10 December 2005

Aeon sux? Too bad...

Whoa and ouch! Rottentomatoes.com doesn't like Aeon Flux [11 percent] or Geisha [28 percent] but likes Narnia [78 percent]. I would go to see Narnia no matter what, Aeon Flux I was iffy on [I love the original] and Geisha I knew I'd wait to rent it on DVD... Looks like Aeon is in the same boat.

"It probably looked like a good idea on paper."
-- Mark Olsen, L.A. WEEKLY

"The movie should have been called Aeon Sucks."
-- Mike McGranaghan, AISLE SEAT

"Breeds plenty of contempt."
-- Paul Clinton (Boxoffice), BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE

I'm getting ready to read Geisha... and it got smashed by RT also. There is alot of attention being paid to the fact that three of the major players in the movie are Chinese - not Japanese.

"Flawed by the use of Chinese actors taking the roles of Japanese and for its use of English all around." -- Harvey S. Karten, COMPUSERVE

Most of the biggies are still out at Narnia and haven't checked in yet to review. Of course there are those that go against the current...

"So much to see and hear, yet the magic of Memoirs of a Geisha is the human way it touches the heart. The cumulative effect is like being knocked unconscious by the wing of a butterfly." -- Rex Reed, NEW YORK OBSERVER

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