Superfreak
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Got dragged to this the other night... it was a little meh, but actually not too bad. The only thing that really grinds badly is Channing's inability to lose his yuppy ghetto rat accent. If he can get that over with, and talk like a normal human being, he could very well have a long career. He was the thing that drags the movie down, but it's certainly watchable. Had Channing not been cast, I think this movie would have been fantastic, but he was. That being said, it's not a bad movie, and the story is quite well put together.
there have been a lot of these 'north of hadrian's wall' roman movies in the last couple of years. The eagle wasn't as good as Centurion, but infinitely better than the 9th Legion.
I love roman subject matter, I just wish that they'd do a movie about something other than f'n England. There are so many more interesting stories to tell and adapt, but movie makers seem to be stuck on the same story.
The Eagle gets a C+, would have been a B+, but Channing will always be miscast in this role until he can form english words properly.
PS. it suffers from the same problem that all the movies of this type suffer, in that the ending conflict is always less epic than the opening one (ie. the movie opens with an army or garrison, and ends with band of survivors). Sometimes I'd like to see a conventional movie, where things get more epic as the movie progresses, about Rome. Even Gladiator went this way (although it was extremely satisfying, more so than the three movies I mentioned above. 9th legion tried, but most of that movie was tripe, so it doesn't really count)
there have been a lot of these 'north of hadrian's wall' roman movies in the last couple of years. The eagle wasn't as good as Centurion, but infinitely better than the 9th Legion.
I love roman subject matter, I just wish that they'd do a movie about something other than f'n England. There are so many more interesting stories to tell and adapt, but movie makers seem to be stuck on the same story.
The Eagle gets a C+, would have been a B+, but Channing will always be miscast in this role until he can form english words properly.
PS. it suffers from the same problem that all the movies of this type suffer, in that the ending conflict is always less epic than the opening one (ie. the movie opens with an army or garrison, and ends with band of survivors). Sometimes I'd like to see a conventional movie, where things get more epic as the movie progresses, about Rome. Even Gladiator went this way (although it was extremely satisfying, more so than the three movies I mentioned above. 9th legion tried, but most of that movie was tripe, so it doesn't really count)
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