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Topic: The Scorpion King
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David Stambaugh
Film God
Posts: 4021
From: Eugene, Oregon
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 04-19-2002 04:21 PM
04/19/2002, Regal Cinema World 8, Eugene OR, 12:00PM, #3, scope, digital sound (format unknown). Attendance about 10. The surrounds were dead for the entire show. Reported it early, but they never came on. Reel 2 was badly scratched from beginning to end (vertical black scratches appearing randomly anywhere in the frame for a second or two at a time, sometimes multiple scratches), but the rest of the film looked great.Somebody else will have to provide a plot summary. I can't because nothing in the narrative of this movie registered. It was pretty pictures, endless battles, and lots of noise and bombastic music. Nothing else there. Oh, yeah, there were plenty of cheesy special effects. The Rock has 1/10th the screen presence of Schwarzenegger or Stallone, yet he is being hailed as the action movie successor to Arnold and Sly. All in all, a wasted hour and 45 mins.
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Daniel Boisson
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 157
From: Buffalo, NY, USA
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 04-19-2002 11:21 PM
ok, well i'd have to pretty much agree with dave. This one was suppose to be a prequal to the mummy. In the scorpion king, the rock is a mercenary that is sent with his 2 other brothers to kill the emporer that is conquering and killing everyone. He is betrayed and his 2 brothers are killed. He his successful on his mission, picks up a girl at the end and becomes king. Unike both mummy movies which were action with some humor, the whole movie seemed like a joke. Though, it did have everyone in the auditorium laughing. Some of the fight scenes were entertaining, but as a whole, i was disappointed. It seemed like the director was trying to make it like the previous 2 movies, but fell way short. Anyone else?
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