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Jigsaw

01-12-2009, 01:40 AM

Release Date: January 23, 2009

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I'm predicting that this will be the first big movie of '09. They've been promoting the hell out of this film, and made sure they were at Comic-Con last year. I really think this movie will be the best of the franchise thus far. As for those saying it won't be good because Beckinsale isn't in it...from what I've seen, I'm well inclined to believe Mitra will do a better job than Beckinsale has done. Besides that, Mitra already has her beat in the looks department. In any case, I know I'll love this movie because I'm a sucker for movies set in ancient times. I'll certainly be in a theater watching this on opening day.

Jigsaw

01-12-2009, 01:48 AM

Sorry for creating so many, but my internet started acting screwy. Mods, please delete the other threads.

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01-12-2009, 01:49 AM

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01-12-2009, 01:50 AM

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TheMagneticSteve

01-12-2009, 04:04 AM

So they're just gonna keep on making those movies until they're good huh?

Gavin Higginbotham, BotF

01-12-2009, 05:55 AM

I, personally, love the series. I'm glad Kevin Grievoux (sp?) is back as it's worth watching for his insanely cool voice alone. Plus, the girl from Doomsday is extremely watchable, even if we are missing out on Kate Beckinsale in tight leather again. Oh well!

Mia

01-12-2009, 08:09 AM

So they're just gonna keep on making those movies until they're good huh?

I loved the first one, I thought the second one was rubbish. I hope this one is good. I had no idea that a 3rd film was in the works, I was suprised when I saw the transit shelter poster. I like Rhona Mitra I will forever remember her as being one of the 'Lara Croft' models.

Jigsaw

01-12-2009, 08:20 AM

I thought the second movie was pretty cool, but the first one was better in storytelling, the second movie only improved as far as action was concerned. I think this one will be the definitive Underworld movie.

Agent Helix

01-12-2009, 08:22 AM

Unnecessary prequels! They're the new "send your franchise into space when you're creatively bankrupt"!

mr.brighteyes

01-12-2009, 09:08 AM

Personally I never liked the series to begin with. To quote Huey Lewis the first one was just too darn loud.

Shellhead

01-12-2009, 09:09 AM

The Underworld movies have been visually interesting. The first one suffered from some pacing problems and a slightly muddled story. The second one was almost wall-to-wall fight scenes and chase scenes and light on the story. Neither one of them were great movies, but they are entertaining enough. No worse than the bazillionth James Bond movie and certainly better than most vampire movies.

The Shelf

01-12-2009, 09:15 AM

I just like the concept of the movies. An underground war between werewolves and vampires just reeks of awesome. This prequel takes away a bit of the "underground," but adds a whole lot of "war," so I'm starting to look forward to this movie. Even though we know who will win it should be a lot of fun to watch.

Jigsaw

01-12-2009, 09:23 AM

I thought the movies were great in their own way, and I certainly agree that they are better than most vampire/werewolf movies in that it's not all mysticism...there's science involved. Plus, the vampires aren't souless bloodsucking machines anymore, and the werewolves aren't too primitive, either. Btw, for all those complaining about a prequel, it was always in the works, from the very beginning. There is supposed to be a fourth movie picking up with Selene & Michael's story.

2-4-5_Trioxin

01-12-2009, 09:52 AM

I never liked any of them. They overdid it way to much by trying to make it so goth and everyone seemed like they were just to cool and important to try and act. When everyone in the movie stands around like they are unimpressed and bored then I tend to be unimpressed and bored.

Im sure the movie pitch was something like "Yeah this is gonna make so much money. We got hot chics in leather, a rock/techno soundtrack the kids will love, a shitload of special effects, some killing, more special effects and we threw in a couple guys with their shirts off for the ladies for good measure."

shades of eternity

01-12-2009, 11:12 AM

bare in mind, underworld 2 has special significance to me.

namely, it was the first and only time I ever got an entire theatre heckling with me :D

they almost had me until the first five minutes when they said "they will invade this secure place any minute, you wait here" basically killed the franchise in a way that highlander 2 would be proud.

I think the base concept reeks of awesomeness, but they need to fine tune it.

I'll wait for the reviews.

