Resident Evil IV Trailer

[Blacksmith]

Here is the trailer for Resident Evil IV opening next week. Too bad I won't be able to see it till it hits the secondary market.

http://stagevu.com/video/giqzxzvuptch

[ScrapDog]

I'll see it but I don't know if I'll see it in theaters, probably buy it too as I love these kind of movies for "I'm tired need braindead awesome movie" days. Plus I'm a sucker for Milla Jovovich.

[Bubba Enfield]

I saw it tonight. I thought it was great fun. The first big action sequence got a bit Ultraviolet for me, but overall I liked it. First 3D movie I've seen since Jaws3 twenty-five years ago. It's gotten a lot better.

Stay put when the credits start. I was reading the cast, and saw a name that hadn't appeared yet. Lo and behold, a minute into the credits there's another scene with that very character.

[KentsOkay]

I can't wait to go see it. Thanks for the heads-up about the credits.

[Brianww2e45]

The first Resident Evil was pretty enjoyable. A good "sci-fi/horror" that's is an excellent popcorn movie.

The second Resident Evil started out ok, but by the end I was really scratching my head.

The third Resident Evil actually made me mad. I left the theatre angry, and that has never happened to me before.

The fourth Resident Evil, expounded on all the stupidity of the third, HOWEVER because I had abandoned all hope of a decent series, I mostly just laughed at how dumb most of it was.

[STAR-TAC]

The first Resident Evil was pretty enjoyable. A good "sci-fi/horror" that's is an excellent popcorn movie.

The second Resident Evil started out ok, but by the end I was really scratching my head.

The third Resident Evil actually made me mad. I left the theatre angry, and that has never happened to me before.

The fourth Resident Evil, expounded on all the stupidity of the third, HOWEVER because I had abandoned all hope of a decent series, I mostly just laughed at how dumb most of it was.

I honestly feel the exact same way about the first three, I'm on my way to see the fourth right now, (re-watching the first with my girlfriend) And I'll post my review!

[Brianww2e45]

The first Resident Evil was pretty enjoyable. A good "sci-fi/horror" that's is an excellent popcorn movie.

The second Resident Evil started out ok, but by the end I was really scratching my head.

The third Resident Evil actually made me mad. I left the theatre angry, and that has never happened to me before.

The fourth Resident Evil, expounded on all the stupidity of the third, HOWEVER because I had abandoned all hope of a decent series, I mostly just laughed at how dumb most of it was.

I honestly feel the exact same way about the first three, I'm on my way to see the fourth right now, (re-watching the first with my girlfriend) And I'll post my review!

Let me know what you think about it.

SPOILERS!

I don't know how you felt, but in the third one, it was so ridiculous I was beyond the "haha stupid movie" mindset. I went in to what I hoped would be a good movie, and all I got was stupid CGI and product placement. In fact, at the end, before you find out about all the Alice clones, I said to my friend "Wouldn't it be hilarious if all those pods were Alice's and they were going to fight together? It would be absurdly stupid!" and then BAM! That's what she implied at the end of the third movie.

But in my wildest imagination, I couldn't believe they'd ACTUALLY implement it in the fourth movie. Here are some things I believe the 4'th movie set out to do:

1: I think Afterlife realized how stupid Alice's powers were, and how preposterously stupid the idea of thousands of cloned Alices running around. That being said, they couldn't exactly ignore the previous movie. So they got all the dumb shit out of the way in the first couple minutes (killing off ALL the clones, and removing Alice's dumb powers.)

2: Remind people that K-Mart is still in business, and apparently still has the money to pay Screen Gems for some exposure.

I knew going in, Afterlife was going to be dumb. As such, I enjoyed it for the most part. The lack of zombies and absolutely ridiculous setting kind of wore on me though. The flaw in Resident Evil is they took it too far in the sci-fi direction, and departed too far from reality. Not enough focus on societal break down, and the series catapulted the viewer from a semi-realistic biological outbreak, to psychic ninja's and complete apocalypse.

The 4'th was so nonsensical that I think the writers realize that if the audience accepts what happens on the screen in Afterlife, they don't need to worry about plot/complexity/dialogue anymore, and that they can just stuff as much gunfire from HK weapons as humanly possible, some karate horseshit and call it a wrap. Oh, and maybe put in zombies.

[Bubba Enfield]

The lack of zombies and absolutely ridiculous setting kind of wore on me though. The flaw in Resident Evil is they took it too far in the sci-fi direction, and departed too far from reality. Not enough focus on societal break down, and the series catapulted the viewer from a semi-realistic biological outbreak, to psychic ninja's and complete apocalypse.

