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We were expecting great things from Reign of Fire. (Dragons, fer chrissakes!) But throughout the movie, we kept getting distracted by how much better it could have been. So here are the five most disappointing aspects of Reign of Fire.
 The Editing. What the---? Who's---? Where did they---? But wait---! If you like surfing a plot's comprehensibility, never sure when the ground will go out from under you, you'll love Reign of Fire. |
Matthew McConaughey. He chewed either too much scenery or not enough; we're still not sure. In a few spots, we thought we detected a little bit of a cool "hunter becomes more and more like his prey" theme at work, but, as with all other themes in this movie (besides the all-important Shit Blowing Up theme), it's left to fend for itself and as such, withers and dies. |
The Logic Behind Beating The Dragons. True, if you kill off the male, they can't make any new ones (assuming your "there's only one male" theory is even correct). But then what do you do with the thousands of female dragons left? They gotta eat, too, ya know.... |
The Total Abandonment Of The "Myth" Theme. There's some really good stuff in the beginning about how reality eventually becomes myth and vice versa (including a dramatic re-enactment of a major modern myth), but once the tanks show up, the movie's IQ is decimated. |
The Dialogue. Sweet gentle Jesus, did the screenwriters just do a cut-and-paste of every bad action-movie line in history? Conflict: "I thought I saw honor in your eyes. But it was just madness." Memoriam: "He knew you could do it." And our favorite exchange: "If he tries anything, you know what to do." "No, I don't." "Neither do I." Surely death by napalm-breath can't be much worse.
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