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Capone wraps up his RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE interviews with Alice herself, Milla Jovovich (with photos!)!!!

Published at:  Sep 09, 2010 11:26:12 AM CDT


Hey everyone. Capone in Chicago here, with the fourth and final interview with the folks behind the upcoming RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE, all conducted at San Diego Comic-Con in July. I've already posted my conversations with Wentworth Miller and Ali Larter, who play the brother and sister team of Chris and Claire Redfield, as well as writer-director Paul W.S. Anderson. But the key missing piece needed to complete this 3D puzzle is right here:









Now what's missing from this image is one of the many cameras that were normally be at the center of the all the lights aimed at the lovely face of Milla Jovovich, who plays the enigmatic Alice in the RESIDENT EVIL movies. One camera after another took their place at the center of the light circle to shoot her doing bumpers for some sort of RESIDENT EVIL marathon (presumably going on this week), or a sneak peak at AFTER LIFE. But when I look at this image, all I see is that right leg jutting out to the side in a classic fashion model pose.

On screen, Jovovich has been seducing us slowly over years since RETURN TO THE BLUE LAGOON. And after supporting parts in such films as CHAPLIN, DAZED AND CONFUSED, and HE GOT GAME, Jovovich hit her sci-fi stride with THE FIFTH ELEMENT as the mysterious creature Leeloo. I happen to thing she's a really effective actress most of the time, and feel free to watch THE MESSENGER, THE CLAIM, THE MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL, or even last year's A PERFECT GETAWAY if you disagree. I've also recent seen STONE, her film opposite Robert De Niro and Edward Norton, which may feature her finest work to date as an actor. When we met, the trailer for STONE had just surfaced online.

Our talk was fairly short (her handlers literally took her from our interview to Hall H for the RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE Comic-Con panel), but it gave us enough time to cover a decent amount of group and to get some photos of her looking just a little bit prettier than I did on this marathon day of interviews. Please enjoy Milla Jovovich…



Capone: Hi, great to meet you.

Milla Jovovich: Hi, how’s it going? Nice to meet you.

Capone: It occurred to me that there really aren’t a lot of female action stars and certainly not ones that are in a franchise this successful.

MJ: We had Ripley.

Capone: True, but it’s been a while for the ALIEN franchise with Ripley. But you are sort of at the forefront of this female action star, and you are not even doing that many action films anymore. I just saw the trailer for STONE yesterday, and that looks like a pretty intense drama.

MJ: Oh really?

Capone: It looked really great.

MJ: Yeah, it’s an intense, intense movie. That was a hard one.

Capone: Do you feel like you are single handedly keeping the idea of a successful female-driven action franchise alive?









MJ: Well, I don’t really think about it that way. I mean, it’s such an honor of course that people love these movies and love to see me come back over and over in them. I really found a niche that I love, because I’ve always been such a fan of like "ThunderCats" and Cheetara and "She-Ra: Princess of Power" and DUNE…

Capone: So you're a girl geek going way back, then.

MJ: Oh yeah, like reading the DUNE series over and over. DRAGON LAND… I was always into women with powers whether it be sorceress or like cats from outer space. That was what I grew up with really, so to find myself being this superhero in a way was kind of natural, because I’d always been into that as a kid, but I think too the fact that to be a woman that has a four-part action franchise is unbelievable. We never knew when we did number one that it would go this far and that people would really attach themselves to it as much as they did, and it’s unbelievable too that every film we just get better and we have such amazing actors coming into it that have so much passion for it and love it. We don’t get any of this crap on set of like “I’m a serious actor. I don’t like to do action movies.” All of us are just so into it, and we love it and we have so much fun doing it, and I think that comes across. I think that comes across, and that is so important. When an audience doesn’t feel like they are being, excuse me, “bullshitted.”

Capone: Swear away, it’s fine.

