Resident Evil: Afterlife [Archive]

Dukefrukem

07-06-2009, 02:28 PM

weeeeeeeeeeee

Well, we've just learned from a studio insider that Sony is looking to get Resident Evil: Afterlife into theaters by September 17, 2010. That's according to an internal memo circulating through the offices there.

Paul W.S. Anderson writing the script?

Dukefrukem

07-19-2009, 03:11 PM

Starting earlier than I would have thought.

slated to go behind cameras for an 8 week shoot September 28th at Cinespace Film Studios in Toronto

Henry Gale

07-19-2009, 06:45 PM

Pretty much the only enjoyment I got out of Apocalypse was seeing Toronto substitute for "Raccoon City" with things like the Umbrella Corporation Headquarters being our City Hall and such things.

So maybe this new one will at least have that for me to enjoy... if I ever bother watching it.

Skitch

07-20-2009, 01:53 AM

I dig the series...much to no one's surprise. :)

The Mike

07-20-2009, 02:29 AM

I thought Milla was done with these?

Ezee E

07-20-2009, 05:19 AM

I thought Milla was done with these?
She's married to Paul Anderson. Easily convinced I guess.

Dead & Messed Up

07-20-2009, 05:30 AM

I've grown to hate these films. Bereft of suspense, interesting characters, worthwhile monsters...it's all just a clusterfuck of bad choices.

Dukefrukem

07-20-2009, 12:03 PM

I've grown to hate these films. Bereft of suspense, interesting characters, worthwhile monsters...it's all just a clusterfuck of bad choices.

It really is. I somewhat enjoy the first one, and laugh at the scene

where everyone dies in three seconds by the laser grid

and I somewhat enjoy the second one, i feel it has good comedy relief.

I have not seen the third yet. Blind bought it yesterday. Will watch tonight.

bac0n

07-20-2009, 04:17 PM

Aw, the second one was hilarious in its ineptitude. Frickin' awesome stuff - like a made-for Scifi SyFy movie, but with boobs. I'll be looking forward to laughing at this film too, when it shows up on TV and I'm really bored and most likely drunk.

trotchky

07-21-2009, 05:01 AM

I think this movie will be terrible.

Dukefrukem

07-24-2009, 01:00 PM

Anderson is officially back (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/16842)

Skitch

07-24-2009, 01:13 PM

Anderson is officially back (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/16842)

Sweet. I think the guy makes fun movies.

Ivan Drago

07-25-2009, 05:42 AM

This will be in 3D. (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=57434)

Tell me that this isn't a sign that every movie now will be released in 3D.

EyesWideOpen

07-26-2009, 01:08 AM

this movie will be terrible.

yes.

BuffaloWilder

07-26-2009, 02:39 AM

This man will never stop directing pure shit.

Never. Never never never never never never never never.

http://www.shinybinary.com/images/art/never.jpg

Dukefrukem

07-27-2009, 11:47 AM

This will be in 3D. (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=57434)

Tell me that this isn't a sign that every movie now will be released in 3D.

Not only will it be in 3D, but it will also spawn new film trilogy (http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/24/next-resident-evil-movie-will-be-in-3d-will-spawn-new-film-tril/).

Dead & Messed Up

07-27-2009, 04:00 PM

So the suck will be in THREE dimensions now? That makes the films even worse. Arithmetically. They'll be worse by one dimension.

Dukefrukem

08-03-2009, 12:51 PM

"I’m the lead role [again]," says Jovovich. "There’s the clones and it’s going to be a lot of work. I’m gonna be working every day for the next four months on this and it’s gonna be bigger than ever. It’s super-exciting."

Wow they really are gonna continue it from the 3rd film. There were a LOT of clones of her towards the end... Where are they gonna go with this???

Also.....

