Shield Writer To Script Underworld 4
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The third film got around Beckinsale‘s absence by being a prequel. That won’t be the case this time, says Hlavin: “I can tell you it's not a prequel. It will satisfy old fans and excite new audiences, meaning that we don't want to redo the first three movies, so steps are being taken to honour what fans have loved but at the same time introduce fresh elements." |
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That's what makes them a grind to watch, seeing all these immortals snarl and mope without any wry, dry wit amongst the lot of them. Time may not have sagged their faces with age, but it appears to have erased their sense of humour. Even Lestat had a good laugh at times.
You don't know how ropey films can be saved with just having a humorous edge to save them from complete mind-numbing hopelessness. Perhaps they should rename the whole Underworld canon as 'Miserable Buggers from The Dead'.
Posted by Ian James (127.0.0.1) on November 20, 2009 at 08:51 AM GMT #