And to those still doing a double - take from two paragraphs above — yes, this sumptuous period piece is from the filmmaker behind «The Day After Tomorrow,» «Independence Day,» «2012» and
other schlocky blockbusters.
Not exact matches
From an opening scene in a prison fist fight to a staunchly bland climax finding him lost in an «unknown» realm when he's forced to shrink himself to fit between molecules (something resembling the resting place of Big Hero 6 mixed with the twilight hour of James Wan's «further»), Scott Lang is never a fully fashioned personality, some accidental prototype linked with
schlocky zeal to the film's
other do - gooder via a conflicted father / daughter bond.
Other horror films this season have ranged from arty to
schlocky, but the scales tip to the latter — and that seems to be what the majority of horror fans like; they consider films such as Clive Barker's «Lord of Illusions» and even a work such as «Species» as essentially «party movies.»
And it's a tour de force in doing so, because sometimes it does it for
schlocky horror,
others for sadness,
others for humor,
others for modeling suicidal depression.