Underworld: Evolution
—1. Overview
—2. Cast and Crew
—3. Photo Pages
—4. Trailers, Clips, DVDs, Books, Soundtrack
—5. Posters (Kate Beckinsale)
—6. Production Notes (pdf)
—7. Spiritual Connections
—8. Presentation Downloads
For about the first fifteen minutes, I really thought that Underworld: Evolution was going to be cool. The pre-history of the Lycans and Vampires set centuries before showed the races extreme distaste for each other, but it also set up the relationships, in their treachery and loyalty. But I was wrong, as the movie shamelessly used barely edited scenes from the action of the first movie to catch the audience up to speed. And then the movie's barely written plot exposed my lack of connection to the characters and their development.
As a Protestant Christian, I like blood. Hmmm...maybe I got someone's attention. What I mean to say, still obtusely, is that blood is important. Not just from an obvious, if you run out of blood, your blood stops being 'healthy,' or your blood no longer flows through you importance, but in a blood as payment sort of way. In an old school literal sense, blood was required as sacrifice, or the death of animals in the Old Testament of the Bible. Christians are sort of past that now thanks to the death and resurrection of Jesus, but blood is still important. And it's important in Underworld.
So, having already blasted The New World, let me say something positive about a perfectly awful movie. Michael (Speedman) is both werewolf and vampire, and Selene (Beckinsale) urges him to drink blood to keep himself from lusting after living human blood. He disregards her suggestion because (fancy that) drinking blood is repulsive to him-- he's a new vampire, I believe because of her saving actions in the first flick. But, because he disregards her instruction, Selene must later cut herself for him to drink and be healed. Here, in this monster/gore/pointless flick lies the truth that without the sacrifice of blood, you're going to die. Other examples of this blood-giving occur throughout the movie in opposition to the blood-taking done by the villains. The truth remains that sacrificially sharing blood has positive results.
To wrap up this pitiful movie (and equally pitiful review), I can't ignore the positive impact of Selene having received blood from another pivotal character, who willing aids her as our hero. Because of this transfusion, she becomes capable of existing within the light-- an obvious detriment to the life of a vampire-- and her closing remarks focus on how she no longer fears the light. Just as Jesus Christ entered as the light of the world (Gospel of John), He also claimed that all that was good would occur within the light while things that were evil would take place in the dark. Not to confuse the church services that end after dark with evil, let's keep in mind that this was figurative! Still, there is an evolution going on in Selene and Michael that is turning back the old way of killing for a new way of coping, and providing an analogy to the gospel of Jesus, where all that is good exists in the light.
— Overview
—2. Cast and Crew
—3. Photo Pages
—4. Trailers, Clips, DVDs, Books, Soundtrack
—5. Posters (Kate Beckinsale)
—6. Production Notes (pdf)
—7. Spiritual Connections
—8. Presentation Downloads
For about the first fifteen minutes, I really thought that Underworld: Evolution was going to be cool. The pre-history of the Lycans and Vampires set centuries before showed the races extreme distaste for each other, but it also set up the relationships, in their treachery and loyalty. But I was wrong, as the movie shamelessly used barely edited scenes from the action of the first movie to catch the audience up to speed. And then the movie's barely written plot exposed my lack of connection to the characters and their development.As a Protestant Christian, I like blood. Hmmm...maybe I got someone's attention. What I mean to say, still obtusely, is that blood is important. Not just from an obvious, if you run out of blood, your blood stops being 'healthy,' or your blood no longer flows through you importance, but in a blood as payment sort of way. In an old school literal sense, blood was required as sacrifice, or the death of animals in the Old Testament of the Bible. Christians are sort of past that now thanks to the death and resurrection of Jesus, but blood is still important. And it's important in Underworld.
So, having already blasted The New World, let me say something positive about a perfectly awful movie. Michael (Speedman) is both werewolf and vampire, and Selene (Beckinsale) urges him to drink blood to keep himself from lusting after living human blood. He disregards her suggestion because (fancy that) drinking blood is repulsive to him-- he's a new vampire, I believe because of her saving actions in the first flick. But, because he disregards her instruction, Selene must later cut herself for him to drink and be healed. Here, in this monster/gore/pointless flick lies the truth that without the sacrifice of blood, you're going to die. Other examples of this blood-giving occur throughout the movie in opposition to the blood-taking done by the villains. The truth remains that sacrificially sharing blood has positive results.
To wrap up this pitiful movie (and equally pitiful review), I can't ignore the positive impact of Selene having received blood from another pivotal character, who willing aids her as our hero. Because of this transfusion, she becomes capable of existing within the light-- an obvious detriment to the life of a vampire-- and her closing remarks focus on how she no longer fears the light. Just as Jesus Christ entered as the light of the world (Gospel of John), He also claimed that all that was good would occur within the light while things that were evil would take place in the dark. Not to confuse the church services that end after dark with evil, let's keep in mind that this was figurative! Still, there is an evolution going on in Selene and Michael that is turning back the old way of killing for a new way of coping, and providing an analogy to the gospel of Jesus, where all that is good exists in the light.
— Overview
2 Comments:
Did you enjoy the first movie? Did you even see the first movie? I thought the first was much better than the second, however I wouldn't go to far as to say this movie isn't good at all. It had it's strong points--you got more history, which was the general goal of the movie, was it not? You had blood and resolution (though I think there may be a 3rd movie coming out. It's a rumor, so we shall see). I prefer to go by storylines, myself, when judging a movie as good or bad. A few bad parts in a movie does not make the entire thing bad, by any means. However, I will say this: They spent too much time developing Michael and Selene's relationship, and less time on the actual point of the movie. But, c'est la vive, no? And then we get over that and move on. The end.
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Yes, I saw the first one and found that the plotline was, while not entirely original, stronger than the second. It's true that we get some backstory on our heroes and villains, but while the first has promise, the second reverts to 'video game hits the big screen.' I'd have to argue that there was not enough character development in any of the characters-- blood, guts and sex seemed to be the all-out focus.
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