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      <title>Film:Ultraviolet</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/films/Ultraviolet/228769/default.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<table width='100%' style='font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><tr><td><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t82077b29z5.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' /></td>
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<strong>Title:</strong> Ultraviolet<br/>
<strong>Year:</strong> 2006<br/>
<strong>Director:</strong> Kurt Wimmer<br/>
<strong>Plot:</strong> In the late 21st a disease called Hemophagia has genetically modified nearly an entire race of people, leaving them with such enhanced speed, intelligence, and strength that they resemble vampires in nearly every way. Fear begins to breed within the power elite as the disease continues to spread and those infected prove to be truly superhuman, and now, a civil war is brewing between uninfected humans and those altered by Hemophagia. Caught dead in the center of it is an infected woman called Violet (<a href="/players/P____36397/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Milla Jovovich</a>), who is bent on vengeance and has little left to lose. Provoked beyond reason by powers that will not rest until she and her people are dead, she will become everything her persecutors feared her to be. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide<br/>
<strong>Times Tagged:</strong> 12<br/>
<strong>Number of Lists:</strong> 19<br/>
<strong>Number of blog posts:</strong> 5<br/>
<strong>Number of discussion threads:</strong> 2<br/>
<strong>SpoutRating:</strong> 2<br/>
</td></tr></table>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:55:52 GMT</pubDate><spout:Title>Ultraviolet</spout:Title><spout:Year>2006</spout:Year><spout:Director>Kurt Wimmer</spout:Director><spout:Plot>In the late 21st a disease called Hemophagia has genetically modified nearly an entire race of people, leaving them with such enhanced speed, intelligence, and strength that they resemble vampires in nearly every way. Fear begins to breed within the power elite as the disease continues to spread and those infected prove to be truly superhuman, and now, a civil war is brewing between uninfected humans and those altered by Hemophagia. Caught dead in the center of it is an infected woman called Violet (&lt;a href="/players/P____36397/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Milla Jovovich&lt;/a&gt;), who is bent on vengeance and has little left to lose. Provoked beyond reason by powers that will not rest until she and her people are dead, she will become everything her persecutors feared her to be. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide</spout:Plot><spout:TimesTagged>12</spout:TimesTagged><spout:taglevel>Tag Target (&gt;10)</spout:taglevel><spout:Numberoflists>19</spout:Numberoflists><spout:NumberOfBlogPosts>5</spout:NumberOfBlogPosts><spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads>2</spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads><spout:SpoutRating>2</spout:SpoutRating><spout:FilmCoverURL>http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t82077b29z5.jpg</spout:FilmCoverURL><spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL>http://www.spout.com/films/Ultraviolet/228769/default.aspx</spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL><spout:type>Film</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Top 5 Ass-Kicking Heroine Films</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Top_5/Re_Top_5_Ass_Kicking_Heroine_Films/190/39333/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t82077b29z5.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/119628/default.aspx'>mercurial</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Top_5/190/discussions.aspx'>Top 5</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 1/9/2009 5:19:28 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Let's see: Resident Evil BloodRayne Buffy the Vampire Slayer Aeon Flux Charlie's Angels Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc Elektra Freeway Coffy Foxy Brown La Femme Nikita / Point of No Return The Long Kiss Goodnight The Quick and the Dead My Super Ex-Girlfriend Cutthroat Island Red Sonja Supergirl Ultraviolet Catwoman Barb Wire Silver Hawk Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Lady Vengeance   For me, I either loved or hated these films. Kill Bill and Alien are probably my favorite female action protagonists.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:19:28 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>mercurial</spout:postby><spout:postto>Top 5</spout:postto><spout:postdate>1/9/2009 5:19:28 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Let's see: Resident Evil BloodRayne Buffy the Vampire Slayer Aeon Flux Charlie's Angels Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc Elektra Freeway Coffy Foxy Brown La Femme Nikita / Point of No Return The Long Kiss Goodnight The Quick and the Dead My Super Ex-Girlfriend Cutthroat Island Red Sonja Supergirl Ultraviolet Catwoman Barb Wire Silver Hawk Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Lady Vengeance   For me, I either loved or hated these films. Kill Bill and Alien are probably my favorite female action protagonists.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: 10 Awful Matrix “Bullet Time” Spoofs</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/6/23/31570.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t82077b29z5.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/9325/default.aspx'>SpoutBlog</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/default.aspx'>SpoutBlog on spout.com</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 6/23/2008 6:00:41 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> 
When I first saw the trailer for Wanted, I figured it was just another Matrix ripoff. And I’m sure there are many other people who thought the same thing. Of course, some Matrix ripoffs aren’t bad — I absolutely love Kurt Wimmer’s Equilibrium, for example — but most are. Even worse, though, are the parodies of the Matrix’s “bullet time” sequences. Do we really need to see another movie character bend over backwards to avoid a bullet (or milk)? Or another movie character suspended in motion while the camera tracks around him or her?
It’s no wonder that until yesterday, I had pretty much dismissed Wanted, because of that Matrix-like bullet time sequence in which Morgan Freeman shoots around a slab of meat to hit an unseen target. Yet as of yesterday, the movie’s Rotten Tomatoes rating was 100% (Anthony Lane’s New Yorker review, posted today, is the first “rotten” one, taking it down to 92%). Now I’m more intrigued. Still, it doesn’t change the fact that that bullet time sequence is there, reminding me of the worst that The Matrix has inspired in the past decade. To remind you, too, I’ve compiled a bunch of clips that should provide you with similar doubt.


