Pompeii (film)
Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:00 pm
So the wife and I went to see this in 3D last night. Not so much because we thought it was going to be great, but just because we wanted to get out and that was about the most entertaining-looking thing playing.
It was decent, I guess. I thought it was going to be more of a disaster movie, but instead, it spends about 85% of the film on this story of a ruler's daughter and a horse-whisperer slave, with Mt. Vesuvius rumbling every once in a while to remind us why we are sitting here watching this. It tried in very textbook ways to make you care about the characters, but it just didn't work. The villain was way over-the-top, and why he is even the villain wasn't shown in the film, but rather alluded to in a visit the daughter took to Rome earlier. The motives of the characters are off-balanced and unnatural feeling. It was also incredibly predictable, and I figured out the ending almost scene-by-scene about 20 minutes from the end.
Again, I wasn't expecting much, and it did have some nice 3D special effects once Vesuvius finally erupted. But if you are familiar with ancient history, and Rome in particular, you will be pulling your hair out by the end of this one. There are far too many inaccuracies to name. Even some geological inaccuracies as far as the eruption.
I couldn't recommend it.
It was decent, I guess. I thought it was going to be more of a disaster movie, but instead, it spends about 85% of the film on this story of a ruler's daughter and a horse-whisperer slave, with Mt. Vesuvius rumbling every once in a while to remind us why we are sitting here watching this. It tried in very textbook ways to make you care about the characters, but it just didn't work. The villain was way over-the-top, and why he is even the villain wasn't shown in the film, but rather alluded to in a visit the daughter took to Rome earlier. The motives of the characters are off-balanced and unnatural feeling. It was also incredibly predictable, and I figured out the ending almost scene-by-scene about 20 minutes from the end.
Again, I wasn't expecting much, and it did have some nice 3D special effects once Vesuvius finally erupted. But if you are familiar with ancient history, and Rome in particular, you will be pulling your hair out by the end of this one. There are far too many inaccuracies to name. Even some geological inaccuracies as far as the eruption.
I couldn't recommend it.
Is it even worth download? xD