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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2404233/

Groucho

Never knew that the Egyptian gods were a couple of white dudes.

Solid Snake

Jesus... that is such a gringo outlook of egypt. They didn't even try to brown them up a bit.

RichC2

Judging off all the egyptians I know, they just need a good bronzer.

But then Proyas was born in Egypt, so who knows, but he's Greek which mucks it up. This looks like Clash of the Titans for the Percy Jackson crowd.

I keep hoping that Proyas is going to put something else good out. There were hints of his prior talent in Knowing but the overall movie was a bit of a mess.

Why So Blu?

I'm actually interested just for Butler and Proyas.

Thrush

Been damn near 20 years since Proyas directed anything worthwhile. And even that (Dark City) doesn't hold up all that well on a recent viewing.

E Unit

The special effects perhaps, but Dark City overall still holds up very well. Too bad it's now looking like the highlight of his career. Well, Dark City and The Crow perhaps.

JumpCutz

The acting based on the snippets in that trailer, is laughable. This looks ridiculous. Proyas has lost whatever he had.

GoldenJCJ

This looks laughably bad. If it weren't for Butler I'd think this was some shitty Syfy Channel movie.

JimRochester

They knew sunscreen wasn't going to be invented for a couple centuries so they stayed inside a lot.

kd5

I'm interested. Looks to be a good fantasy/action/adventure flick. We'll see...

RichC2

I watched it again recently, feel like it's aged great, movie is so damn good, then DBZ.

Troy Stiffler

I could be wrong. But is it "future Egypt"? That's what it looked like to me. Wouldn't be hard to write in some white dudes.

The trailer doesn't have me buzzed. But I have faith that Proyas will deliver some good feelings. I, Robot felt like his dud - even though it had some interesting visuals, and felt like it was on the edge of being epic (like he was held back by the producers maybe). I really liked Knowing, and the chances it took (especially the last five minutes).

Thrush

Maybe its just me then. I remembered it as being a great genre movie and was shocked at how it didn't hold up at all to what I remembered it being on a recent viewing. The dialogue and everything just seemed corny.

E Unit

The dialogue was never great, but overall, take the atmospheric look as an example. Now look at the trailer in the first post. That's what I miss about his style he gave us in Dark City and The Crow. Even the characters had interesting aspects to them. I don't see anything like this in the last few movies he's done.

Why So Blu?

Knowing was a bit of a neo noir - a middle ground.

Solid Snake

Knowing may have had a weak script but goddamn did it have balls to go where it did and not apologize for it. Especially at the end of it.

Why So Blu?

Honestly, I'm one of the few that's looking forward to it. I'm gonna go to the biggest and loudest theater to watch it. Fuck it. I miss Proyas.

As far as my favorite Proyas films go - in order:

The Crow
Dark City
Garage Days
I, Robot
Knowing

Basically in chronological order.

RichC2

This had a $140m budget? Damn.

Why So Blu?

Scriptwise - this was written by the guys who wrote Dracula Untold and Last Witchhunter.

Why So Blu?

Read this.

The art of leverage.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2404233/...0?ref_=tt_bd_6

RichC2

I read a slightly different breakdown, they got a big tax credit and presold it in almost every market which brought them $130m, not just for shooting in the outback

Why So Blu?

I got my tickets for this. So much for seeing it on a big screen - my location is playing it in the small screens. Oh well.

Seeing it tomorrow night.

dex14

I like Proyas... but damn... this looks terrible. I would not pay to see this.

mndtrp

I keep hoping that studios start making movies based off of mythology, there's so much to go off of. While not what I'm looking for, this one seems like a wild ride, so I'll check it out.