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fannishliss) wrote2015-01-21 09:12 pm
fannishliss) wrote2015-01-21 09:12 pm
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The Covenant
I found a DVD of The Covenant (2006) Dir. Renny Harlin. This movie is of interest to me because Sebastian Stan! The movie is about a coven of four boy witches at a prep school. Sebastian shows up and brings trouble.
There is not much what you would call character development. Steven Strait did an adequate job as Caleb, and his friends include Taylor Kitsch and Chace Crawford. They are all pretty. Laura Ramsey plays love interest Sarah, who does a decent job as a sympathetic girl. The movie does boast the most blatant anti-Bechdel moment I can think of:
Sarah: Why are we just sitting at this table while the boys have fun?
[the boys are playing foosball]
Kate: That's what girls do.
Sarah: I'll show you what girls do!
[leaves Kate at the table, puts a song on the jukebox, and proceeds to grind against Caleb]
That'll show audiences who might expect two young women to converse about something, anything, even if it is boys!!!
Because I primarily wanted to watch the movie for Sebastian Stan, I was not disappointed. He plays the evil very large and obviously has a terrific time, notwithstanding having to utter the world's worst dialogue at one point in the movie. (There is actually a good reason for Sebastian to quote that particular rhyme. It is still awful!) Luckily, the rest of the film is better.
This was quite an early film for Sebastian, who, in 2006 had just gotten out of college the year before. (I am always super proud of Stan for spending a year in London doing the Shakespeare program at the Globe!) In the extras he points out how physically demanding the role is -- which kind of shows that even shlock projects can build a resume -- because certainly playing Bucky Barnes required an actor who could tolerate a physically demanding role!
My husband watched the movie with me, because he is a good sport. He enjoyed the over the top thematic scenography of the movie -- everything is dark, foggy, and portentous at all times. He also very much enjoyed the heavy metal soundtrack.
I feel like Renny Harlin took his movie seriously. It was very light, but mostly not actively bad. Sebastian gave a great, overthetop, villain performance and threw imaginary hex bolts with great zeal while laughing maniacally. All in all, good fun, and I didn't even have any tequila!
There is not much what you would call character development. Steven Strait did an adequate job as Caleb, and his friends include Taylor Kitsch and Chace Crawford. They are all pretty. Laura Ramsey plays love interest Sarah, who does a decent job as a sympathetic girl. The movie does boast the most blatant anti-Bechdel moment I can think of:
Sarah: Why are we just sitting at this table while the boys have fun?
[the boys are playing foosball]
Kate: That's what girls do.
Sarah: I'll show you what girls do!
[leaves Kate at the table, puts a song on the jukebox, and proceeds to grind against Caleb]
That'll show audiences who might expect two young women to converse about something, anything, even if it is boys!!!
Because I primarily wanted to watch the movie for Sebastian Stan, I was not disappointed. He plays the evil very large and obviously has a terrific time, notwithstanding having to utter the world's worst dialogue at one point in the movie. (There is actually a good reason for Sebastian to quote that particular rhyme. It is still awful!) Luckily, the rest of the film is better.
This was quite an early film for Sebastian, who, in 2006 had just gotten out of college the year before. (I am always super proud of Stan for spending a year in London doing the Shakespeare program at the Globe!) In the extras he points out how physically demanding the role is -- which kind of shows that even shlock projects can build a resume -- because certainly playing Bucky Barnes required an actor who could tolerate a physically demanding role!
My husband watched the movie with me, because he is a good sport. He enjoyed the over the top thematic scenography of the movie -- everything is dark, foggy, and portentous at all times. He also very much enjoyed the heavy metal soundtrack.
I feel like Renny Harlin took his movie seriously. It was very light, but mostly not actively bad. Sebastian gave a great, overthetop, villain performance and threw imaginary hex bolts with great zeal while laughing maniacally. All in all, good fun, and I didn't even have any tequila!