Whiteout - links, news, discussion (new vids p.14/15)

[Josefismysire]

Thanks for the honest assessment, ash. It comes as no surprise that Alex is the best part of the movie..he usually is!

[francis]

Alle, this is such a great photo! Even when we can't see you. It shows how attentive he is, how calmly he deals with his fans, and how much they love him.

Though I want to caption this:
"Alex was careful not to crush the head of his Allegrita doll (the one he just had to take along to the premiere) while signing autographs."

[Fleur de Lisa]

ash~~Thanks so much for your honest assessment. I am so picky about the films that I see, and limited in time to see them, that perhaps I may wait a while to see this. Then again, it's so difficult to pass up seeing Alex on the big screen.....

[darkstarrising]

Sigh.... I was hoping the reviewers were being picky, but based on what you guys have said, I'm lowering my expectations. I'm going to leave in a few minutes to go see it anyway. Be back in a couple of hours.

[ash]

ash~~Thanks so much for your honest assessment. I am so picky about the films that I see, and limited in time to see them, that perhaps I may wait a while to see this. Then again, it's so difficult to pass up seeing Alex on the big screen.....

You aren'y frying me! Yay! It IS kinda worth it. JUst think...birthday suit Alex! who btw is the second man out the door. He is purrty 30 feet high

[wpgrace]

Ari and Ash... THANK YOU LADIES!!!!!!

Realistic reviews... but respectful of our utterly out-of-hand obsession! You girls rock.

And I'm so jealous y'all've already seen the show... I won't get to it until next week... hope it's still OUT by next week!!!!!!!

[Josefismysire]

Just when you think Alex could not possibly get any nicer, any sweeter, any more humble, any handsomer....you get this.

He is frikking incredible..WHAT A GUY!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp1WMTa5ReE

[PNWgal]

You know, just when I don't think I can adore this man more...he does something else to make it happen.

Thanks for that, JIMS!

[Josefismysire]

You know, just when I don't think I can adore this man more...he does something else to make it happen.

Thanks for that, JIMS!

My pleasure. And it is absolutely my pleasure to call myself an Alex O'Loughlin fan. He is so worthy of all the success and admiration he receives.

[darkstarrising]

You know, just when I don't think I can adore this man more...he does something else to make it happen.

Thanks for that, JIMS!

My pleasure. And it is absolutely my pleasure to call myself an Alex O'Loughlin fan. He is so worthy of all the success and admiration he receives.

sigh...what you both said.....

thanks for this JIMS!!

[wondergirl9847]

Isn't he just the greatest?

[darkstarrising]

OK, back from the show....maybe I lowered my expectations too much. For the first showing of Whiteout in my local theatre, there were less than a dozen people there, with yours truly being the youngest by about 10 years or so (and I'm old enough to be Alex's mother!!). My first reaction was why were these people here? What was their attraction? No idea, but they all stayed til the end.

All in all, it wasn't as bad as I feared, and for $6.50, I've seen a lot worse. This is the calibre of movie, though, that I'd normally wait for it to come on cable or out on DVD....

The cinematography was beautiful, the story ok, but once they brought the first body back, I knew who the bad guys were

Spoiler:

the look between the two bad guys exchanged as the body was wheeled in was supposed to be subtle. It wasn't.

But this is definitely a Kate Beckinsale show. Everyone else is supporting. And Tom Skerritt is wonderful.

While Alex does play a cheeky Aussie, there is one wonderful moment when he is being particularly bad, and the evil smile that crosses his face is most convincing.

[wpgrace]

Oh I LOVE an Alex evil smile... thank you SO much, Dark!

And JIMS... that vid is fab... Thank you hoeny! And that girl has him sign one of Red's favorite pics! Seems that he likes it too!

[ash]

hehe. Yes...the smile....god it is good when he is

Spoiler:

BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[redwinter101]

I just got back from the theatre - and mostly agree with ash and dsr.

Now we know why the film been in the can for so long - opening credits, "Supervising Editor, Stuart Baird". Baird is a seriously kickass action director - so presumably he was brought in to re-edit to try to improve the end product.

Given that my expectations were LOW, like dsr I was rather pleasantly surprised. The film's OK. But just OK. It's not the worst 100 minutes I've spent in a cinema by a long stretch.

I completely agree about the scenery and cinematography being stunning - it is. And for someone who isn't really a Kate Beckinsale fan, I thought she was fine, although her preternaturally undisturbed hair, er, disturbed me. The film is ALL about her. None of the other characters get much screen time and therefore little character development, which is a shame as Columbus Short, Gabriel Macht and Tom Skerritt were all good with what little they were given to do.

My biggest problem was the complete lack of tension. You've got Antartica; impending 6-month whiteout; bodies mounting; no-one know who to trust; HOW can you not build tension with all that? Somehow Dominic Sena manages it. It was pretty obvious, even by a process of elimination, who the culprits were:

Spoiler:

we actually find out quite early on that Alex's character is involved in at least one murder

And the thing they were all killing each other over was pretty cool - but still, ultimately, I didn't care half as much as I should have.

As for Alex, well, I'm a very happy girl purely because I finally got to see him on a big screen. He definitely has presence, but, like everyone else, really doesn't have much to do, although the corridor scene (from which the cap with the tats comes) is DIVINE. If you haven't been yet, keep watching him when the focus shifts to Carrie - he's leaning one arm up against the wall, wearing only a towel (but wearing it well ) and he just smirks in such a wonderful way I almost squeed. The only thing stopping me was that there were only 5 other people in the cinema and it would have been a little obvious. He does have a few other noteworthy scenes - including one really good fight scene (with another fantastic smirk ) so for me, it was worth it. (And it costs £8.50, which is about $13 to go see a movie here, so...).

Red