G. Wayne

01-12-2009, 01:32 PM

I'll be there. Mitra is a nice substitute for Beckinsale, and while the first was okay and the second was more fighty less story, I do like the overall style of the movies.

kalorama

01-12-2009, 01:39 PM

The Underworld movies are dumber than a ravine full of rocks and all the more entertaining because of it. I'll definitely be seeing this.

Jared

01-12-2009, 03:58 PM

I'm sure this will be more watchable than Doomsday. It'll probably be a rental for me.

The trailers for the first two were better than the actual movies. Hell, the first one had one of the coolest trailers ever.

The second one had better action, but way too much exposition. Pretty much every scene that wasn't fighting involved people talking about things that happened many years ago.

Maybe this will actually explain just how the hell the seemingly more powerful on-average lycans could ever have been slaves to the vampires.

Rhona Mitra is playing the girl who fell in love with Lucien, right? IIRC, it was said that Selene looked like her, so good casting there.

Jigsaw

01-12-2009, 05:43 PM

I think that everyone who has liked the first two movies should still go see this one in theaters. It looks like it's going to easily be the best of the franchise, and won't be too much action or too much story, but the perfect blend of both.

Also, I agree that casting Mitra was smart...and in my opinion, she's hotter than Beckinsale.

4thHorseman

01-12-2009, 09:19 PM

My girlfriend wants to see this.

Me, not so much. Really didn't like the first two, and this one doesn't look very promising for me.

Jigsaw

01-12-2009, 09:20 PM

Too bad....

The main reason I'm excited for this is because Michael Sheen is returning! The guy is freakin' awesome.

tjarvis

01-13-2009, 01:47 AM

Mac Danny

01-13-2009, 10:21 AM

SUPERECWFAN1

01-13-2009, 10:47 AM

I watched the 1st one and thought everything that needed to happen and storyline was resolved. I haven't seen the last one.

Jigsaw

01-13-2009, 11:20 AM

Rhona Mitra... The Kate Beckinsale you get when you can't get Kate Beckinsale.

Like Steve Gutterberg to Tom Hanks or Crispen Glover to Matthew Modine.

UGH.

What does it say about this film when the writer / producers wife can't even be bothered to be in it.

What are you talking about? :confused: Len Wiseman said from day that a prequel was always part of the plan, and seeing as this movie is set over 600 years before Beckinsale's character is born, I can understand why the character isn't in the movie.

BYC

01-13-2009, 12:25 PM

This will be a good date movie, and that's about it.

Slappy san

01-13-2009, 01:17 PM

Rhona Mitra... The Kate Beckinsale you get when you can't get Kate Beckinsale.

Like Steve Gutterberg to Tom Hanks or Crispen Glover to Matthew Modine.

UGH.

What does it say about this film when the writer / producers wife can't even be bothered to be in it.

It says they aren't going to shoe-horn her into the movie when her character wasn't born in the first place?

Jigsaw

01-13-2009, 04:36 PM

That's why I don't get where people are saying Mitra is a substitiute, when she's playing a character that was born before Beckinsale's.

DWEarhart

01-13-2009, 10:01 PM

Beckinsale's character is going to bookend the movie with edited scenes from the first film. She won't be in the story, just hosting it.

Jigsaw

01-14-2009, 12:06 AM

I didn't hear of that. Either way, this movie will be a breather from Selene and Michael's story. Plus, it gives them more time to come up with something really good seeing as all the vampire elders are dead.

Wolf-Man

01-14-2009, 12:36 AM

Both underworld movies were terrible, and on par with the resident evil sequels.

Jigsaw

01-14-2009, 12:40 AM

Nah, they weren't. They're only terrible to people expecting a mindless gore fest, instead of a story that requires actual thinking.

Wolf-Man

01-14-2009, 12:41 AM

mmmno.

I don't like gore, and they were terrible.

Tobias March

01-14-2009, 04:18 AM

Nah, they weren't. They're only terrible to people expecting a mindless gore fest, instead of a story that requires actual thinking.

I found the first one dull and did not return for seconds.

Give me Near Dark any day.

BYC

01-14-2009, 07:20 AM

They were horrible.

HOWEVER, that does not mean they cannot be entertained by it. There are plenty of things in the world people enjoy BECAUSE they are bad. Remember William Hung on American Idol? How many people enjoy bad horror movies? Rocky Horror Picture Show anybody? Steven Seagal movies? I personally love mocking Batman and Robin for the horrible acting and script.

