{"id":1323,"date":"2007-08-19T15:25:34","date_gmt":"2007-08-19T19:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinemacrazed.wordpress.com\/?p=1323"},"modified":"2007-08-19T15:25:34","modified_gmt":"2007-08-19T19:25:34","slug":"aeon-flux-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/19\/aeon-flux-2005\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c6on Flux (2005)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"B1aFTc8\"<\/a>I was never a fan of the techno-punk, cult series \u201cAeon Flux\u201d from MTV, and for good reason. While, I\u2019m always up for an animated series about a hot woman kicking ass, \u201cAeon Flux\u201d was dull, lifeless, and ached to be as entertaining as fare like \u201cGhost in the Shell\u201d from day one. Thus was MTV\u2019s prime goal back in the days: make every series hipper than the last. And with this they failed. So it was only a matter of time for a movie to be made and eventually flop. You can blame America\u2019s hesitation to enjoy a female superhero, you can say that they mishandled the character of Aeon Flux, but whatever excuse you create, at the end of the day \u201cAeon Flux\u201d is a pretty bad film, clear and simple, and worse yet, it hearkens back to the absolutely excruciating \u201cUltraviolet\u201d on many occasions.<\/p>\n

Sure, Charlize Theron is gorgeous in it, but gorgeous women does not a good movie make, kiddies. Most importantly though, special effects, regardless of how gorgeous, does not a good movie make. With a rather incoherent storyline that\u2019s obviously appealing to the video gaming crowds, \u201cAeon Flux\u201d really relies more on the hyper stylized CGI, clunky staged sequence after sequence of Flux breaking in to every high compound in her home, and it\u2019s clear that director Kusama places the aforementioned in a higher regard. There\u2019s never a defined plot in this, only sequences of padding that are intended to serve as dialogue and exposition only for the sake of introducing another action sequence our viewer is forced to sit through. Between bouts of gun fights and acrobatics, \u201cAeon Flux\u201d is a dreadfully boring and incomprehensible mess with a screenplay that constantly jumps between clunky to just plain embarrassing.<\/p>\n

The interplay between Theron and Okonedo\u2019s Sithandra is awfully artificial from the moment they meet, and we\u2019re forced to watch these two gifted actresses wade through the muck of stunt shows and convoluted chemistry. Okonedo is of course underused and woefully mishandled in her range, while Theron is constantly in a sleepy haze, delivering every bit of dialogue in a hypnotic low whisper, never displaying an inch of charisma or energy. Fans hoping for the same adult hyper kinetic science fiction atmosphere will sadly either have to settle for the dull and lifeless clich\u00e9 Orwellian storyline, or abandon all hope and retreat back to the series. Either way, with \u201cAeon Flux,\u201d I gather the series is a better alternative. Boring, incoherent, bland, and clich\u00e9, \u201cAeon Flux\u201d garners a strong cast who are all sadly wasted in sub-par performances portraying one-dimensional characters in a typical Orwellian storyline that\u2019s flat and dreadful on arrival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was never a fan of the techno-punk, cult series \u201cAeon Flux\u201d from MTV, and for good reason. While, I\u2019m always up for an animated series about a hot woman kicking ass, \u201cAeon Flux\u201d was dull, lifeless, and ached to be as entertaining as fare like \u201cGhost in the Shell\u201d from day one. Thus was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[50,58,64,71,302,384,906,1087],"class_list":["post-1323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-a","tag-action","tag-adaptation","tag-adventure","tag-drama","tag-future","tag-science-fiction","tag-thriller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1323\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}