The Gap “Khaki Swing” Ads - Soon after The Matrix came out and blew our minds with the effect, Gap had to ruin its cool factor real quick by showing just how easily it could be redone and exploited. These commercials also began ruining Louis Prima and the neo-swing movement in general, so it’s especially evil in my mind.

Ultraviolet - OK, not so much a parody, but it’s so blatantly a Matrix ripoff that it should be considered such. The buildup of this sequence is so excessively stylized that after watching it I never wanted to see another bullet time sequence ever again.

Wing Commander - I never saw this movie, so I don’t know what’s happening in the bullet time sequence with the milk frozen in air (seen in the trailer, above), but any movie featuring a bullet time sequence involving milk is a sure sign of a bad movie (see Kung Pow! Way of the Fist, below)

Michael Jordan - Is this an ad? Or is it just another excuse just to use this effect?

The Simpsons “New Kids on the Blecch” - This episode featured a very minor Matrix parody with guest stars NSYNC displaying a dance move called “The Matrix”. It would have been just another simple imitation if not for the one guy falling out of place, which is a little funny. (I apologize for making you watch most of this behind-the-scenes feature to get to the sequence)

Scary Movie - This one isn’t too bad, either. At first it merely seems like it’s just an imitation, but then the killer throws his back out. Good one. Unfortunately, the Wayans take it a little further and mess up the scene with that lame jig gag.

Karate Dog - I’ve already recently shared this awful (or awfully funny?) clip of Jon Voight fighting a talking dog skilled in Kung Fu, and I think it speaks for itself anyway, so just watch. It’s OK if you stop after the first “baby carriage time” gag and don’t get to the other Matrix reference. Nobody ever needs to be subjected to “super lick.”

Kung Pow! Enter the Fist - I’m so glad that this clip is presented in widescreen. All the better an homage to a movie that helped popularize the letterbox format of the DVD. Actually that’s about where the respect ends. There are just some things you don’t need to see done with the bullet time effect, and milk blasted out of udders is one of those things.

Welcome to Dongmakgol - Is this really bullet time, or just a lot of slow motion and blue screen made to make us think we’re watching bullet time? It’s so ridiculously overdone, I can’t tell. And I don’t care. In a way it looks more like a ripoff of Kung Pow! than The Matrix anyway.

