Reviews

I'm watching the 1st season, and the plot is ok, with sometimes some cliches, but well, who cares ? But there is something that bothers me very much about these US series. The rest of the world (besides stupid russians) doesn't exist. Only the us has been able to see that a HUGE meteorite is coming to destroy earth. Thank you US of A, the rest of the world didn't see it coming. There are no observatories in the rest of the world. Sometimes, as a European, I just regret that the script of this kind of series revolves only around the USA. It's is so stupid, for me. But I'm assuming that the americans looking at it don't realize the absurdity of it, as their country is the only one they know... supposedly.

But otherwise, besides this nonsense, it's good.

I am a great fan of the comic book series Valeria and Laureline (in French, I don't know it they have been translated) It is supposed to be an adaptation of "L'ambassadeur des ombres" (The ambassador of the shadows) From the beginning of their story to the end, Christin (writer) and Mézières (illustrator) were so good and innovative. I heard the interview of the latter, saying that it was just unbelievable as the movie was like the book, that I wanted to see this movie. I was sooo disappointed. The characters are NOT at all like the ones in the book, they are kind of soft, nothing to compare with, and even if the plot is vaguely resembling, it has nothing to do. The only characters that are true to the book are the three "Shingouz" (don't remember the names in the movie) that are very well made. Even if the story is not so bad in itself, the actors are not at all in the mood of the book series.

After looking the other 4 reviews, I thought it might be not so bad. And I was not disappointed. It was not That bad. I gave it a 4, because some fighting scenes are sooooooo stupid, that it didn't even convinced someone like me who enjoys a good beating in movies, especially when it's exaggerated. I was wondering if when 2 guys are shooting each other, maybe some fun would have happened. Like I shoot, you hide, you shoot, I hide, my turn, your turn, I move, you move and finally we fight like men, with our bare fists. After a while it's a little boring. Otherwise, Like I said in the title, Seagall, whom I liked in his debuts, either has to retire or to get on some serious diet. I felt sorry for him, Especially when he was wearing his gear, he looked more like a clown in disguise than a brute. I don't think I'm gonna see the movie twice.

I rented this movie, and before doing so, I went on IMDb, 7.6 ! Not bad ! I wish I read the 1 vote comments before, because all the ones I read after I pout it back was sooooo true. Yes, it can be poetic, but this new-age kind of wavy moves, it's so unreal. Like when Poc shoes the eyes, or water or whatever, if you try to describe something like she does, I can tell you that Capt. Smith is VERY intelligent to understand what she means. When you want to learn a language, you usually show the thing, not describe it sophistically (I don't find the right word, I'm not English speaking) That makes no sense. So we didn't even look at ti till the end. We stopped after 45 min. Like someone else said, if you don't like action movie, just go and look at this one.