The same team that did the 3-D work on James Cameron’s AVATAR will be working on RESIDENT EVIL 4: AFTERLIFE. For now, Jovovich is leaving that intense prep work to her husband, Paul W.S. Anderson, who returns to direct part four. "I have no idea about the 3-D process," Jovovich says, laughing. "Paul just signed a deal with the people Cameron used on AVATAR because they impressed him the most. [Paul] has basically seen like every 3-D movie ever made in the last two months to prepare for it. We’re definitely using all the best equipment. All the storyboards are centered around how to make the 3-D the best it can be. We’re really trying to use that medium to its fullest."

BD (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/16947)

Dukefrukem

09-09-2009, 01:15 PM

oops.. nevermind

Dukefrukem

09-22-2009, 12:42 PM

Ali Larter returns in this movie. didnt she die in the last one??

Skitch

09-22-2009, 12:54 PM

No. She escaped in the helicopter with some others headed for Alaska.

Dukefrukem

03-01-2010, 12:17 PM

Resident Evil: Afterlife' Trailer to Debut in Front of 'Elm Street'

Dukefrukem

04-02-2010, 01:58 PM

http://fast1.onesite.com/capcom-unity.com/user/jgonzo/d3b80a70cb084a547321aa385a2b6f 7b.jpg?v=240000

http://fast1.onesite.com/capcom-unity.com/user/jgonzo/8e76fad8594d71faf5b25ea42c6f76 b2.jpg?v=240000

http://fast1.onesite.com/capcom-unity.com/user/jgonzo/5fef8d11e6b22e88b48c65c690ac78 6b.jpg?v=240000

http://fast1.onesite.com/capcom-unity.com/user/jgonzo/4d85423a3bb1f97ad850e740d9cd52 6e.jpg?v=240000

http://fast1.onesite.com/capcom-unity.com/user/jgonzo/436de9001edab3006e569c45b2dada 3b.jpg?v=153600

Is this RE or SH?? I think that's an enemy from RE4...

Ezee E

04-02-2010, 02:10 PM

That is an enemy from RE4. Hated that thing.

number8

04-02-2010, 08:39 PM

Slow-mo throwing of shades spinning in the air in which guns firing are reflected on its lenses!!!

I'm a big proponent of this cinematic mainstay.

Sxottlan

04-04-2010, 06:18 AM

So there's going to be just one zombie this time around? Isn't that character from RE5?

Kind of interesting how these z-grade films have actually continued one big story.

Slow-mo throwing of shades spinning in the air in which guns firing are reflected on its lenses!!!

Nothing beats the camera bouncing back and forth through everyone's sunglasses in that roof scene from Ultraviolet.

megladon8

04-04-2010, 05:03 PM

The last shot with the sunglasses actually looks like a video game.

I mean, video game graphics. Those don't look like real people.

Henry Gale

04-04-2010, 05:35 PM

Well, the teaser definitely had a first: Heavily hyping the camera a movie was shot with.

Pretty much just a way to have James Cameron's name in there, but still...

Morris Schæffer

04-04-2010, 06:17 PM

It's got Michael Scofield!!

Dukefrukem

04-05-2010, 06:21 PM

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D_Davis

04-05-2010, 07:37 PM

Wow - there's so much stuff flying at the screen! AWESOME! I love 3D!
:pritch::pritch::pritch:

Dead & Messed Up

04-05-2010, 08:36 PM

Aping The Matrix will never get old.

Rowland

04-06-2010, 11:25 AM

Looks like a Kurt Wimmer joint.

Sxottlan

09-11-2010, 03:35 AM

This wasn't half bad.

ciaoelor

09-14-2010, 05:21 AM

This wasn't half bad.

After the lame intro it's pretty good, but then it starts ripping off The Matrix in the end for some silly reason. The young actor mimicking Agent Smith is seriously the most cartoonish thing in this. And that producer character... What the fuck was the point of him existing here? I think I would have enjoyed this more if Ali Larter had the lead role though. She doesn't look as weary as Milla, and she's so much sexier, and just as convincing. As an action movie it doesn't really offer that much, but the funny thing is is that it didn't bore me whenever the characters were just talking. I think I would have to re-watch the movie in order to explain why though. The atmosphere isn't exceptional, but it's fine enough. Paul W.S. Anderson doesn't shoot too close too often or cut every second, thank goodness.