Shrek - This one doesn’t even have any additional joke. It’s just an imitative reference and one of the many reasons I find the Shrek movies to be creatively vapid works. Plus, it’s not even as cool as the Matrix’s bullet time sequences because it’s a completely computer-rendered film. This scene could have existed even before The Matrix’s advances with the effect, which technically can be credited to much earlier animated works, including the original Speed Racer TV series. In fact, it now seems as if the Wachowskis were always just trying to make a live-action version of that last shot from the Speed Racer opening. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:00:41 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SpoutBlog</spout:postby><spout:postto>SpoutBlog on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>6/23/2008 6:00:41 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>
When I first saw the trailer for Wanted, I figured it was just another Matrix ripoff. And I’m sure there are many other people who thought the same thing. Of course, some Matrix ripoffs aren’t bad — I absolutely love Kurt Wimmer’s Equilibrium, for example — but most are. Even worse, though, are the parodies of the Matrix’s “bullet time” sequences. Do we really need to see another movie character bend over backwards to avoid a bullet (or milk)? Or another movie character suspended in motion while the camera tracks around him or her?
It’s no wonder that until yesterday, I had pretty much dismissed Wanted, because of that Matrix-like bullet time sequence in which Morgan Freeman shoots around a slab of meat to hit an unseen target. Yet as of yesterday, the movie’s Rotten Tomatoes rating was 100% (Anthony Lane’s New Yorker review, posted today, is the first “rotten” one, taking it down to 92%). Now I’m more intrigued. Still, it doesn’t change the fact that that bullet time sequence is there, reminding me of the worst that The Matrix has inspired in the past decade. To remind you, too, I’ve compiled a bunch of clips that should provide you with similar doubt.


The Gap “Khaki Swing” Ads - Soon after The Matrix came out and blew our minds with the effect, Gap had to ruin its cool factor real quick by showing just how easily it could be redone and exploited. These commercials also began ruining Louis Prima and the neo-swing movement in general, so it’s especially evil in my mind.

Ultraviolet - OK, not so much a parody, but it’s so blatantly a Matrix ripoff that it should be considered such. The buildup of this sequence is so excessively stylized that after watching it I never wanted to see another bullet time sequence ever again.

Wing Commander - I never saw this movie, so I don’t know what’s happening in the bullet time sequence with the milk frozen in air (seen in the trailer, above), but any movie featuring a bullet time sequence involving milk is a sure sign of a bad movie (see Kung Pow! Way of the Fist, below)

Michael Jordan - Is this an ad? Or is it just another excuse just to use this effect?

The Simpsons “New Kids on the Blecch” - This episode featured a very minor Matrix parody with guest stars NSYNC displaying a dance move called “The Matrix”. It would have been just another simple imitation if not for the one guy falling out of place, which is a little funny. (I apologize for making you watch most of this behind-the-scenes feature to get to the sequence)

Scary Movie - This one isn’t too bad, either. At first it merely seems like it’s just an imitation, but then the killer throws his back out. Good one. Unfortunately, the Wayans take it a little further and mess up the scene with that lame jig gag.

Karate Dog - I’ve already recently shared this awful (or awfully funny?) clip of Jon Voight fighting a talking dog skilled in Kung Fu, and I think it speaks for itself anyway, so just watch. It’s OK if you stop after the first “baby carriage time” gag and don’t get to the other Matrix reference. Nobody ever needs to be subjected to “super lick.”

Kung Pow! Enter the Fist - I’m so glad that this clip is presented in widescreen. All the better an homage to a movie that helped popularize the letterbox format of the DVD. Actually that’s about where the respect ends. There are just some things you don’t need to see done with the bullet time effect, and milk blasted out of udders is one of those things.

Welcome to Dongmakgol - Is this really bullet time, or just a lot of slow motion and blue screen made to make us think we’re watching bullet time? It’s so ridiculously overdone, I can’t tell. And I don’t care. In a way it looks more like a ripoff of Kung Pow! than The Matrix anyway.

