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Movie Review: Heavy Metal 2000
Summary: 4 Stars
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Movie Review: heavy metal2000
Summary: 4 Stars
It was a good movie not as good as the original, it got here quickly not a bad buyMovie Review: Better than the first, though obviously still problematic.
Summary: 3 Stars
I'm going to commit some class 'A' sacrilege here by saying this with no equivocation: Heavy Metal 2000 is, overall, a better film than the first Heavy Metal.
Of course, that's like saying Ernest Saves Christmas is better than Ernest Scared Stupid -- neither Heavy Metal film is exact a great work of cinema. But the improvements are substantial. Brush past the sentimental favouritism, and the first Heavy Metal is really a primitive work even for its time, overlong, technically horrible, with a disheartening disregard for detail. I rented both films this week just to do a comparison, and the first one doesn't hold up. Its age is not an excuse, because its approximate contemporaries in animation, not to mention Japanese anime (which has always been decades ahead of the U.S. in terms of artistic variety), aren't even close to being so crude. Characters' proportions vary from shot to shot erratically; the vehicles and creatures all look like plush dolls, so flat and monochromatic are they; and its "vignette" structure, while probably a little closer to the structure of the namesake magazine, merely adds to the aimlessness of the exercise.
Heavy Metal 2000 seems to have learned its predecessor's lessons well. Technically this one's light years ahead of the previous one -- you actually see lighting design, proper mise en scene, and even some okay action choreography. The first Heavy Metal's pacing looked like it was done by people with no sense of timing; when warrior lady Taarna swung her sword, you wonder why her opponents don't take the three-second lapse to duck or land a punch to her jaw. The sequel's music is also better -- while I also have a sentimental memory of the first Heavy Metal's soundtrack, given my soft spot for Blue Oyster Cult and Sammy Hagar, that soundtrack also had Riggs (lame), Stevie Nicks (out of place) and Don Felder with "Heavy Metal (Takin' a Ride)", one of the worst attempts at hard rock ever recorded. Heavy Metal 2000's soundtrack, a collection of industrial/modern metal tunes, is less prominent in the mix, but does fall into the right tone for the cyber-sex-violence setting.
If there's one thing this sequel doesn't improve over the original, it's voice work. Why they cast Julie "I Was a Penthouse Pet" Strain as the lead actress is beyond mortal comprehension; the only reason any sane director would cast Strain is to get her to take her clothes off...and this is an animated film, for cryin' out loud! Strain's voice acting is painful to listen to, sounding like exactly what it is -- a nude model with no acting ability, speaking into a microphone in the studio. Michael Ironside provides some relief as the lead baddie, and Billy Idol's cameo voice work certainly draws a chuckle, but the first Heavy Metal's voice-actor list (John Candy, Harold Ramis, Richard Romanus) was better.
You might argue that any analysis or evaluation of either Heavy Metal film is moot -- this is supposed to be entertaining, brainless, sexist, violent, juvenile trash meant to be consumed like so much junk food. But even in junk food there's good or bad, and I'd say this sequel fills the junk-food role better, given its better look, far superior action sequences, and more coherent story. I do regret that they didn't bring back Taarna, the silent heroine of the first film. Given the superior artwork of this film, she would definitely have looked hotter than ever.
Movie Review: The animated promotion of Julie Strain
Summary: 3 Stars
Lots of fans of the magazine remember the first Heavy Metal movie with as a ground breaker as one of the earliest adult animated featurs. Sadly, this movie has come way too late to even attempt to capitalize on the original.
Here is whats noticible
1.Fans of the first film may notice that a few ideas have stupidly been copied into the second film and therefore it feels like just a rehash of another story. No originality whatsoever.
2.Julie Strain. After watching the movie and the shamless Julie Strain featurette on the disc you will soon be asking yourself, "why is this film centered around her"? Who Cares? Oh, wait her husband is Kevin Eastman the owner of Heavy Metal Magazine....Perhaps if he had concentrated on making a good film than trying to promote his easily ignorable wife....
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Whats good about it?
1.For the most part, the story isnt bad but very simple and rather dull.'
2.The 5.1 sound and special effects are quite cool if you have a home theater system.
3.The heavy metal soundtrack is good but after a while, what a headache. There isnt a lot of variety in terms of the music.
4.The voice acting is ok but the dialoge? It feels like someone wrote this over the weekend.
5.The animation is pretty good and worth watching.
Customers who know nothing about Heavy Metal and are just animation curious, may find this film a little exploitive. Fans of Heavy Metal may think its just fair at best.If you wondering why this film opened only in Korea and then went straight to dvd, then watch it and find out.
Movie Review: Not that Bad...
Summary: 3 Stars
I d give this a 3 and a half if I would have the option. Lotsa action, adult orientated thru gore and nudity (which is a good thing in this case). Someone else compared this to Titan AE for adults...I tend to agree, storyline is pretty similar, with the big difference that revenge is a large factor.
Our lovely Julie basically stops at nothing to fulfill her revenge, to bad that the character is poorly developed, all you see is a good looking revenge filled girl being mean to any male she sees.
The villan on the other hand is a little better...the insanity that drives him is made pretty transparent.
The mystical factor of this movie is also well done.
As for the quality...movie has some wonderful animated shots that are nicely drawn and animated..., so thumbs up from me in that department.
Soundtrack IMO is perfect for the movie..and it adds greatly to save the movie from being just another mindless animation.
All in all I liked the film but for some reason I expected more, so if you get this movie expect a good action film, but dont expect any depth at all.