Underworld Temptation

TMBTM has managed to do a difficult thing: rescore a movie. The lyrics by Within Temptation often match the on-screen action/emotions surprisingly well. I can appreciate the amount of work it took to lay down the new score, but the new music itself didn't work for me, simply because I've never been partial to operatic metal unless it's by Spinal Tap. I would have preferred to listen to an atmospheric soundtrack with little or no singing, or maybe even some loungey death metal or Bollywood booty shakers, but, hey—if you, my fellow viewer, groove to this particular band or style of music, then this edit just might float your supernatural boat.

I found both theatrical releases a bit goofy and unintentionally so, but TMBTM did an admirable job of paring them down, removing some of the goofier elements (e.g., Kraven's infantile brooding—you'd think a long-lived vampire might sport a tad more equanimity), and combining them chronologically to create something more epic and definitely more watchable, even if the second half feels a bit disjointed. But that's the fault of the originals, as Movie #1 had the hotter chick, but Movie #3 the more coherent story.

November 17, 2011 @ 11:31 pm

This is a hard one for me. The editing is perfect and overall the story is much improved. But man did I not have a fun time watching this one. Sorry Mask.

Almost a great execution of UW3 and an awful execution of UW1
This edit is just half UW3 and half UW1 instead of using UW3 Scenes to set up the story of UW1 as the main story, so it doesn't feel like 1 movie but rather than 2 movies being quickly explained

The Story of UW3 is told at a fast pace but takes half the runtime and maybe could have shortened even more
UW1 Is told way too fast, some things don't even get a proper explanation, If I didn't watch UW1 before this I would be confused.

The new OST was added really well done but it almost pushes the 2000s edginess to the cringe side
The video quality is too low 360p all of that makes a movie that isn't enjoyable to me at all