Fantastic ? Crap ? You Decide.

Rating: 8/10 (21 July 2010)

For some reason i always find myself thinking about this film.
The eye; that's what does it for me.
It is my belief that, without wanting to offend anyone, most people nowdays do not have appreciation for "good film". Again, i mean no offense, and it's OK if you do not love Truffaut of don't think so highly of Film Blu; or maybe you think that Ran wasn't awesome, or that Metropolis is boring.
So maybe the reasons for me to say that Resident Evil is a great film, may not strike a chord with you;
The eye is my favourite scene and perhaps my favourite shot, in-context, of any movie i have seen. The Imagery in Resident Evil is incredible; i personally find Milla Jovovich to be absolutely horrid (and not that hot either), but as she does nothing but serve as a prop in this movie(she is utterly incapable of Acting), i actually find her almost perfect.
More examples: How many times i (we all) have lusted at the deadly macho awesomeness of SWAT teams? let's film them in an otherwise empty room ! Just after we do a long take of the wind through the long red curtains, just after we do a long shot of Milla's eye as she wakes up lost in nowhereland.
OK, we seen the swat do their stuff, normal film would kill them off one by one, but RE just kills them all straight away, in one shot. HA! We awesome film makers do not resort to such lame scripting as "we kill this guy here, that guy there, then that one in the last bit". Naa, let's just get them to "exit stage left", and be done with them. Look carefully through the film and you will see many possibilities for cheap scripting tricks that have been ignored, and kudos to the filmmakers for that; The change of pace and setting between the scenes of the film, the majestic use of color, (bright white, psychological horror at the Red Queen, dark brown and black, action bit in the train chase, red, claustrophobic zombie scene with the guy *not-actually-dieing* when you expect him to, blue/grey, beginning part with the virus release, etc..), make this one of the best films i have seen. For Me.
Maybe i am under the delusion that *i understand it*, but i love it. all my friends think i am crazy, but watch it, you might just *understand it* too.
One of the Best 10/10