#25: Doom (2005) April 2, 2007
Posted by badblokebob in : Action, Sci-fi, 2000s, adaptations, 2 stars, 2007, video game films , trackback2005 | Andrzej Bartkowiak | 113 mins | DVD | 15 / R
Doom is quite flawed in many ways. I don’t say this because I inherently dislike mindless action films (while I am perfectly aware they are not usually Great Films, I enjoy them as entertainment); I say this because Doom doesn’t really succeed at being one. It takes too long to get anywhere — I think someone thought it was building suspense, when really it’s just nothing happening. When it does kick off it’s brief and only vaguelly entertaining. And the much-discussed first-person sequence is far too much like watching someone play a video game.
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This film is so good, somebody bought the dvd, watched part of it, then gave it to me. Literally, gave me the dvd. Free of charge.
And I still haven’t watched it. Nor am I ever likely to.
I challenge you to see if you can sit through it! I managed, but I’m really not sure how…