**1/2 out of ***** (pretty good)

Rowland

09-14-2010, 10:02 PM

Skitch

09-15-2010, 12:09 AM

The only reason to see this appears to be the 3D, which I've been hearing surprisingly good things about. Thankfully it sounds to have slowed him down from the fast-cut shaky-cam that marred his otherwise solid Death Race.

I'll probably see this...

Oh its slowed down. About half of it is in slo-mo :lol:, but it looks great in 3-D.

One moment had a head explode matter out from the screen, and one blop splatted "on" your glasses. That was pretty inventive, I thought.

Its on par with the previous three.

Skitch

09-15-2010, 12:21 AM

After the lame intro it's pretty good, but then it starts ripping off The Matrix in the end for some silly reason. The young actor mimicking Agent Smith is seriously the most cartoonish thing in this.

Have you played RE5? I know exactly what you're talking about, but that part was nearly a shot for shot remake of a cinematic from the game. Youtube 'wesker re5', there's a comparison/composite vid of the two. Its neat.

ciaoelor

09-15-2010, 03:09 AM

Have you played RE5? I know exactly what you're talking about, but that part was nearly a shot for shot remake of a cinematic from the game. Youtube 'wesker re5', there's a comparison/composite vid of the two. Its neat.

No I haven't played any of the games.

Sxottlan

09-15-2010, 09:19 AM

Its on par with the previous three.

Both this and the first I think were the most solid. Both installments directed by Anderson. The second one was an abomination and I honestly can't remember what I thought of part three. Didn't hate it as much.

I'd say this is probably the best of the four for me. Finally, a zombie movie without the cliche victim who's bitten and in denial that he'll become a zombie!

It has been pretty singularly amazing how this franchise has grown increasingly epic with each installment and how the story continues to progress, taking the epidemic to its natural conclusion i.e. worldwide pandemic.

Skitch

09-15-2010, 10:43 AM

Both this and the first I think were the most solid.

I would agree with you. 2 and 3 I enjoy, but 1 and 4 are the most solid. The reason 2 gets the lowest score from me is one reason: the slow-mo herky jerky zombie cam. I loathe that.

Dukefrukem

09-15-2010, 07:39 PM

I would agree with you. 2 and 3 I enjoy, but 1 and 4 are the most solid. The reason 2 gets the lowest score from me is one reason: the slow-mo herky jerky zombie cam. I loathe that.

I think I like 2 over 3. Why?

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Skitch

09-16-2010, 01:49 AM

I think I like 2 over 3. Why?

I dig the whole series. (Can't see the youtube vids on my phone, will check later). Any preference in any of the four is kinda splitting hairs for me. ;)

Rowland

09-18-2010, 09:30 AM

Dukefrukem

01-13-2011, 12:44 AM

Honestly, this is probably the worst entry in the series, though it still has just enough going for it to make for a very modestly amusing time if you can embrace the shameless B-movie bravado and often eye-popping imagery over how fucking stupid and pointless it all is. The opening credits were the highlight in terms of sheer aesthetic delight (tomandandy, rain, umbrellas, oh my!), the ending was insultingly retarded and nonsensical.

Having forgot about this post, and coming back months later after watching this movie... this post couldn't be more accurate. I wanted to bump this to say how impressed I was with the opening credits; I also watched this on Blu-ray and the rain looks AMAZING. IN fact, most of this movie looks amazing in terms of clarity and special effects. It's the pointless slow mo and scenes that were only filmed for 3D that makes this movie so bad... This might have been a decent watch in the movies, but with no 3D at home, I wondered how much I was missing out.

D_Davis

01-14-2011, 02:17 AM

This Resident Evil is superior to Avatar and Inception on every level

-- Armond White

megladon8

01-14-2011, 02:18 AM

Did he actually say that?

