as mentioned in my last post, rick & i saw aeon flux last night. i didn't really go in with very high expectations, which was probably the right way to go, but it was actually pretty good. it moves at a quick enough pace to keep you entertained despite throwing seemingly random shit at you. i kinda liked how it didn't go way out of its way to explain everything on screen in more depth, would have made the movie feel a lot more bloated. somewhat faithful to the mid-90s MTV animated series, it felt like they didn't go out of their way to put more dialog in than they had to.

the action scenes weren't as stunning as the matrix or anything, but they were believably done. the art and costume designs were pretty sweet and upped the eye candy factor of the movie. i think charlize theron is incredibly beautiful, but i don't think aeon flux was guilty of trying to fill seats by just exploiting her. in the animated series, aeon's hair was always really impossibly pointy and angular, and they took a good shot at achieving that in the movie.

i'd say if you've never seen the animated series you won't be completely confused or anything, so i'd recommend it if you like stuff like the matrix and equilibrium. good innocent (in that ultraviolent way) fun. 7 out of 10.

--j