A Rather Pleasant Surprise

Rating: 8/10 (18 February 2005)

I didn't know what to expect, but came out quite satisfied.
I'd heard mixed reviews, some calling it a pointless special effects movie while others called it a very finely executed comic adaption with visual splendors. I'm also not familiar at all with the comic series or whatever that its based on, so I'm not going to be influenced at all in that aspect as it seems a lot have been. I actually rather don't care if it was a good adaption or not, on its on its a very entertaining movie.
At first it seems like there's a lot of different random occurrences that don't seem to connect and just feel like their out of place and totally irrelevant and some of these scenes end up being so. But I find that them as a whole work together to sort of give you the crash course of entering into this Occult world. A little ways into the movie I was slightly put off by not really fully understanding some concepts, but by the end I felt things came together very nicely.
Don't be put off by all those people saying this movie is terrible, its not perfect but it is still a worthwhile endeavor if you are in anyway fascinated by the concept/topic or 'fantasy movies', but if you're just looking for a pure non-committal action movie you might look else where.