The 4'th was so nonsensical that I think the writers realize that if the audience accepts what happens on the screen in Afterlife, they don't need to worry about plot/complexity/dialogue anymore, and that they can just stuff as much gunfire from HK weapons as humanly possible, some karate horseshit and call it a wrap. Oh, and maybe put in zombies.

The RE movies have moved farther and farther from the world as I see it around me, no question. Movies like 28 Days Later and Dawn '04 are set, more or less, in the real world. Those are the kinds of movies where I'm judging their choice of clothes, what they're eating, and what (if anything) they're carrying with them. But a RE movie is some video game fun, so I don't quibble about Carlos' two-fisting freefall onto the roof in RE: Apocalypse. That's the kind of fun I went for, and I got my money's worth. I also saw a few plot weaknesses, or awkwardnesses, but I let that slide.

[STAR-TAC]

*spoiler*

Well, I'm back from the movie. The movie started off pretty dumb, but like it was mentioned it got better. I thought the prison setting was pretty cool, starting to get back to the realism (sorta-ish). Then BAM they threw in the burrowing mutated zombies again, and to top it off a half immortal 8 foot tall hammer wielding monster that can only be killed by quarters. Overall, I'm glad i went to see it. Not a terrible movie although the 3D was a little disappointing, I was still entertained.

[Molon Labe]

I decided on PASS after walking out on extinction.

[Brianww2e45]

SPOILERS


Maybe someone can explain this...

What the hell time-line do Extinction and Afterlife take place in? In Extinction, the entire world is completely gone. It's so far advanced that little micro-civilizations have spiked up and we find our hero riding through out the country just trying to survive.

Then, in Afterlife, which presumably takes place AFTER Extinction, we have a group of people talking about holing up in a prison as though the event just happened a couple of weeks ago. They're wearing the same clothes they were going in (Producer in a suit, basketball guy in basket ball clothes, etc.) And the guy in the box, neatly trimmed (apparently he was allowed to have sharp objects in there to cut his hair) and I'm assuming hadn't showered in a year? Or however long it was.

Also, with the "Arcadia" it was stated they're still "researching" the T-Virus, to make the "ultimate weapon." What the fuck? The world is DESTROYED. Gone. Apocalypse. Why is the Umbrella corporation still concerned about that?

[Sckitzo]

SPOILERS

Maybe someone can explain this...
Also, with the "Arcadia" it was stated they're still "researching" the T-Virus, to make the "ultimate weapon." What the fuck? The world is DESTROYED. Gone. Apocalypse. Why is the Umbrella corporation still concerned about that?

Asked the wife, she was saying that Albert Wesker was just in it to become a God pretty much. Everything that happened was him trying to become a superhuman. So nut job he is, a little thing like the end of the world isn't going to stop him Not sure if shes right or not but sounds good.

I just want to know WTF the Pyramid Head ripoff thing was...

[Brianww2e45]

SPOILERS

Maybe someone can explain this...
Also, with the "Arcadia" it was stated they're still "researching" the T-Virus, to make the "ultimate weapon." What the fuck? The world is DESTROYED. Gone. Apocalypse. Why is the Umbrella corporation still concerned about that?

Asked the wife, she was saying that Albert Wesker was just in it to become a God pretty much. Everything that happened was him trying to become a superhuman. So nut job he is, a little thing like the end of the world isn't going to stop him Not sure if shes right or not but sounds good.

I just want to know WTF the Pyramid Head ripoff thing was...

Trouble is, Albert Wesker isn't the only one. There's "tons" of Umbrella facilities, stoked full of scientists and industry heads "researching." I guess that might work. But it seems somewhat asinine.

[Sckitzo]

SPOILERS

Maybe someone can explain this...
Also, with the "Arcadia" it was stated they're still "researching" the T-Virus, to make the "ultimate weapon." What the fuck? The world is DESTROYED. Gone. Apocalypse. Why is the Umbrella corporation still concerned about that?

Asked the wife, she was saying that Albert Wesker was just in it to become a God pretty much. Everything that happened was him trying to become a superhuman. So nut job he is, a little thing like the end of the world isn't going to stop him Not sure if shes right or not but sounds good.

I just want to know WTF the Pyramid Head ripoff thing was...

Trouble is, Albert Wesker isn't the only one. There's "tons" of Umbrella facilities, stoked full of scientists and industry heads "researching." I guess that might work. But it seems somewhat asinine.

True, but when Alice became some weird superhuman I stopped trying to make to much sense of the damn movies

[Mbelasko12]

SPOILERS

Maybe someone can explain this...
Also, with the "Arcadia" it was stated they're still "researching" the T-Virus, to make the "ultimate weapon." What the fuck? The world is DESTROYED. Gone. Apocalypse. Why is the Umbrella corporation still concerned about that?