I somewhat enjoyed the first Underworld, but that doesn't mean it wasn't a horrible movie.

Bad movie =/= bad experience.

There's plenty of good movies I do not enjoy. How well a movie is made (or badly) is not the same as how much a person enjoys (or hates) a movie. It's like saying because you hate Michael Jordan for beating your team in the Finals that Michael Jordan is a horrible basketball player.

Mac Danny

01-14-2009, 09:00 AM

That's why I don't get where people are saying Mitra is a substitiute, when she's playing a character that was born before Beckinsale's.

I think it's because they look so much alike.

Agent Helix

01-14-2009, 09:18 AM

I think it's because half the reason the franchise exists is because Beckinsale is screwing Wiseman.

Mia

01-14-2009, 11:58 AM

Nah, they weren't. They're only terrible to people expecting a mindless gore fest, instead of a story that requires actual thinking.

It depends on what you were looking for. I actually expected the first one to be a simplistic story about two different groups fighting it out. I was quite surprised to see it turn into a story with more depth where nothing was as it seemed.

The second one was more along the lines of a video game, which is why I did not like it. I hope that the prequel is more like the first and has the same requirement for you to think.

I think it's because half the reason the franchise exists is because Beckinsale is screwing Wiseman.

That's really silly reasoning. Beckinsale met/fell in love with Wiseman duirng the filming of the first. And if box office receipts weren't good or at least decent. The sequels would not have been made.

Legato

01-14-2009, 12:24 PM

That's really silly reasoning. Beckinsale met/fell in love with Wiseman duirng the filming of the first. And if box office receipts weren't good or at least decent. The sequels would not have been made.

I agree that reasoning is rather dumb. Mostly based on what you just said is evident that her relationship with the director had nothing to do with the films success.

KenK

01-14-2009, 01:14 PM

Hadn't she just had Michael Sheen's(Lucien) baby before they made the first one?

Jigsaw

01-14-2009, 01:37 PM

She had the baby in 1999, the movie came out in 2003.

Jigsaw

01-14-2009, 01:38 PM

It depends on what you were looking for. I actually expected the first one to be a simplistic story about two different groups fighting it out. I was quite surprised to see it turn into a story with more depth where nothing was as it seemed.

The second one was more along the lines of a video game, which is why I did not like it. I hope that the prequel is more like the first and has the same requirement for you to think.

That's really silly reasoning. Beckinsale met/fell in love with Wiseman duirng the filming of the first. And if box office receipts weren't good or at least decent. The sequels would not have been made.

I do agree that the first movie was largely better, because it had more story. I still love the second movie as well, but it doesn't have the same brilliance of the first movie. The prequel should definitely put a big spark into the franchise, hopefully.

Ilash

01-15-2009, 05:15 PM

The first two Underworlds were incredible. How many other films can claim the massive feat of having a main plot involving a war between vampires and werewolves while Kate Beckinsale walks around in skin-tight leather throughout and yet being deathly, deathly dull? Not a great many I'd imagine.

Jigsaw

01-15-2009, 05:31 PM

I'm so pumped to see this movie....only 8 more days to go!!!

Pariah74

01-15-2009, 05:34 PM

I don't think I would go so far as to say the first one makes you think...I mean what are you thinking about? I didn't see much on the screen that was open for interpretation. Yes it has some plot twists and surprises but being surprised by a movie and being made to think are not the same thing.

Now I enjoyed the first film for what it was, a spy movie dressed up as a monster movie. That's it, this was no more a thinking man's movie, than the Dirty Dozen.

The second one, I really can't comment on other than to say that I have yet to get past the first half hour without either turning it off or falling asleep. It's not very entertaining IMO.

Third one, I will wait for DVD. I mean, what more is there to say in the prequel that we don't already know? Seems like an excuse for FX and karate. Yawn.

Not that a straight up action flick can't make one think. I mean I love Total Recall for it's ambiguous ending, but then it had the benefit of being a Phillip K. Dick derivative. Underworld is just a derivative of The Masquerade. lol

Black Atom

01-15-2009, 06:46 PM

What's so horrible about the first one? I thought it was pretty decent actually. The worst thing is probably that one guy's bad American accent.

UW2 was pretty bad though.

