Kinetic Idiocy

A friend of mine, anonymously writing as "Cbabbitt" on Ain't It Cool, has posted a wonderfully angry screed against Russian vampire flick Night Watch. Now, this movie has been something of an international hit, and has already spawned, I believe, two sequels in its native land. It has only recently come to America in limited engagements.

And Mr. Babbitt didn't just dislike the film. He tears in apart viciously. In fact, I'm told that this was the second draft comissioned by the site, after the first was deemed overly cruel. Awesome. That's my kind of film review...teeming with unpublishable venom.

Here's an excerpt from the finished draft, to give you a flavor of the hate:

Night Watch is the newest foray into kinetic idiocy made by arguably the most obnoxious and useless director working in contemporary foreign film. Here’s a film so inept and unoriginal, the filmmakers decided the only possible way to tell a coherent, entertaining story is to mimic Tony Scott, but multiply his frenetic nonsense by ten. Which is to say, Night Watch is absolutely incoherent, reprehensible, and worthless.

Do yourself a favor and read the entire thing. Unsurprisingly, most of the Talkbackers agree that the movie is terrible.

While at AICN, you may also want to check out some photos from Guillermo del Toro's upcoming Pan's Labyrinth. Could any facet of Del Toro's film set in a labyrinth possibly top David Bowie's turn as the Goblin King in Jim Henson's version? Most likely, not...but you never know. These screen captures look tremendous.



Yikes. Can you imagine having to spend up to 12 hours a day with someone in that freaky make-up? That little girl must have Post-Traumatic Stress by now.