Sunday, August 31, 2008

Retraction: Babylon A.D.


Remember a couple of weeks ago when I wrote a post extolling the awesomeness of the Babylon A.D. trailer? Well, I want to retract any excitement I had for this movie. Right now, Babylon A.D. is has a 5% over at RottenTomatoes, not to mention the fact that the director actually released a public statement saying that the movie was really horrible, just a few days before its release. Apparently, The director, Mathieu Kassovitz, wanted to make a full-fledged R-rated action movie, but the people at Fox wanted to make it a PG-13, so they sidestepped Kassovitz and cut the movie down. Apparently, a lot of the plot fell on the cutting room floor, and Kassovitz was pretty pissed off. (Click here to read his reaction).

In sum, don’t judge a movie by its trailer.

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