MJ: No, but you know I don’t like to swear. [laughs] But it’s true, people are smart. When you feel like somebody is just churning out something, like some big money-making, factory-produced machine, they feel it, where we started as a little European independent movie and we still are always financed by like independent companies. So we never got into the whole big studio thing and we always retained our freedom to be able to do what we wanted and to do it when we wanted to. It wasn’t like “Okay, sign this three-picture deal and you have to have three scripts ready by this time.” It’s like no, when Paul [W.S. Anderson] is inspired to write a script, he writes it, and it’s always creative and it’s always fun and it’s always like “Oh, let’s make another one, because there’s some really great ideas and wouldn’t it be cool if....,” and then the conversations start again.

I think the fans really feel that from us, that we honestly love what we are doing, and it’s something we think about with a lot of love and a lot of affection and a lot of fun. It’s like this crazy theme park on set, we are flying around, we’re working, we’re kicking, and we’re exploding things. With explosions, everybody from the other crews run over, and it’s like “Alright, ready. Let’s watch the explosion. Aw, cool!” and then it’s “Okay, run back to set to do the other scene.” But people are just so excited on our film sets, and I have so much fun and it’s hard. It’s grueling and it’s a lot of dedication, a lot of training to make it as safe as possible, but at the same time, we love what we do and we have a great time doing it, and I think the fans see that and appreciate that.


Capone: About Alice as a character, what do you still find interesting about her? Are there still things to discover about what’s going on inside her head?









MJ: I think every movie she changes from the first where she was just this innocent person that realized that was really not innocent at all, and in the second movie just hating herself and hating what she has become, and in the third movie like completely drawing away from all of her friends, because she knows that she is chipped and she is close to her friends, and Umbrella will get them and being able to overpower that. Now on this film, it’s like there’s this ease about her now that she’s free of them, that she can find her friends again and form that team that’s going to help bring them down and be part of a family and be part of a team again and sort of be as much of a human as she can be at this point. It’s exciting, because every film she changes and she grows like I do.

And you know it’s always an actor’s dream, like you get off a movie, and on the last day you're like “If only we could start all over again today.” That’s what we have gotten to do four times. It’s like every time I get to come back and tweak things and do things I didn’t do in the last one that I was like “Oh, I wish I could have done something like that,” and I’m like “Alright, I get to do it now.” So it's a lot of fun. In a way, it’s almost like a TV series, except it’s not going on six days a week, but every couple of years we come back to it and it’s our world you know. I know this world now. It’s part of my dreams. It’s part of my life. It’s my family. It has really become part of my subconscious. I was telling Wentworth [Miller] when we were doing one of our scenes, I was like “This is so random, because I feel like this has all happened to me so many times before,” like I’m running from these crazy zombies and like “This is happening again.” It just feels so real. It feels like I know what I’m doing. Do you know what I mean? So I tell everybody on Twitter “If there’s ever a zombie apocalypse, I’ll tweet you guys my address, because I do know what I’m doing now.”


[Both Laugh]

Capone: It's your duty to protect us. All right, thank you much. It was great meeting you. I can’t wait to see the footage.

MJ: Oh good. Thanks so much.



-- Capone
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    Readers Talkback

  • Sep 09, 2010 10:08:59 AM CDT

    ass to ass

    by nico_laos

  • Sep 09, 2010 10:11:00 AM CDT

    tits to gub

    by john_mcclanes_vest

  • Sep 09, 2010 10:12:33 AM CDT

    Jesus, look at that beautiful fucking hand. Man........

    by stuntcock mike

    The kung fu grip on that fucker would snap thine cock like dry timber.

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  • Sep 09, 2010 10:12:43 AM CDT

    Milla is amazing.....

    by bandus

    I absolutely love her. She seems to put her heart into everything she does.

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  • Sep 09, 2010 10:13:13 AM CDT

    Really, though.

    by nico_laos

    Both Milla and Ali are great actresses. Forgive me for not wanting to see this. It's not the women, it's Anderson. In a featurette for Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Anderson was discussing how to explain Jill Valentine's outfit. He said, "I finally came to the conclusion that, if you're going to wonder why she put on a skirt and heels to fight zombies... then this probably isn't the movie for you."