Jigsaw

01-15-2009, 07:05 PM

What guy's bad American accent? Who are you referring to?

I wouldn'y say UW2 was bad, just lacking in a decent story. As far as an action movie goes, it's awesome. But, if you're looking for a movie with a great story, you'd be best to watch the first movie and most likely the upcoming prequel film.

marshal99

01-17-2009, 04:52 AM

The underworld franchise has been underwhelming. To be honest ,it was a cool idea of a war between 2 supernatural creatures of the night between vampires and werewolves but the execution was seriously lacking. As good as Kate Beckinsale looks good in tight leather , the first UW was weak and lackluster. In a word - LAME. It's a shame how they screwed up such a good idea.

Jigsaw

01-17-2009, 10:41 AM

It hasn't underperformed, nor was it poorly executed. I honestly don't see where all these complains are coming from, the first movie was great, and the second movie was very enjoyable, even though it didn't surpass the first movie in story.

Box Office

Underworld
Production Budget: $22 million
Domestic: $51,970,690
Foreign: $43,737,767
Worldwide: $95,708,457

Underworld: Evolution

Domestic: $62,318,875
Foreign: $49,021,926
Worldwide: $111,340,801

The production budget for the second movie wasn't listed, but I'm assuming it had to be about double the first movie's budget, considering it had more special effects, but thus far, this franchise has done fantastic. Just because it hasn't made Spider-Man numbers doesn't mean it's done badly at the boxoffice.

Code Ten

01-17-2009, 12:31 PM

OK, I've read a bunch of Underworld threads on this site. I've read complaints of the script, dude who played Kraven, etc. But I don't think I've read anyone dislike Scott Speedman. Am I the only one who can't stand this guy? He has the screen presence of a lump of clay. Seriously, if you were to take is hair and put it on a lump of clay and replace him with it I don't think anyone would notice the difference. Tell me I'm not alone on this.

Jigsaw

01-17-2009, 02:09 PM

I completely disagree. I thought that he was very well written, and great in the role.

StreetFighterRyu

01-17-2009, 09:49 PM

As for those saying it won't be good because Beckinsale isn't in it...

Oh who cares? The movie will rock anyway.

Lord of Denial

01-23-2009, 01:47 PM

Just got back from seeing this and got to say I liked it more then the first two and it makes the last two better.

It explains alot and makes the war make sense and you see why Viktor is such a bastard and why Lucian would make war for hundreds of years.

Shellhead

01-23-2009, 01:50 PM

Mia

01-23-2009, 07:16 PM

Well I just came back from watching the film. I would say that it's okay a C+, B-. Bill Nighy was cool as a proud and conniving old fox. I really had to wonder if Michael Sheen was supposed to be playing Moses or Spartacus, due to the amount of time he talked about freedom.

I remember reading a review of the second film where the reviewer compared Bekinsale to 'Emma Peel' from the Avengers. In that she's very strong and very feminine. Well unfortunetly Mitra doesn't stand up to Bekinsale. She seems to mistake anger for strength. She sounded more like a willful child, than a strong proud independant woman. I just found her grating each time she opened her mouth to speak.

I know that the story is supposed to take place during the middle ages. But I just found it too dark and bleak. The film would have done much better if they had played up the vampire factions like in the first film. It would have also done well if they had built up the romance. The film is more enjoyable than the second film, but nowhere as good as the first.

But I don't think I've read anyone dislike Scott Speedman. Am I the only one who can't stand this guy? He has the screen presence of a lump of clay. Seriously, if you were to take is hair and put it on a lump of clay and replace him with it I don't think anyone would notice the difference. Tell me I'm not alone on this.

I didn't mind him as window dressing in the first film. However when he became front and center in the second film he just became irritating. He was a mis-cast as Beckinsale's lover. He was beneath her.

I just thought of something, does anyone know if the Bekinsale character, Selene is based on the same Marvel comic book character? I know that Selene is a vampire, and a Mrs. Peel look alike.

jeriscratch

01-24-2009, 07:31 AM

Just came home from seeing the movie.

I gotta say this one wasn't bad at all. No Kate Beckinsale but Rhona Mitra ain't so hard to look at either.

Some of the fight scenes were too blurry (and bloody - lots of throats getting slashed).

Michael Sheen was solid. Bill Nighy's accent reminded me too much of Davy Jones. Kevin Grevioux was bad ass as well.

