So yeah, I went to see Blade 3 - Trinity. Don't get me wrong, I like a good action movie, and I rather enjoyed the first two. And, like the first two, there were plenty of badass moments and crazy action sequences, with hardcore music. But, in several key areas, this movie fell short.
Now, I'm not what you'd call a critical moviegoer. I tend to enjoy movies almost universally, even ones that are critically deplored or disliked by purists (like the new Star Wars movies). And if Blade 3 had had some minor adjustments, I would have liked it, too.
But, it didn't, and I didn't. There were clichés, which I could ignore, blatant Matrix ripoffs, which I could shrug off, there was bad acting, which I don't care about, but most importantly, there were plot holes; I hate those! There was one scene that could, and SHOULD have been deleted, because they did not build off it AT ALL and it involved a major personal conflict for one of the characters; they also went too weakly on another character's revenge issues towards the end (you don't get a feeling of vindication or satisfaction).
Most unforgivably, the big villain was a disappointment. Not in the big final conflict (except certain key points), but earlier in the movie in a scene where Blade chases after him, he talks of how people these days don't understand "honor and living by the sword", while he's holding a frickin' baby hostage to keep Blade from attacking him.. which he shouldn't have been WORRIED about ANYWAY! Why in the hells would this guy, who is presented as a walking apocalypse, have to have Blade chase him and look like he's actually struggling to keep ahead, without it being a fake to get up Blade's confidence?
If they wanted to play him like he was, they should have pumped up how powerful Blade was supposed to be, or actually made him stronger, for it to make sense that he fights this guy. And they wasted some of his cool powers, like changing his appearance, on show; they weren't ACTUALLY useful. Yes, lets fool the good guys by walking up to their base disguised as someone who is notably dead. He could have evaded detection in the first place; you'd think it would have been to taunt them, but it didn't come off that way.
A lot of things could have been done better. But only a few NEEDED to be done better. I don't want to spoil the movie any more, so I won't go into more detail, but it mainly involved who did and didn't die.
*takes breath* Heh, now I know how movie critics become embittered. I'd better stop thinking about this, and go on to other things. But I don't recommend spending money to see this movie, at least not in the theatres. If you wanna have some fun with an action movie, fine, but rent it when it comes out.
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