Casshern (with a new asshole)

Okay, I let the movie go yesterday, but it's on today. Casshern is crap. It's a two hour long attempt to drag out a single, continuous dramatic moment. From the very beginning of this dungheap to its very end, the flick begs and pleads like a spoiled child for attention. Look at me, it whines, look at how cool I am. Look at how important I am. *Blegh*! Get over it!
But it's not the self-importance that's bugged me the most, it was the story line, because, frankly, there wasn't one. The author tried so hard to make his story all important and original that he forgot to write something coherent and even remotely good. There's little to no explanation for things central to the plot-line. Take the Neo-Sapiens and the Europans. Why or how did they occur? A freakin' lightning bolt? Was Zeus bored or something? Or if the Europans were beaten, why is their fortress still fully functional? Huh? Huh?! Ah!!!
And the characters. The main character, this Casshern bastard, why is nothing his fault? He spends half the movie complaining about how nothing is his fault, but it's ALL his fault. The story practically centers around that fact. And his father, his father runs around with the same expression on his face throughout the ENTIRE movie! Blank, dead, boring. I get it, he's obsessed with curing his wife. I can appreciate that, but expand a little. Go for more than 1 dimension. But no. No one in this movie can think in more than one train of thought, and they are never derailed. It's always the same, looooonnnngggg, dramatic moment with the same, tired complaints from all the characters throughout the movie.
Okay, so one thing that was very cool about the movie was the visuals. The fusion of classic cinematography, CG, and animation was excellent and was its only redeeming quality. There was very visceral and fantastic quality to the film that could have made the movie worth watching if there'd been an even remotely interesting story to watch. And the action. The action scenes could have completely redeemed this steaming wad of detritus, but no, the director couldn't make that happen. The action scenes were little more than chaotic blurs and only reminded me of crappy knockoffs of the old Dragon Ball Z action sequences. There was no good choreography, only half-assed attempts. They made Michael Bay's work look crisp and clean.
What saddens me the most is this really looked like it could have been a good movie but the execution got so bogged down in the obsession to be original that it completely forgot about execution. Had the director and the writer focused more on the parts that mattered (plot and characters and execution), the movie might have amounted to something worth watching. But no. It's not. So spare yourselves! Go watch AVPR. It was better! Seriously! And, god, you know I hate recommending that flick to anyone.

Sci-fi:0
Pop:0
Action:1

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