Shrek - This one doesn’t even have any additional joke. It’s just an imitative reference and one of the many reasons I find the Shrek movies to be creatively vapid works. Plus, it’s not even as cool as the Matrix’s bullet time sequences because it’s a completely computer-rendered film. This scene could have existed even before The Matrix’s advances with the effect, which technically can be credited to much earlier animated works, including the original Speed Racer TV series. In fact, it now seems as if the Wachowskis were always just trying to make a live-action version of that last shot from the Speed Racer opening. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Takin' it to the 'Street'</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/usesoap/archive/2008/4/14/27279.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t82077b29z5.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/113227/default.aspx'>usesoap</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/usesoap/default.aspx'>usesoap Blog</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 4/14/2008 12:07:27 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Sure, it&rsquo;s good to be the king, be it Henry VII, Billie Jean or Stephen. But there are so-called &ldquo;kings&rdquo; of questionable virtue.1)       The King of Pop: A dandy whose contributions to the music arts have been eclipsed by his personal predilection for young squires in his kingdom.2)       Burger King: Rules by treating his subjects to high-fat, empty-calorie meals; contributes to obesity epidemic; stars in rather creepy commercials where he&rsquo;s often depicted as a voyeur.3)       Chess King: Flagrant violator of many laws of fashion; turns a blind eye while keeping his minions ensconced in garish, pseudo-suave outfits.We can now add the &ldquo;Street Kings&rdquo; to the list of those with dubious contributions during their sovereignty. While it possesses a few complimentary attributes, its overall merits are overshadowed by a number of tired cinematic truisms.Keanu Reeves heads a cast of misused and miscast talent in the latest police drama from a man (director David Ayer) who certainly has some issues with the boys in blue in the Los Angeles area.Ayers, serving as director here, has penned some rather poisonous peeks into the force, including Denzel Washington&rsquo;s Oscar-winning turn as a morally bankrupt cop in &ldquo;Training Day,&rdquo; Kurt Russell&rsquo;s corrupt cop in &ldquo;Dark Blue,&rdquo; and served as director in a tale of a young psychopath&rsquo;s (played by Christian Bale) attempt to gain a spot on the force in &ldquo;Harsh Times.&rdquo;In &ldquo;Kings&rdquo; he follows a number of officers on a morally squalid squad who overzealously get their men, while allowing their commander (played by Forest Whittaker) to clean up any mess &ndash; such as evidence &ndash; they left behind.And while the film boasts some electric dialogue by hard-boiled novelist James Ellroy, it&rsquo;s hobbled by across-the-board performances and a plot that is as subtle as the Rodney King video.Reeves stars as Tom Ludlow, an alcoholic, haunted force veteran who, after years if suppressing both emotion and evidence, is starting to grow a conscience. Already the role requires far too much nuance of which the limited actor is capable.Reeves can skate by in roles that require him to appear dazed and confused (the &ldquo;Bill &amp; Ted&rdquo; pictures, &ldquo;The Matrix&rdquo;), but when he&rsquo;s asked to add subtleties of any sort, he&rsquo;s walking well out of his range.Whitaker apparently feels as though he must take up the slack, not only for Reeves, but for everyone else in the film who doesn&rsquo;t get a fair chance, cinematically. Contorting his face and body to deliver even the most simple stretch to the point of unintentional comedy.Meanwhile, the other names involved are handed throwaway parts that undercut any talent they may have. Hugh Laurie, for example, co-stars as an internal affairs officer who&rsquo;s trailing Ludlow and looking to eradicate a corrupt cadre of policemen. His entrance into the film is straight out of a sitcom, though. Laurie, the current star of &ldquo;House&rdquo; first appears on the screen after peering from behind a curtain in &ndash; wait for it &ndash; a hospital. You half expect the soundtrack to kick in a laugh track at that point.As mentioned earlier, there are some electric lines, probably written from Ellroy. But the best-selling author of &ldquo;L. A. Confidential&rdquo; and &ldquo;Black Dahlia&rdquo; also shares the screenplay billing with Kurt Wimmer (the director of the infamous &ldquo;Ultraviolet&rdquo;) and newcomer Jamie Moss. The result is a string of clich&eacute;d set-ups and takedowns that have been featured in far too many cop dramas of both big a little screens.It brings little new to the precinct and while some snappy dialogue and scenes of intricate tension earn &ldquo;Street&rdquo; cred, all the &ldquo;Kings&rdquo; men could not put this film together again.