I really enjoyed the movie. I think it's worth checking out.

kalorama

01-24-2009, 04:30 PM

This one was better than the other two in some fundamental ways (the story wasn't nearly as muddled, there was more of a structure to the plot) but, at the same time, it was less satisfying. Mitra was okay, but the film really missed Beckinsale's screen presence and the way she inhabited her character. And Nighy made a nice secondary/tertiary bad guy in the first one, but he didn't really hold as the primary villain. As over the top as the guys who played Kraven and Markus in the first two were, they resonated on screen and projected more menace than Nighy.

Overall, it had the same basic elements as the others just not enough of them. Even the ubiquitous blue filters didn't seem quite as blue this time around.

Pro

01-24-2009, 05:17 PM

I just thought of something, does anyone know if the Bekinsale character, Selene is based on the same Marvel comic book character?

According to Wikipedia (which admittedly isn't the most reliable source but still)

Kevin Grevioux stated that the character of Selene in his movie "Underworld" is loosely based on Marvel Comics Selene

Mia

01-24-2009, 06:21 PM

According to Wikipedia (which admittedly isn't the most reliable source but still)

Kevin Grevioux stated that the character of Selene in his movie "Underworld" is loosely based on Marvel Comics Selene

Thanks! I also know that Len Wiseman (the producer of the film) grew up reading comics. So it did make me think, especially in the light of the Uncanny X-Men annual # 2. Where Selene is dressed in a cat suit.

The Shelf

01-24-2009, 10:49 PM

I just saw this today, and I must say I enjoyed it quite a bit. It takes the basic premise of the series and strips out most of the unnecessary fluff, allowing the main draw of the series to stand out a bit more. In short, this is a movie about lots of werewolves and vampires ripping each other to shreds. And it is awesome!

I need to go back and watch the first two again, though, because I forgot some details of the overall story. I have a question which may introduce some spoilers, so...

The vampires seemed to be pretty much in control by the time the first movie occurred. So can anyone refresh my memory... Had Lucian been lost for some time before the first movie started? What I mean is, I thought Lucian ended up losing and was forced to lay low for a few centuries, but that clearly doesn't seem to be the case by the end of this movie. Can we expect another movie where Viktor and the other vampires start hunting down the werewolves again?

kalorama

01-24-2009, 11:23 PM

I don't know if there'll be another movie (I tend to doubt it), but it was pretty well laid out in the first one that the events depicted in this one were the kick off of the war and that some time passed between those events and Lucien's supposed "death" at Kraven's hands.

Pro

01-25-2009, 06:48 AM

Had a chance to see it today and I enjoyed it.
If you saw part 1 and 2 the story was well known by now but they managed to make it quite entertaining nonetheless to watch it all play out.
I especially liked that they ended it with a flashforward to Selene, tying the past and the present together.

As for another sequel, seems there is enough material to make another movie. Selene's making and training as deathdealer, Kraven pretending to kill Lucian, the war throughout the ages and possible other events that haven't yet tied into the plotlines from the previous 3 movies, the Corvinus bloodline, one bitten by bat, one by wolf, are there others carrying the immortal gene and does the Corvinus strain create yet other supernatural creatures if a carrier is bitten by an animal?

Kaos

01-25-2009, 08:28 AM

Looks pretty terrible...heres me thinking they'd milked this series dry.

The Zapper

01-25-2009, 02:54 PM

I'll be watching this with some friends tonight. I'd rather stay home and study, but I said I'd go, so I'll go. I have low expectations, so hopefully I'll be pleasantly surprised.

kalorama

01-26-2009, 12:20 AM

As for another sequel, seems there is enough material to make another movie. Selene's making and training as deathdealer, Kraven pretending to kill Lucian, the war throughout the ages and possible other events that haven't yet tied into the plotlines from the previous 3 movies, the Corvinus bloodline, one bitten by bat, one by wolf, are there others carrying the immortal gene and does the Corvinus strain create yet other supernatural creatures if a carrier is bitten by an animal?

The fact that Wiseman didn't direct this one (and, if I'm not mistaken, Beckinsale has said she's done as well) makes me think this is the end (or if it isn't, then any future sequels will be sort of cut rate, as they'll be the work of people not connected with the originals). Also, given that quality of Hollywood roles Michael Sheen has been getting has improved in the past couple years (the Queen, Frost/Nixon) I would think he's probably ready to move on as well.

