Yackoff Smirnoff wrote:do i seem the type of looser to troll a defunct forum to you? i cant even afford to buy my wife flowers because i spen all tthis check on some plexes so i could trade them to an eve player. who said to log on to dust to collect my arum. i'm putting you all on report to the BBB because i just want to see my wife happy for once.
byte modal wrote:Ok ok....
So I've never done this before, but here 'goes.
3/10
Nowhere near as good as Mom and Dad save the World, but definitely better than The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl: 3D. I was interested at first. I admit the plot had a hook and I was briefly entangled within its web of mystery. However, as the story unfolded I found that the plot points were ill-conceived, if not outright contrived only to further the narrative. Secondary characters such as "the Wife" felt shoe-horned in and one-dimensional. Who was she? Did she play EVE as well? Was she disappointed in not receiving AURUM-grade equipment for her anniversary or was the disappointment more in self-awareness of poor life choices made at least one year earlier?
Also, main character decision-making skills seemed quite lacking harkening back to levels of silliness only found within 80's hack-n-slash romps. Where beautiful (if somewhat dumb) teenage, hormonal-driven girls turn towards obviously menacing alley ways or run blindly through the dark woods half naked only to stumble over seemingly level earth. But at least in those old movies, there was tension and bursts of adrenaline, ever how telegraphed those scenes of shock were. Where is the desperation here? where is the heart?
Early on into the story, I lost respect for not only the lead character, but for the entire production staff. Surely at some point during pre-production the director would have questioned the writer on his competency and dedication to his craft? Surely the producers would have pulled funding in no confidence for the director who left production on auto-pilot---that was less capable than the inflatable one in Airplane. At least he was smart enough to get a blow-job out of his cameo.
No. While the premise had possibility, the execution and end result were rather pedestrian. Whatever potential this may have once had, that potential was ultimately wasted.
- bm.
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