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:07:27 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>usesoap</spout:postby><spout:postto>usesoap Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>4/14/2008 12:07:27 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Sure, it&amp;rsquo;s good to be the king, be it Henry VII, Billie Jean or Stephen. But there are so-called &amp;ldquo;kings&amp;rdquo; of questionable virtue.1)       The King of Pop: A dandy whose contributions to the music arts have been eclipsed by his personal predilection for young squires in his kingdom.2)       Burger King: Rules by treating his subjects to high-fat, empty-calorie meals; contributes to obesity epidemic; stars in rather creepy commercials where he&amp;rsquo;s often depicted as a voyeur.3)       Chess King: Flagrant violator of many laws of fashion; turns a blind eye while keeping his minions ensconced in garish, pseudo-suave outfits.We can now add the &amp;ldquo;Street Kings&amp;rdquo; to the list of those with dubious contributions during their sovereignty. While it possesses a few complimentary attributes, its overall merits are overshadowed by a number of tired cinematic truisms.Keanu Reeves heads a cast of misused and miscast talent in the latest police drama from a man (director David Ayer) who certainly has some issues with the boys in blue in the Los Angeles area.Ayers, serving as director here, has penned some rather poisonous peeks into the force, including Denzel Washington&amp;rsquo;s Oscar-winning turn as a morally bankrupt cop in &amp;ldquo;Training Day,&amp;rdquo; Kurt Russell&amp;rsquo;s corrupt cop in &amp;ldquo;Dark Blue,&amp;rdquo; and served as director in a tale of a young psychopath&amp;rsquo;s (played by Christian Bale) attempt to gain a spot on the force in &amp;ldquo;Harsh Times.&amp;rdquo;In &amp;ldquo;Kings&amp;rdquo; he follows a number of officers on a morally squalid squad who overzealously get their men, while allowing their commander (played by Forest Whittaker) to clean up any mess &amp;ndash; such as evidence &amp;ndash; they left behind.And while the film boasts some electric dialogue by hard-boiled novelist James Ellroy, it&amp;rsquo;s hobbled by across-the-board performances and a plot that is as subtle as the Rodney King video.Reeves stars as Tom Ludlow, an alcoholic, haunted force veteran who, after years if suppressing both emotion and evidence, is starting to grow a conscience. Already the role requires far too much nuance of which the limited actor is capable.Reeves can skate by in roles that require him to appear dazed and confused (the &amp;ldquo;Bill &amp;amp; Ted&amp;rdquo; pictures, &amp;ldquo;The Matrix&amp;rdquo;), but when he&amp;rsquo;s asked to add subtleties of any sort, he&amp;rsquo;s walking well out of his range.Whitaker apparently feels as though he must take up the slack, not only for Reeves, but for everyone else in the film who doesn&amp;rsquo;t get a fair chance, cinematically. Contorting his face and body to deliver even the most simple stretch to the point of unintentional comedy.Meanwhile, the other names involved are handed throwaway parts that undercut any talent they may have. Hugh Laurie, for example, co-stars as an internal affairs officer who&amp;rsquo;s trailing Ludlow and looking to eradicate a corrupt cadre of policemen. His entrance into the film is straight out of a sitcom, though. Laurie, the current star of &amp;ldquo;House&amp;rdquo; first appears on the screen after peering from behind a curtain in &amp;ndash; wait for it &amp;ndash; a hospital. You half expect the soundtrack to kick in a laugh track at that point.As mentioned earlier, there are some electric lines, probably written from Ellroy. But the best-selling author of &amp;ldquo;L. A. Confidential&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;Black Dahlia&amp;rdquo; also shares the screenplay billing with Kurt Wimmer (the director of the infamous &amp;ldquo;Ultraviolet&amp;rdquo;) and newcomer Jamie Moss. The result is a string of clich&amp;eacute;d set-ups and takedowns that have been featured in far too many cop dramas of both big a little screens.It brings little new to the precinct and while some snappy dialogue and scenes of intricate tension earn &amp;ldquo;Street&amp;rdquo; cred, all the &amp;ldquo;Kings&amp;rdquo; men could not put this film together again.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Ultraviolet</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/moviebabe/archive/2007/7/18/15248.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t82077b29z5.