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  • Sep 09, 2010 10:16:22 AM CDT

    And this is coming from someone...

    by nico_laos

    ... who liked Event Horizon and Soldier. It's like, after Mortal Kombat, he thought that he should try harder. Then after making two 'decent' movies... he said, "Fuck it."

    Reply to Talkback

  • Sep 09, 2010 10:18:45 AM CDT

    she looks like a

    by dioxholsterreturns

    zombie herself

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  • Sep 09, 2010 10:21:07 AM CDT

    Tits or GTFO

    by eow

  • Sep 09, 2010 10:22:10 AM CDT

    I would plough that!

    by drsambeckett1984

    That is all

    Reply to Talkback

  • Sep 09, 2010 10:30:48 AM CDT

    Milla is awesome

    by m_prevette

    ...who wouldn't love her?

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  • Sep 09, 2010 10:44:03 AM CDT

    She may be too hot to exist in this world... seriously.

    by v'shael

    I would plow her so deep that anyone who pulled me out could be crowned King of England.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Sep 09, 2010 10:44:43 AM CDT

    Milla Jovovich should be Lisa Hayes in Robotech

    by spacechampion

  • Sep 09, 2010 10:47:17 AM CDT

    V'Shael you are hilarious!

    by spectrebeeyatch

    "...anyone who pulled me out could be crowned King of England" that shit had me dying. Funny stuff. I agree though Milla is just gorgeous. Don't know if I'll see this though. Maybe with some friends for a good laugh because you know the only thing this movie will be is funny.

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  • Sep 09, 2010 10:51:16 AM CDT

    One of the most (if not the most) beautiful, fun, and charismati

    by willbraham

    I just adore her!

    Reply to Talkback

  • bi-polar bitch wandering the earth. Said you'd just go insane and throw tantrums in stores like a maniac at the drop of a hat. My theory is you are a nympho who needs to be strapped to me for a few days in order to quell those demons. We'll need the industrial steel loader straps

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  • Sep 09, 2010 11:02:06 AM CDT

    What the hell is she wearing?

    by d.vader

    Looks like someone ripped off her back.

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  • Sep 09, 2010 11:08:48 AM CDT

    Go Milla!

    by blackwood

    You had me at THUNDERCATS. Fucking, THUNDERCATS. Jesus.I look forward to RE 5 and 6.

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  • Sep 09, 2010 11:28:32 AM CDT

    I know a girl from Ukraine...

    by harryknowlesnonexistentinceptionreview

    ...and while she's pretty, she's no Milla, however, she does have Milla's cheekbones and huge teeth. Must be those Slavic genes.

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  • Sep 09, 2010 11:52:11 AM CDT

    Never...

    by aquatarkusman

    ..have so many been interviewed so long for so little.

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  • Sep 09, 2010 12:03:14 PM CDT

    Milla = great.

    by alice133

  • Sep 09, 2010 12:07:16 PM CDT

    This RE will be the worst....

    by alienindisguise

    when every trailer looks like dog shit, there is no hope.

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  • Sep 09, 2010 1:36:17 PM CDT

    yeah well... people who actually play...

    by jrkerr

    recognize very well the way the axe head landing center screen with handle leading off screen and over pov shoulder is a lot like playing re 5 mercs. so... again those with squeakiset little voices of protest are basically revealing themselves as the para-enthusiasts nabbing images to put on their freeboards and try feebly to lure spooky girls online, but like... the rest of us who actually gnaw on re gameplay like a dog with a bone were on headsets speakin japanese all night long and this film for all its flaws still seems guided by at least one producer who plays the game.

