film criticism by maryann johanson | handcrafted since 1997
Mathematician, architect, sculptor, writer, scientist, inventor, action hero: Leonardo is James Bond and Q all in one no doubt devastatingly handsome package.
It is leaden where it should be light. It is graceless and charmless. It reels from the painful banter. It is the epitome of empty soulless corporate filmmaking.
Unlike Paul W.S. Anderson’s sure-to-be opus, this one doesn’t have 3D. But there are some painted backgrounds that are fairly hilarious.
Isn’t it all about telling a story?
In 3D. Just like Alexandre Dumas intended.
You will definitely be hearing more about this Luke Evans guy. When I saw him in Tamara Drewe, wherein he plays the hunky gardener, I just about swooned.
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…