D_Davis

01-14-2011, 02:20 AM

http://www.nypress.com/article-21623-bad-bitcharama.html

If critics and fanboys weren’t suckers for simplistic nihilism and high-pressure marketing, Afterlife would be universally acclaimed as a visionary feat, superior to Inception and Avatar on every level. Just look at how Anderson activates his canvas in the plane crash sequence. First, the shock of the crash is solarized in a wide shot, then he cuts to the interior where the imagery is frozen yet the camera pans left, moving through suspended time, characters and objects, all composed in perfect pop-art balance like a James Rosenquist panorama, and then the camera pivots—and in 3-D.

Rowland

01-14-2011, 03:01 AM

I like this movie more than Avatar, and about equally to Inception. Mind you, they're all nays.

Dukefrukem

01-14-2011, 12:35 PM

This Resident Evil is superior to Avatar and Inception on every level

-- Armond White

:|

His reasoning doesn't even make any sense. That plane crash sequence was the most pointless scene in the movie... and it was a scene out of some retarded dream....

Everyone survived?

Raiders

02-06-2011, 12:33 AM

Paul W.S. Anderson strikes me (based on his two RE films and Event Horizon--all I have seen from him) as a punkish version of James Cameron dabbling in the more horror-fied aspects of science fiction. His screenplays are schematic and his scenarios barely even qualifying as archetypal, his dialogue mostly designed to get from point A to point B. Yet, and especially in this film, he has a great understanding of the film frame. His compositions are crisp and fluid and in an age of the overindulgence of shaky, tight compositions to glorify the freneticism of action, Anderson's wide-scope view of conflict, even in its often tasteless highlighting of bullets flying through bodies and skulls, is a nice relief. We can scoff at Armond White if we want, but Anderson's navigation of the geography of his scenes is more fluid, assured and comprehensible than Christopher Nolan ever achieves in Inception (possible exception of JGL's balletic zero-gravity routine). There is a short scene where we simply follow a plane, over mountains and towards it destination that is remarkably clear, weightless and damn-near exhilarating.

I can understand the complaints against the film, but sometimes it is just awesome to see a director flex his muscles and craft a perfectly enjoyable piece of trashy pop art, so crystalline in its construction that even if the result of its content is more-or-less stultifying, the impact of its form almost made me giddy.

EvilShoe

05-05-2012, 11:54 PM

I'm watching this right now. It's horrendous, I think. I lasted about half an hour before I decided to start doing other stuff while leaving this on in the background.

I think what ruins Anderson's movies is that he actually bothers with build-up and such. Doesn't work when your script sucks. Because of this it's a chore getting through the first 50 minutes, and after that I can't enjoy the "fun" anymore.

Anyway, 25 minutes left. Joy. You guys aren't kidding about the amount of slo-mo. Fuuuck.

Kurosawa Fan

05-06-2012, 01:10 AM

Dude, what are you doing lately? Is this some sort of masochistic punishment? I don't understand.

Spinal

05-06-2012, 01:21 AM

Dude, what are you doing lately? Is this some sort of masochistic punishment? I don't understand.

After three Transformers movies, I'm guessing you understand at least a little bit.

EvilShoe

05-06-2012, 01:27 AM

I miss the old days, when if I wanted "stupid fun" pretty much every action movie could deliver. Hell, I didn't even mind Spawn as a teen. SPAWN!!

Anyway, put on Life During Wartime afterwards. It's good! And it's fun! This is what qualifies as "fun" for me now: movies about pedophilia and other sexual deviances. Sad face.

Raiders

05-06-2012, 01:30 AM

This movie is light years better than the likes of Spawn.

Philistines! All of ya.

EvilShoe

05-06-2012, 01:38 AM

I don't understand why the zombies can do this.
http://cdn.dualshockers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Resident-Evil-Afterlife-Zombies.jpg

I mean, I wasn't paying attention... so maybe they explained it. Also, why would you want zombies to do that? What is that even? How does it make them scarier?

Kurosawa Fan

05-06-2012, 02:50 AM

After three Transformers movies, I'm guessing you understand at least a little bit.

:lol:

The third one is the only one I've seen, and only because my oldest begged me to watch it, because he loved it.

Dukefrukem

05-06-2012, 03:35 AM