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Mel Gibson, Apocalypto

By Steen | January 27, 2007

Mel Gibson is clearly fascinated by violence and blood. Just as, even if implicitly, The Passion of the Christ showed how civilization was born in blood, so does Apocalypto show how civilization dies in blood.
The film opens with a quote: “A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.” [...]

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Lee Wiseman, Underworld Evolution

By Steen | March 13, 2006

Underworld Evolution is the sequel to Underworld, also directed by Lee Wiseman. It is a very direct continuation of the first film, and in this way it also continues the storyline established by the first film. We learn more of the history of vampires and werewolves, which is in fact one of the film’s stronger [...]

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Peter Jackson, King Kong

By Steen | December 20, 2005

As some of my friends noted, this is really Lord of the Rings 4, stylistically speaking. This really shouldn’t be regarded negatively, since Peter Jackson has an amazing ability to blend different styles and yet make them his own and combine them into a unified look and feel. As so many other newer directors he [...]

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Mike Newell, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

By Steen | November 24, 2005

The new Harry Potter film does not reach the level of the third one, although it knocks the two first installments out of the ballpark. It is a fun rollercoaster ride of a movie that will not create any converts, but definitely entertain those who liked the first films and the books.

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Garth Jennings, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

By Steen | September 16, 2005

The adaptation of Douglas Adams’ cult novels, it has a very difficult legacy to live up to and in many ways is trying to do perform an impossible task. Adams’ humor is not easily translatable, depending mostly on strange coherences and sidetracking bits. To its credit, the film does try to keep the spirit of [...]

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