LEGION

[sivaroobini]

Today I had to leave my library club meeting early (well, all the important things and admin stuff were over and we were just preparing things for events over the next few weeks) and rush to the Toa Payoh MRT station to meet my sister at 5 because it was an emergency. (I got there at 4.30, she got there at about 5.10)

The emergency: She, her friend Andy and I were going to watch Legion. 8D

And lemme tell you, it was AWESOME. Alright, so it was more of an action/horror movie, which is usually not my thing, and they should have been able to use angelic powers or something instead of relying so much on the guns, but hey, it was cool. :P

For starters, we actually had the entire theatre to ourselves! It was amazing. We talked and laughed at a normal volume instead of hushed voices, rested our feet against the seats in front of us, bickered over the delicious popcorn, laughed our heads off and did not have to be distracted by things like other people talking at crucial plot points or babies crying. We just distracted each other. ;) Watching a movie with Andy and my sister means lots of extra commentary; near the end, one of Andy's jokes made me literally spit out a mouthful of Sprite, spraying it all over the seats in front of me. :X I sincerely hope they managed to clean it off. My sister loves making me laugh when I'm drinking at home because I cannot control my laughter. >.<

And Michael was kickass. I've been a Michael fangirl for ages, thanks to steadfast 's awesome version, but this version was different - rather like my version of Gabriel, cattygabriel , in fact - and still different and awesome. I loved the scene when Michael tells Jeep (though really, who names their son Jeep?! O.o) about how much he loves humans, how he was the first to bow to them back when He first created them (which reminded me of Lucifer refusing to bow before such inferior beings) and how he's watched them basically destroy themselves over the millennia, and yet there are some who cling to faith and hope. Even if it hadn't been like my own Gabriel, it was a really touching scene. ^_^

His utter calm in the face of practically everything also rather reminded me of the Michael from DC Comics' Lucifer, in fact. And the things coming after them... I thought they were demons, at first, but then Michael said they were angels. O_O That old lady, and the two kids... my sister says she's never hugging our grandma again. xD Thankfully ice-cream trucks aren't exactly common here. As Andy said, "If that's Heaven, I'd hate to see what Hell coming after them would be like."

I've always associated angels with flaming swords, but seeing Michael come out with two really cool guns and start blasting was A.W.E.S.O.M.E. And he kicked ass at hand to hand combat too, but the gun scenes were seriously amazing. I loved the bazooka bit as well.

Gabriel, however, made me facepalm - why does everyone make Gabriel out to be the villain? >.< First the Hellblazer comics and the movie version (Constantine), then the Lucifer comics, and now this. He's always portrayed as a self-righteous arse and a Snob with a capital S. I literally groaned when Michael, near the end, had a sword pressed to his throat and then spares him and Gabriel says something like, "Why did you show me mercy? I would have none for you," because, seriously, Gabriel IS the Angel of Mercy. I have done my research. :P But freaking hell, his wings and his fighting were COOL. My jaw dropped. And oh, Michael's seriously cool dagger. And his sword. *sigh*

For my eighteenth birthday, this July, I want Michael's dagger, his sword, and his wings. xD My sister can keep Paul Bettany himself, she was fangirling enough in the theatre.

Comments

[sirius-luva.livejournal.com]

There are a lot of things that could be improved, yes. I facepalmed quite a bit and some things disappointed me. (And the last bit made me go WTF because what prophets, and who the heck is that guy and what's with the tattoos? EXPLAIN THINGS, scriptwriters) But overall I really did find it entertaining. Though the commentary helped.

I do prefer your Michael ;) and Jen's, but as I said I did like this Michael's fight scenes. Strip away the fights and the effects, though, and you'd have a phenomenally horrible movie, I think. I did enjoy it, but in retrospect it's not one of those movies I'd pay to see again.

[maleficial.livejournal.com]

You can love it all you want, that's fine. Not everyone will like the same thing and that's a given. In my opinion it was a complete fucking mockery to God, to Michael and Gabriel, and to the filming industry. There was literally no research done save for wikipedia. I recall someone mentioning on Something Aweful that the dude who wrote the fucking thing admitted that he used wikipedia.

It shows. The plot is meaningless and Petty. Michael wouldn't need all those fucking guns and God's gripe with humanity wouldn't be so fucking pathetic.

I'm just a critique, anyway. Pretty little effects don't impress me. Quite why I was not overall impressed by The Boondocks Saints while everyone and their grandmothers obsess over it.

[sirius-luva.livejournal.com]

xD I don't love it but I did find it entertaining.

O.o The scriptwriter used Wikipedia? No bloody wonder. There were various points when I thought I found factual errors and I do think Heaven should have had some respect.
I have no idea what The Boondocks Saints is, I'm afraid. *goes to Google it*

I am somewhat impressed by good effects, but I also like it if there's a really good plot, hence why I don't love Legion though I did enjoy watching it.