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  • Sep 09, 2010 1:37:26 PM CDT

    oh wait... what i should have said was...

    by jrkerr

    fucking you round eye!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Sep 09, 2010 2:16:21 PM CDT

    That's my movie version Black Widow.

    by carl xvi gustaf

    Always will be.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Sep 09, 2010 2:49:42 PM CDT

    I would do things to her...

    by bangoskank

    that Roman Polanski would find criminal.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Sep 09, 2010 2:54:26 PM CDT

    my rating of the RE movies

    by disfigurehead

    1. Good
    2. Suuuuuuuuuccckkkkkkked
    3. Better than 2.

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  • Sep 09, 2010 3:15:54 PM CDT

    jewhunter...

    by nico_laos

    Back in the late 90s, Romero WAS hired to write and direct a Resident Evil film. After reading his script, the studio canned his ass. The project was then shelved for a few years, 'till Anderson resurrected it due to his deal with Satan or something. But yeah... it could've been Romero. But now, only in a parallel universe. :(

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  • Sep 09, 2010 3:50:03 PM CDT

    Thundercats, Milla? Cheetara?! FUCK YEAH!!!

    by lamerz

    What a fucking awesome reference. Much respect.

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  • Sep 09, 2010 3:59:54 PM CDT

    You gotta wonder if stars that are interviewed

    by lamerz

    ... ever come to see the reaction to the interviews on sites like this. Wonder what their reaction is when they come across comments like eow's profound and visionary "Tits or GTFO".

    Reply to Talkback

  • Sep 09, 2010 4:23:28 PM CDT

    Lady is awesome

    by nic_cages_real_hair

    One more reason to spew hate on P.W.S. Anderson

    Reply to Talkback

  • Sep 09, 2010 5:40:35 PM CDT

    It's hilarious...

    by nico_laos

    ...seeing Capone act like he really gives a shit about these movies.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Sep 09, 2010 6:47:23 PM CDT

    Angelina is also the Top name when it

    by phategod2

    comes to female action leads.

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  • Sep 09, 2010 7:10:39 PM CDT

    Angelina Jolie and Milla should team up

    by bouncy x

    they're both known for playing ass kicking women and they both dont mind nudity. they need to make an action movie together where they play ass kicking lesbian lovers.

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  • Sep 09, 2010 9:10:22 PM CDT

    Jolie does'nt look natural in action scenes

    by mst3kpimp

    shes just too skinny and arogant so it's embarrasing to watch her try to be all tough and struggle with her guns.

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  • Sep 09, 2010 9:52:13 PM CDT

    Romero's version was pretty shit

    by pikazerox

    Not saying what we got was any better, but George hasn't had it since Day of the Dead. Land was tolerable but holy crap, this Diary series is such a fall from grace.

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  • Sep 09, 2010 10:51:00 PM CDT

    Mila pristine hotness moments in the RE flicks

    by tall_boy66

    RE1: Her waking up in the bathtub, she looks shockingly beautiful. RE2: It's near the end of the flick and it's a little moment, but the head Umbrella guy says he's disappointed in her and there's a cut back to her and she gives this sort of little eyebrow arch faux-surprised look and she looks fantastic. RE3: Naked Mila clones. Lots of 'em!
    I actually do think she has been decent at the role than she gets credit for. Yes, the character is kind of a Mary Sue stuck into the middle of the RE universe, but don't take that away from her. She's not mind-blowingly actor-ly or playing for an Oscar... but she's real (which is quite the feat considering she has psychic and kung-fu powers) and she's sympathetic. Which is actually one of the most important things you can do in sci-fi/horror.

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  • Sep 09, 2010 10:55:12 PM CDT

    And the RE5 nods in the trailers give me hope

    by tall_boy66

    For this movie cribbing a lot from Resident Evil 5. Axe man, Wesker with his red eyes and super-powers, the sunglass shot, exploding head dogs, the Uro-borous mouths on the zombies. I've always wondered people who say the games are nothing like the movies have actually played the games, aside from RE1 on the PSX over a decade ago.

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  • Sep 09, 2010 11:09:59 PM CDT

    funny commercial for this

    by bouncy x

    saw it earlier tonight, its those ones that list critic responses. well one says something like "its the best 3D since Avatar". well no shit, its literally only the 2nd film to actually use 3D and not be post conversion. lol

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  • Sep 09, 2010 11:51:48 PM CDT

    The Final Destination was with the Avatar cameras

    by tall_boy66

    When it comes to live action, the only two real deep and vibrant 3D films were Final Destination and Avatar.