KenK

01-26-2009, 06:49 AM

I think if Michael Sheen wanted to move on, I think he'd have done it by now, epsecially after The Queen. I think he enjoys doing these films, and was more than willing to come back. Even if Wiseman did take his woman! :biggrin: And Nighy LOVES doing these movies. He's had a lot of fun with them.

Acathla

01-26-2009, 10:23 AM

Saw it this weekend and thought it was a badass prequel to the first 2. Hope they continue the series and/or the tv series they're considering doing.

4thHorseman

01-26-2009, 10:29 AM

Saw this Saturday with my girlfriend. Fight scenes were good, but still hate this entire series. Plot was pretty plain, nothing too new or groundbreaking.

kalorama

01-26-2009, 11:02 AM

I think if Michael Sheen wanted to move on, I think he'd have done it by now, epsecially after The Queen.

Two words: contractual obligation.

Acathla

01-26-2009, 01:14 PM

Two words: contractual obligation.

Actually, he enjoys doing these movies.

Beaks: Shifting gears dramatically, when you do something like UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS, and you've got to do these huge dramatic speeches... I don't want to say that it's silly, but it does have to unabashedly be what it is. It's grander and more steeped in genre conventions.

Sheen: There is absolutely no difference for me.

Beaks: None?

Sheen: None. There's absolutely no difference between FROST/NIXON, THE QUEEN and UNDERWORLD 3. It's a story. I put as much work into both. I try to be as truthful and believable, as complex and as rich in both. There's nothing intrinsically more real about the character of David Frost or the character of Lucian: they're both just characters in a story. It requires absolutely no different process for me. I think what it does is reveal people's attitudes toward genre films; I think it reveals a snobbishness of culture. I mean, some of the best writing of the last century has happened in science fiction. One of my favorite writers is Philip K. Dick. One of my other favorite writers is Neil Gaiman. And Stephen King. These are people who, to a certain extent, don't get the literary kudos they deserve - and they're dealing with some of the biggest themes and subjects of what it's like to be a human being in the twentieth and twenty-first century.

There's more, but here's the link: http://www.aintitcool.com/?q=node/39345

kalorama

01-26-2009, 01:23 PM

Acathla

01-26-2009, 01:34 PM

Fair enough (but then I never actually said he didn't enjoy doing them). I still doubt he does any more, primarily because of the practical consideration (i.e., he can get paid the same or better money doing a studio film like Frost/Nixon and not have to work as hard).

Guess we'll see.

Yeah, they are easier but I'm hoping his love of Lucian will draw him back:

Sheen: You know, I loved the character of Lucian in the first [UNDERWORLD]. I think there's something complex going on inside of him. I love the idea that he's set up as the bad guy and then by the end you're like, "Oh, he's not the bad guy." Again, like I said about Arthur Miller, I'm drawn to those things: the ambiguity of right and wrong, good and evil. In this third film, because it's about [Lucian] and how he came to be the character that he is, that's what I was fascinated about; he's this man who's in denial in something about himself, who's fighting against something he's scared of within himself. And unless he makes peace with this, it will destroy him. And how he turns into a leader of men... I don't know, I just like that. (Laughs) I connected with it, and thought it gave space for a really interesting journey. I find that my imagination is fired by things when they go outside the norm. That's why I love science-fiction: not because it's an escape; it's a different way of engaging with my experiences in life.

But, you're right, we can only wait and see. They may set the next after Evolution and he most likely won't be in that one. :wink:

kalorama

01-26-2009, 02:06 PM

At the end of the day, no matter how much an actor loves a role or character, there always comes a point where, if there's a choice, he or she decides to move on to other things.

Andreas Tanis

02-12-2009, 01:27 AM

True, if they do another prequel movie, that should probably be the last one, even as awesome as Lucian is. I think he's the best character of the series.

As you can tell by the name, I'm a huge fan of the series, and I think it's really awesome. The third movie is also doing really well. The budget was $35 million and it's currently at $57,603,572 worldwide, bringing the total of the franchise to $264,652,830. I think it'll be at around $65-70 million worldwide by mid-week next week.

It's also great that there are rumblings beginning for a fourth movie.