Friday night fun

I enjoyed Underworld when it came out a couple of years ago - interesting take on vampires/werewolves, action but also plot development, good costumes. So I agreed to go see Underworld: Evolution without any argument. Next time I might read the reviews.

For this movie, they decided to take the budget they spent on plot development in the first movie and blow the whole lot on mucus and fake blood. Lowlights included:

• A terrible sex scene that looked like they had shaved off the pubic hair of both parties, and then gave the direction 'aim for her navel'. All this plus "Blade Runner" lighting as well.
• At least one impaling
• A truck-delivered scraping
• The most efficient use of a roter blades since "Raiders of the Lost Ark"
  

Highlights were:

• Some good acting from Bill Nighy. I like this guy, entertaining regardless of how good or bad the role is.
• A reasonable amount of bare-chested action by Scott Speedman and Tony Curran. I liked Tony Curran better, much more manly!
• Calculating how much baby powder Kate Beckinsale would need to get into her rubber suit each morning.
• While not actually part of the movie, there was a preview for an interesting looking Jake Gyllenhaal movie (Jarhead) which used to good effect, a Kayne West song (Jesus Walks) that I rather like. As a side note, if the movie tonight had Jake with no shirt on, it would have gotten a much better review.

Blade 3 was better, and possibly even Blade 2. Sorry, Husband-person.