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  • Sep 10, 2010 12:28:38 AM CDT

    Fuckin' nico, heh...

    by skyway moaters

    The new "FIRST" catchphrase "Ass to Ass"... You know what? We're some sick fucks... we now return you to your normally scheduled programming...

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  • Sep 10, 2010 12:31:07 AM CDT

    I'm talkin' IIILLLLL...

    by skyway moaters

  • Sep 10, 2010 12:33:50 AM CDT

    CALL ME MOATERS DAMMIT!

    by skyway moaters

  • Sep 10, 2010 12:53:03 AM CDT

    Ali Larter clip on JIMMY FALLON: Sucked so bad. GARBAGE

    by george newman

    99% slow-mo running back and forth, the monster doesnt swing the axe at all. she blinks unpleasantly in slow-mo. slides on the wet floor as water sprays continuously around the room in slow-mo. not to mention poor framing or lack of menace from the monster. Completely uninteresting and it pretty much dashed any minuscule hope i may have had. Garbage.

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  • Sep 10, 2010 1:51:51 AM CDT

    Moaters...

    by nico_laos

    I can't laugh at "First!"... but "Ass to ass" will always bring a smile to my face. I just hope Milla doesn't visit this page. I still like her even though I don't like most of her movies. But still... ass to ass ain't such a bad idea. Jennifer Connally won an Oscar after hers.

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  • Sep 10, 2010 2:03:13 AM CDT

    What the hell?

    by nico_laos

    I, too, saw those Resident Evil 4 commercials tonight with the glowing reviews across the screen. But when I go to Rotten Tomatoes... they say the film wasn't screened for critics. So where the hell did those quotes come from? Could this be another situation like 'A Knight's Tale', where reviews are just made up by the studio for the commercials?

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  • Sep 10, 2010 2:40:24 AM CDT

    Fuck this movie, and fuck Paul Anderson

    by dead_flag_blues

    Someone in the other RE4 talkback asked the simple, innocent question: "Why all the hate for Paul Anderson?" Why the hate?!? This Fuckstick Hack deserves all the hate he can get! There isn't an original bone in this man's entire body! He makes Michael Bay look like Stanley fuckin' Kubrick. His "take" on Resident Evil was so fuckin awful, it defies explanation... Shit, at least Christoph Gans got the TONE right in the "respectable failure" known as Silent Hill. But there ain't SHIT in the RE films that deserve a fucking ounce of respect... From the AWFUL casting, to the terrible acting, the bland and uninspired cinematography... the shitty soundtrack, the lame production design, ridiculous script, abhorrent even on a conceptual level: Fast zombies, cloning, brightly lit and perfectly clean labs, BLACK LEATHER, abundant slow-mo, WAY TOO MANY MACHINE GUNS, no creepy/isolated mansion, totally new characters, no mood or atmosphere??? This guy has absolutely no idea what made the games so great... Why in the hell didn't they just film the Romero script that was floating around the web back in the day? Ugh. What a piece of shit, HACK director this guy is. He's really competing with Boll as the WORST DIRECTOR in film, working today. No hyperbole. FUCK! However, i did enjoy Event Horizon for what it was... good flick :-)

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  • Sep 10, 2010 2:47:28 AM CDT

    Tall_Boy66...

    by dead_flag_blues

    I don't think there's another poster on this site that elicits such a negative reaction from me... lol You are so completely wrong about, well, EVERYTHING. How on earth could you possibly intimate that the movies resemble the amazing games, IN ANY FREAKIN' WAY?!? Seriously man, WTF??? There is nothing even REMOTELY similar! You know, I seem to remember you having pretty awful taste in regards to Star Wars and Lost too, if i'm not mistaken... so if nothing else, you've been very consistent. Good god man!