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/7741/default.aspx'>MovieBabe</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/moviebabe/default.aspx'>MovieBabe Blog</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 7/18/2007 6:54:00 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong>  By Tricia Olszewski  The monotone female voice-over, the ridiculously long backstory, the way the scripters think the word &ldquo;vampire&rdquo; isn&rsquo;t sexy enough&mdash;looks like we have another Underworld to snooze through. And when the latest girl with guns, Violet (Milla Jovovich), begins the explanation of Ultraviolet, the latest vamp&mdash;er, Death Dealer, er, hemophage flick, by intoning, &ldquo;I was born into a world you may not understand,&rdquo; well, she sure got that right. Anyone expecting no more than another piece of inscrutable Xbox cinema might be satisfied with writer-director Kurt Wimmer&rsquo;s futuristic and flashy vision, its brilliant colors and sped-up action given a surreal sheen via HD digital video. The rest of us will have to settle for knowing that Violet is one of the hemophages, who are no longer considered human because of a virus pandemic, that she&rsquo;s pretty good at karate, that she can make weapons appear out of her arms, that her midriff is often exposed, that her hair changes color for no apparent reason, and that she claims to hate humans. Until, that is, she peeks into a package that about 20 people warned her not to open and finds a kid named Six (Cameron Bright). Six is the son of Daxus (Nick Chinlund), some evildoer who wears metal filters in his nostrils, and the child&rsquo;s blood might be able to cure Violet. So she becomes his mommy, protecting him from people who want to kill him, including Daxus. Naturally, this involves never-ending scenes of post-Matrix moves and a whole lot of bullets. The action is also accompanied by terrible, horrible, no good, very bad acting and even worse dialogue, courtesy of the man who somehow scripted The Recruit and The Thomas Crown Affair. Lines include the predictable challenges in the form of &ldquo;But you&rsquo;ll never do [blank]!&rdquo; responses along lines of &ldquo;Watch me!&rdquo; and a late-chapter, out-of-nowhere &ldquo;Why won&rsquo;t you let anyone in?&rdquo;&mdash;Wimmer&rsquo;s only attempt to give Violet a personality other than pissed-off. Both &ldquo;It is on!&rdquo; and &ldquo;Are you mental?&rdquo; escape folks&rsquo; lips, too. Ultraviolet&rsquo;s 85 minutes feel like an eternity in the ultraworld, but if that makes you think there&rsquo;s not a sequel suggested at the end, you&rsquo;re mental. <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:54:00 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>MovieBabe</spout:postby><spout:postto>MovieBabe Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>7/18/2007 6:54:00 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body> By Tricia Olszewski  The monotone female voice-over, the ridiculously long backstory, the way the scripters think the word &amp;ldquo;vampire&amp;rdquo; isn&amp;rsquo;t sexy enough&amp;mdash;looks like we have another Underworld to snooze through. And when the latest girl with guns, Violet (Milla Jovovich), begins the explanation of Ultraviolet, the latest vamp&amp;mdash;er, Death Dealer, er, hemophage flick, by intoning, &amp;ldquo;I was born into a world you may not understand,&amp;rdquo; well, she sure got that right. Anyone expecting no more than another piece of inscrutable Xbox cinema might be satisfied with writer-director Kurt Wimmer&amp;rsquo;s futuristic and flashy vision, its brilliant colors and sped-up action given a surreal sheen via HD digital video. The rest of us will have to settle for knowing that Violet is one of the hemophages, who are no longer considered human because of a virus pandemic, that she&amp;rsquo;s pretty good at karate, that she can make weapons appear out of her arms, that her midriff is often exposed, that her hair changes color for no apparent reason, and that she claims to hate humans. Until, that is, she peeks into a package that about 20 people warned her not to open and finds a kid named Six (Cameron Bright). Six is the son of Daxus (Nick Chinlund), some evildoer who wears metal filters in his nostrils, and the child&amp;rsquo;s blood might be able to cure Violet. So she becomes his mommy, protecting him from people who want to kill him, including Daxus. Naturally, this involves never-ending scenes of post-Matrix moves and a whole lot of bullets. The action is also accompanied by terrible, horrible, no good, very bad acting and even worse dialogue, courtesy of the man who somehow scripted The Recruit and The Thomas Crown Affair. Lines include the predictable challenges in the form of &amp;ldquo;But you&amp;rsquo;ll never do [blank]!&amp;rdquo; responses along lines of &amp;ldquo;Watch me!&amp;rdquo; and a late-chapter, out-of-nowhere &amp;ldquo;Why won&amp;rsquo;t you let anyone in?&amp;rdquo;&amp;mdash;Wimmer&amp;rsquo;s only attempt to give Violet a personality other than pissed-off. Both &amp;ldquo;It is on!