Appalling images

Rating: 7/10 (3 September 2008)

Yes appalling images, scenes, creatures and special effects of the best quality. That's what aestheticians call the horrendous beautiful. But before going further on I must issue a warning: I have never seen the first part of this series therefore my comments are focused exclusively on this second movie without any direct or indirect reference to the first one. This movie combines science and historical fiction with romanticism and even good humour sometimes in a delightful mixture. It's not common to see paranormal and supernatural creatures behaving, talking and feeling like human beings and mixing up with them in a natural way. We have seen this for instance in the Star Wars trilogy but the action in those movies was not taking place in our planet Earth not in our times like this one is. We can even see the paranormals in some funny human-like situations and telling human-like jokes though these are only mere details in the general atmosphere of the movie which is by no means funny. The story is quite credible, taking of course for granted its supernatural fiction features and aspects. It's indeed one of the best movies of this kind I have ever seen.