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  • Sep 10, 2010 2:48:44 AM CDT

    Or maybe...

    by dead_flag_blues

    I'm taking this all just a little too seriously? ;-)

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  • Sep 10, 2010 2:51:44 AM CDT

    Hey, here's some quotes from Rotten Tomatoes :-)

    by dead_flag_blues

    4 reviews, 4 AWFUL. Thank god... "A dreadful bore that only occasionally comes to life. Even then, it’s still a tedious mess of half-realized ideas, guided by a filmmaker who really shouldn’t be allowed to make movies in the first place." - Brian Orndorf (BrianOrndorf.com) "Dead on arrival." - David Edwards (Daily Mirror UK) "The films always look good and have well-staged action, but they don't have one iota of originality or imagination -- to the extent of virtually recreating key scenes from The Matrix, Die Hard and The Descent." - Phelim O'Neill (Guardian UK) "Anderson heaves axes, artillery, shattered glass and The Thing-style dogs at the camera to wincing effect, but it still only adds up to a lame, by-the-numbers horror." - Alan Jones (Radio Times) Sounds like another winner Mr. Anderson!

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  • Sep 10, 2010 4:31:07 AM CDT

    dude, did you even play Resident Evil 5?

    by tall_boy66

    Look, if you can't see the (admittedly small) similarities between the games and the movies, you're being wilfully ignorant or just obtuse. here's the Wesker fight scene for the second to last boss fight.
    http://tinyurl.com/2atr253
    You had to actually make it to the end of the game to get to it.
    Here's a clip from Afterlife, which you can see is pretty goddamn similar

    http://tinyurl.com/24vwcbq

    Like I said, Wesker super-speed superpowers / sunglass throwing shot from the game are in the movie. Yes, it takes huge differences but it's wrong to say there's NOTHING SIMILAR AT ALL WHATSOEVER!!! All in caps, too.

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  • And if that brings you enjoyment in your life, enjoy!

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  • Sep 10, 2010 5:48:50 AM CDT

    Resident Evil 5??

    by dead_flag_blues

    *sigh* Man, you must be in high school or something... NO, i didn't play Resident Evil 5. I stopped after Code Veronica on the Dreamcast. Shit, call me a "purist", but i consider "Resident Evil", as simply Resident Evil 1 and 2. THAT'S IT. Those 2 were fucking CLASSICS. 2 of the greatest games ever made... along with Metal Gear Solid and the first 2 Silent Hills. Resident Evil 3 was HORRIBLE, and Code Veronica was decent, but it lost some of the "charm" that the older ones had... And i haven't bothered with RE 4 or 5. Especially 5. Just from the trailer i can tell that it ain't ANYTHING like the originals. It's strayed so far from the original concept and tone that i just have no desire to play them, as i'm sure it will just lead to dissapointment... And no, i don't "enjoy" hating everything. There's just simply, a LOT TO HATE lol I have a deep love and admiration for QUALITY art. I don't settle for shit... Just thinking of this ridiculous movie is pissing me off. I should go pop in RE:2 on my PSX, and wash this bad taste outta my mouth ;-)

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  • Sep 10, 2010 7:43:12 AM CDT

    Ok let me put my 2 cents in......

    by benlinus

    Ukranian women are VERY hot and aggresive sexually. My wife is Ukranian and Ive been to Kiev twice. The place is FILLED with hot women. Trust me. Get with a Ukranian woman and she will ride you like a bronco and swallow every last drop! Ive had a hard on for Milla since 5th Element.....ok nuff said....

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  • but they also know it, and act like it. Super-fucking-stuck up. Maybe that was just my experience though.I would say that, if like many geeks, you don't wear Armani and drive a BMW, and have no objection to paying for it, yes, you can get a wild ride. Same for Moldova, same for Romania.

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  • Sep 10, 2010 8:40:31 AM CDT

    Why oh why...

    by lprothro

    Didn't they cast her as the Black Widow, could she be more perfect for that role? She's even Ukrainian!

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  • Sep 10, 2010 8:53:31 AM CDT

    Is she wearing a potato sack?

    by jack_effing_bauer

    really?

    So you get that great first pic from the back and then nothing from the front?

    I'm stoked about this film. Absolutely LOVED the first one. progressively got worse, but i have high hopes for this one.

