Babylon A.D.

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Star Trek did it.

Babylon A.D. has 0% on RT, hopefully it can keep it up and got down in history.

[homsar]

Lollerz This guy might just be one of my new favorite Directors.
"Babylon AD" Director Says Movie is Stupid

"Babylon AD" director Mathieu Kassovitz is not a happy man and he is making it very clear. In an interview with AMCTV, he reveals: "I never had a chance to do one scene the way it was written or the way I wanted it to be. The script wasn't respected. Bad producers, bad partners, it was a terrible experience."

He blames 20th Century Fox for "sending lawyers who were only looking at all the commas and the dots. They made everything difficult from A to Z." Then the studio interfered with the editing of the film, cutting it down to 93 minutes. This even astounded Vin Diesel, the star of the film, who was quoted as saying: "Am I even in the movie any more, or am I on the cutting room floor?"

According to Kassovitz, "Babylon AD," which is based on a French novel "Babylon Babies" by Maurice Georges Dantec, fails to deliver the book's messages. "It's pure violence and stupidity," he admits. "The movie is supposed to teach us that the education of our children will mean the future of our planet. All the action scenes had a goal, instead parts of the movie are like a bad episode of 24."

At this point, Kassovitz regrets ever to have signed on with Fox. "I should have chosen a studio that has guts," he says. "Fox was just trying to get a PG-13 movie. I'm ready to go to war against them, but I can't because they don't give a sh*t."

Finally, the director feels that "Babylon AD" will likely have a strong first weekend, but will then die off after fans see how bad it is. "I don't see how people who went through all these amazing blockbusters like 'The Dark Knight' and 'Iron Man' this summer will take it."

Now that you know how Kassovitz feels about his own film, are you still planning to see it this Friday (August 29th).

[FulorianC]

Only 5 reviews so far... obviously it won't hold onto the 0%. Some New Yorker that shit on the Dark Knight will take pity on it and give it a good review, just to go against the grain.

[Astrocreep]

Originally Posted by FulorianC

Only 5 reviews so far... obviously it won't hold onto the 0%. Some New Yorker that shit on the Dark Knight will take pity on it and give it a good review, just to go against the grain.

dunno who this was addressed at, havent seen Babylon AD yet and i wouldnt bother with Rotten Tomatoes since my opinion is all that matters so wouldnt care what% of net nerds think of a movie. btw i liked Dark Knight a lot despite its flaws.

[Zeste]

Originally Posted by Astrocreep

dunno who this was addressed at, havent seen Babylon AD yet and i wouldnt bother with Rotten Tomatoes since my opinion is all that matters so wouldnt care what% of net nerds think of a movie. btw i liked Dark Knight a lot despite its flaws.

Great post, would read again, A+++++++++++++++++++

[Rathgar]

Originally Posted by Astrocreep

dunno who this was addressed at, havent seen Babylon AD yet and i wouldnt bother with Rotten Tomatoes since my opinion is all that matters so wouldnt care what% of net nerds think of a movie. btw i liked Dark Knight a lot despite its flaws.

It was definitely addressed to you.

[spronk]

lol that director is awesome... was gonna see it this weekend (trailer looked cool) but gonna pass now. Man I am such a sucker for trailers.

[homsar]

Originally Posted by spronk

lol that director is awesome... was gonna see it this weekend (trailer looked cool) but gonna pass now. Man I am such a sucker for trailers.

yeah he is. I loved this

"Fox was just trying to get a PG-13 movie. I'm ready to go to war against them, but I can't because they don't give a sh*t."

Hopefully this doesnt keep him away from directing more films.

[Korioni]

So this director's done quite a bit of acting... Did a bit of research and here he is! Watch all the way to the end.

[goatface]

So is this correct,
Kassovitz's cut was 116 mins
Euro Release 101 mins and now the US gets a 90 min ver

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Sounds like the verdict is in, wait for the directors cut to come out on DVD and rent the bitch.

[Malakriss]

Originally Posted by Nebuchadnezzar

Sounds like the verdict is in, wait for the directors cut to come out on DVD and rent the bitch.

Screw that, I'm not giving money to Fox after hearing about this shit. Download the director's cut, mail the director a $5 donation.

[Cybsled]

Well that explains alot about the movie. It felt like there was supposed to be some sort of message, or fuck, some sort of deep backstory. All we get are unsatisfying snippets. The 'No Lights' or whatever had all the depth of a piece of tissue. They never really explain why Russia is so massively fucked up and why Canada has the border of mechanized death. They only give a shit 1-sentence explanation as to why she suddenly gets Akira powers. The ending felt like scraps that were sewn together. What is special about the kids? Etc etc.

It was kinda like watching a zombie. It moves vaguely like it's alive, and it was probably alive at one point, but in the end it's just an empty shell with no soul.

[Hatorade]

Why was Vin making this instead of another Riddick movie?

[Pavor Nocturnus]

I watched it, it was pretty bad. The movie didn't flow and I could see where things were cut and spliced all over the place. The last 30 minutes of the movie it must have faded to black 5 times, and then start another branch of the story... and every time I thought it was going to end right there. It left me scratching my head as to what the story was about, was it about religion, was it about teaching children? I still have no idea what it was about other than VD trying to get a woman from point a to point b with a bunch of people trying to kill him in every direction.