to build said furniture.
I think Babylon AD is the film equivalent of an Ikea table but they didn’t bother with the instructions and put it together really quickly. All the pieces are there for a really cool science fiction action film but there are bits and pieces stuck together the wrong way.
Yeah sure it is a film but it’s not a very good one and you certainly wouldn’t want to sit down and eat a bowl soup on it.
You see with Ikea furniture there are certain conditions where you can put the item together in not quite the right way and it feels wrong but still serves its purpose. A left piece is put into the right-hand slot and it fits but it puts it off a little.
I know the director and Vin Diesel have both expressed their disappointment with studio interference (I think it was studio based, I hope they didn’t do this to themselves!!). I figured I’d watch it anyway, it couldn’t be as bad as they feared.
I was wrong.
Visually it looks really interesting in parts but it also feels like I passed out in certain areas and missed important storyline and dialogue. Unfortunately the rest of the film left me feeling smarter than the film ( a LOT smarter).
To be honest I’d avoid this unless you are a hardcore Vin Diesel fan and can’t live without seeing all his films (mind you if that were me I’d wait to see Fast and the Furious 4).
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ha ha…. I love that analogy. It’s a shame about this movie, too, ’cause I thought the trailer looked pretty good. Now I’m glad I didn’t see it. When it came out around here I started hearing the stories and decided to pass.
Ah, well. Vin can’t seem to catch a break lately…
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I’ve heard a few people say similar things to your review.
They obviously forgot the all-important allan key in the movie packaging
Sit down for a really badly put together sci-fi flick, Circuitry Man 2- Plughead Rewired.
Number 1, Circuitry Man,was pretty good, number 2 had umpteen writers writing (and changing) scenes and dialogue minutes before it was filmed.
Horrendous!
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ok so I’ll pass this one. Can anyone please tell me that I (however faulty) should take a moment to watch 10 000 BC just because it looks cool…
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By Lee on November 9th, 2008 | Reply
I haven’t watched 10000 BC yet but have not heard good things - I am vaguely interested however because it does look really good visually.
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Man. I was hoping this would be good. It LOOKED good! So reminiscent of 80’s Heavy Metal magazine.
Worth a rental?
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By Lee on November 9th, 2008 | Reply
Mmmmm maybe. If you have a coupon or a half price night
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