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  • Sep 10, 2010 10:27:26 AM CDT

    I saw parts of the first Resident Evil movie...

    by blue_demon

    Computers, lasers, um...I remember the games being DAMN SCARY. I actually started with RESIDENT EVIL 2, the Claire Redfield/Leon Kennedy game and was blown away. Seeing the empty Raccoon City and hearing, during quiet moments, the moans of the zombie-filled town was one creepy experience. Pity the movie seems to be more into slo-mo action pieces.How can a game be more frightening than a film? With all the powers of cinema at his disposal, Mr. Anderson should have been able to freak us out. I think I'll keep my record of not seeing a single R.E. film intact.

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  • Sep 10, 2010 10:40:42 AM CDT

    Dead Flag has a point

    by stalkeye

    Paulies take on RE lacks the tone and setting from the videogame franchise.It's more comicbook shit than horror.John Carpenter would have done a much better job than this wacky hack.(RE Creator Shinji Mikami was also inspired by carpenter's works and not just Romero's when he helped to make the first RE game.)These movies are guilty pleasures at best and not true Zombie survival horror like say;28 Days/Weeks later, Dead set The Horde or even Snyder's DOTD.Putting both wesker and Chris does not make up for the attocity of the film adaptations.Sowwies.

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  • Sep 10, 2010 11:37:11 AM CDT

    All the games turn into sci-fi/Aliens rip offs at the end, thoug

    by tall_boy66

    Especially Resident Evil 2, the whole thing is basically a huge Aliens rip off when Claire/Chris end up in the Super Evil Umbrella HQ. You got lickers popping through the ceiling like Xenomorphs left and right and the mutated Birkin / Mr X tyrant stalking Our Heroes. Sherry Birkin's name might as well be "Newt" and she should say, "They mostly come out at night. Mostly"
    For all the talk about it being a pure George Romero homage survival horror experience, it discounts the fact that the series in all it's forms leans heavily on sci-fi. There are a hellova lot more than zombies going on in this game series, by the time you reach the end of the games the zombies are just fodder and annoyances and you're keeping your eye out for the big monsters. Which is what Anderson's take has been. Different, yes, but tone it's taken from the game. Hell, the Nemesis is way more of a science-fiction bad guy and by the time you hit Resident Evil 4 the bad guys are basically fucking parasite aliens! You just have to get further than the early levels of RPD and the Spencer mansion to see the sci-fi influences.

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  • Sep 10, 2010 11:41:23 AM CDT

    Also I've played every single RE game. Twice.

    by tall_boy66

    Shit, I even own the lame Umbrella Chronicles/ Darkside Chronicles games for the Wii. I'm just shocked that people seem to thing the game series is just Wesker, Jill, Chris and Barry in the mansion and just zombies when in reality there are sooooo many different layers to it. Wesker has super-powers for crissakes that he got when his death was retconned in Code Veronica, how is that a zombie movie influence?

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  • Sep 10, 2010 7:18:45 PM CDT

    Well said Blue Demon and Stalkeye...

    by dead_flag_blues

    Well fucking said. ;-)

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  • Sep 10, 2010 7:27:22 PM CDT

    Tall Boy... *SIIIIIIIIIIGGGGHHHH*

    by dead_flag_blues

    AGAIN, we're talking REAL Resident Evil, i.e. "1 and 2". I am aware that Code Veronica and on, have dealt with more "sci-fi influences", and a broader, globe-jumping setting... which is PRECISELY WHY i stopped playing them! lol It's like comparing the first 3 Alien films to Ressurection and AVP. Yeah, TECHNICALLY they're all part of the same story, but nobody really acknowledges that. Everything post Alien 3 has been abysmal, a shell of its former self... Such is the case with Resident Evil. Only the first 2 games count for anything. They were absolutely BRILLIANT examples of atmosphere, tone, mood, creep factor, etc... They really got under your skin. And why? 'Cause they kept it SIMPLE. Not flashy and extravagant. They kept it quiet, introspective, isolated, claustrophobic... C'mon man, really... you don't agree with ANY of this???