Asked the wife, she was saying that Albert Wesker was just in it to become a God pretty much. Everything that happened was him trying to become a superhuman. So nut job he is, a little thing like the end of the world isn't going to stop him Not sure if shes right or not but sounds good.

I just want to know WTF the Pyramid Head ripoff thing was...

Spoiler


Guy with the axe is from RE5, as is the mind control bots and Chris with a machete.

[Sckitzo]

SPOILERS

Maybe someone can explain this...
Also, with the "Arcadia" it was stated they're still "researching" the T-Virus, to make the "ultimate weapon." What the fuck? The world is DESTROYED. Gone. Apocalypse. Why is the Umbrella corporation still concerned about that?

Asked the wife, she was saying that Albert Wesker was just in it to become a God pretty much. Everything that happened was him trying to become a superhuman. So nut job he is, a little thing like the end of the world isn't going to stop him Not sure if shes right or not but sounds good.

I just want to know WTF the Pyramid Head ripoff thing was...

Spoiler


Guy with the axe is from RE5, as is the mind control bots and Chris with a machete.

Ahh ok, only made it like an hour into that game, thanks

[HardcoreSlot]

the Axman is in the first fight of the game, just sayin'


Spoiler:







so.... if umbrella had a weapon that could take out half a giant city and leave a crater like that. why were they dickin with bio-weapons?

also i miss L.J.

also i need the "Purge" app for my phone...

Also, how hot is dirty Clair?? holy shit...

[Brianww2e45]

so.... if umbrella had a weapon that could take out half a giant city and leave a crater like that. why were they dickin with bio-weapons?

Biological weapons leave the foundations of a city intact (assuming target countries don't respond with nuclear options.) You can sit back, let the weapon work, then the country/city is yours without massive infrastructure damage.

[basm]

I'm tempted to read all these spoilers because I don't if I'm gonna be getting around to see it before it hits DVD. But it's showing right up the road from my work. I just don't want to have to mess with rush hour traffic for it. But I love Mila and Ali, and thought they were real good together in the last one, so I'm real tempted.

[Burnt Toast]

I'll chime in. Saw REA last week, easily forgettable waste of film. Paul Anderson is truly a crap master. I went for the effects of 3D, made the film bearable to watch. Couple of questions though; 1: exactly how does Alice know which planes Wesker will escape in to foil his plan? 2: the first purge bomb imploded like half of Tokyo but the second purge didn't so much put a "door ding" on Arcadia when it off like a city block from it? That and Wesker bailed out out in 4 seconds... and he needed a parachute what with his God-like powers?

Was I to believe that quarters are more lethal than buckshots or even sabot slugs?

[Ghost_Jaws]

I like that some of you are pissed off at the lack of realism in a zombie/sci-fi movie.

I went to see it in the IMAX because my wife is awesome and will watch zombie movies with me. I will say that the 3D was actually pretty good. Not good as in Avatar good, but way better than the crap Harry Potter put into 3D.

As for the storyline, yeah it doesn't really add up but you can't care too much about that with these kind of movies. I will say that it went from a zombie-theme in the original to much more of a sci-fi theme now, with not much zombie involvement at this point in the game.

Overall I thought the movie was decent, but the soundtrack fekkin rocks if you're a gamer. While watching the movie I could easily imagine myself killin some noobs to that soundtrack. Is that nerdy or what?

[ShipWreck]

I saw it last week - I went and saw the 2D version, as I don't care for the 3D effects.

I have seen all the RE movies - but just 1x at the theatre. So, it's tough to remember all the details.

But, some of you guys have a point - the guys in the prison did just seem like they hadn't been there that long. Also, when Claire was first found and Alice knocked her out, Claire looked a little grungy. Later in the airplane and when she gets out - all her makeup and hair look nice and neat

Anyway, I enjoyed it for what itw as. And I liked it more than the last one. Honestly, though, if Milla wasn't in it, I would not have bothered to see #3 and #4.

[Brianww2e45]

I like that some of you are pissed off at the lack of realism in a zombie/sci-fi movie.

Yea, I am. Just because you have an unlikely premise doesn't mean I don't expect a logical delivery. Can you apply the same to other sci-fi/zombie movies? Would you have been ok, if in the original Dawn of the Dead, Peter had pulled a laser cannon out of ass? What if in Alien, Weaver used psychic abilities and blew up the alien?

How about if in 28 Days Later, Jim woke up and could morph into a giant snake?

None of those make sense, yet by that logic should be dismissed. If you take the viewer too far out of reality, the audience will begin to disassociate themselves from the film, therefore they will be simply watching a movie, not being involved in it. That's typically a bad thing.

[OkieZombies]

Spoiler Alert

Intro: Guns, explosions, katanas.
Middle of the film: More guns and explosions.
End of the film: Guns, explosions, killing.

Storyline: Guns, explosions, katanas.