&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;Are you mental?&amp;rdquo; escape folks&amp;rsquo; lips, too. Ultraviolet&amp;rsquo;s 85 minutes feel like an eternity in the ultraworld, but if that makes you think there&amp;rsquo;s not a sequel suggested at the end, you&amp;rsquo;re mental. </spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Nominated: Ultraviolet</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Worst_Movie_Ever/Nominated_Ultraviolet/104/2094/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t82077b29z5.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/3677/default.aspx'>mac</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Worst_Movie_Ever/104/discussions.aspx'>Worst Movie Ever</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 7/28/2006 9:24:38 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> There really isn't anything "good" to say about this movie. Ultraviolet iss 88 minutes of semi-decent CGI with a semi-good looking lead character....other than those two points it was absolute crap.  The flick came out around the same time as Aeon Flux, and I really think it was just thrown together quickly to try and complete due to their similar themes and look and feel...but the difference was that Aeon Flux was actually entertaining.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:24:38 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>mac</spout:postby><spout:postto>Worst Movie Ever</spout:postto><spout:postdate>7/28/2006 9:24:38 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>There really isn't anything "good" to say about this movie. Ultraviolet iss 88 minutes of semi-decent CGI with a semi-good looking lead character....other than those two points it was absolute crap.  The flick came out around the same time as Aeon Flux, and I really think it was just thrown together quickly to try and complete due to their similar themes and look and feel...but the difference was that Aeon Flux was actually entertaining.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: absolute crap</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/bishop/archive/2006/3/19/512.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t82077b29z5.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/2116/default.aspx'>bishop</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/bishop/default.aspx'>bishop Blog</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 3/19/2006 8:05:00 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> o.k....so its been a while since i've walked out of a movie.  but there i was...leaving after 20 minutes.  this movie sucked on so many levels.  milla's acting was horrible.  the dialogue was cheesy and ineffective.  the special effects look great, for an xbox game.  but not for a major motion picture. and the tossing-the-hair-over-the-shoulder thing was old after about the gazillionth time.  yes milla, we know you're hot.  but looks can't carry the film alone. so lame.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:05:00 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>bishop</spout:postby><spout:postto>bishop Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>3/19/2006 8:05:00 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>o.k....so its been a while since i've walked out of a movie.  but there i was...leaving after 20 minutes.  this movie sucked on so many levels.  milla's acting was horrible.  the dialogue was cheesy and ineffective.  the special effects look great, for an xbox game.  but not for a major motion picture. and the tossing-the-hair-over-the-shoulder thing was old after about the gazillionth time.  yes milla, we know you're hot.  but looks can't carry the film alone. so lame.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: yup...</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/bishop/archive/2006/2/17/225.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t82077b29z5.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/2116/default.aspx'>bishop</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/bishop/default.aspx'>bishop Blog</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 2/17/2006 3:10:00 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> yup...i'll be there when this opens. not for the plot. but because milla is awesome.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2006 08:10:00 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>bishop</spout:postby><spout:postto>bishop Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>2/17/2006 3:10:00 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>yup...i'll be there when this opens. not for the plot. but because milla is awesome.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Tag:fantasy</title>
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      <title>Spout Tag:stinker</title>
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