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  • Sep 10, 2010 7:34:09 PM CDT

    "Rebecca, can you DO IT??"

    by dead_flag_blues

    "YES I CAN!!" I just had to post this here... maybe there's someone who hasn't heard this before, and in any case, it's always good for a laugh ;-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUxO_fBF6lo LMFAO "Just relax... and play."

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  • Sep 10, 2010 7:37:43 PM CDT

    Barry, with his perverted laugh: "Jill Sandwich..."

    by dead_flag_blues

    Whoever made this is a fucking genuis.

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  • Sep 10, 2010 7:47:37 PM CDT

    HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!

    by dead_flag_blues

    I just discovered this "Left 4 Dead" parody that's hilariously similar to the RE one... Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY4m0ox1u8Y

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  • Sep 10, 2010 8:16:06 PM CDT

    How much you wanna bet AICN won't Review It

    by mst3kpimp

    they know they can't even reccomend it in a "Pirahna" way as there arent even titties so they will just skip it altogether.

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  • Sep 11, 2010 1:36:47 AM CDT

    Critical Consensus on Rotten Tomatoes...

    by dead_flag_blues

    "As dim-witted and lifeless as its undead antagonists, Resident Evil: Afterlife is a wholly unnecessary addition to the franchise." 30 reviews, 4 fresh, for a whoppin' 13%... Average rating: 3.7/10 Another job well done Mr. Anderson!

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  • Sep 11, 2010 2:39:39 AM CDT

    Yeah but all Resident Evil games turn sci-fi at the end

    by tall_boy66

    When you reach the end of Resident Evil 1, you got Wesker unlocking the Tyrant to kick ass, end of Resident Evil 2, secret underground lair and you've got a giant fucking mutating vagina teeth William Birkin monster chasing after you. This It's not just a Romero retread, there's sci-fi in the bones from this series from the first instalment and onward. Saying that it was just about blasting zombies in a darkened hallway completely misses the point of what actually happens in the series, including just the first two games.

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  • Sep 11, 2010 3:30:50 AM CDT

    Right, but you know what the fuckin difference is??

    by dead_flag_blues

    It's in THE LAST 5 MINUTES OF THE FUCKING GAME. Not the ENTIRE GAME. So if that shit popped up in the last 5 or 10 minutes, i would be totally cool with that. Don't base the whole damn movie off that shit... Also, if it had a little more of an "H.P. Lovecraft flavor", instead of a "Paul Anderson flavor"... that would have worked much better as well.

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  • Sep 11, 2010 9:46:53 PM CDT

    Last "five minutes", no fucking way

    by tall_boy66

    You enter the Umbrella subterranean lair in Resident Evil 1 and 2 in the "third act" of the game, which basically means it takes you, say, 8 hours on average to reach the end section of an RE game, and from that point out it's pure science fiction. Once again, I guess it's really hard for you to comprehend this but
    RESIDENT EVIL IS NOT JUST PEOPLE IN A MANSION WITH ZOMBIES JUMPING OUT OF THE SHADOWS
    IT IS A SCIENCE FICTION FRANCHISE, AND ANDERSONS MOVIES ARE BASED UPON THAT CORE ASPECT OF IT


    SAYING THAT THE TRUE "RESIDENT EVIL" IS JUST GUYS IN AN MANSION WITH ZOMBIES IS ABSOLUTE BULLSHIT AND DISPLAYS THAT YOU KNOW
    JACK
    SHIT
    ABOUT THE FRANCHISE YOU PURPORT TO BE AN EXPERT ON! WHICH, QUITE SIMPLY, MEANS THAT YOU'RE A DOUCHEBAG IDIOT!!!!
    Glad we got that out of the way. Cheers.

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  • Sep 12, 2010 11:41:03 PM CDT

    My 1st time trying a 'real 3d movie'

    by jazzylg

    This was the best movie experience I've had in awhile. It was awesome. I'm sold on 3d after seeing this. can't stress it enough. I f they shoot other 3d movies like this, it will change everything. I'd see again!

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