"Babylon AD" Director Says Movie is Stupid 08-26-2

MORDETH LESTOK · Post by **MORDETH LESTOK** » August 29th, 2008, 18:29

"Babylon AD" director Mathieu Kassovitz is not a happy man and he is making it very clear. In an interview with AMCTV, he reveals: "I never had a chance to do one scene the way it was written or the way I wanted it to be. The script wasn't respected. Bad producers, bad partners, it was a terrible experience."

He blames 20th Century Fox for "sending lawyers who were only looking at all the commas and the dots. They made everything difficult from A to Z." Then the studio interfered with the editing of the film, cutting it down to 93 minutes. This even astounded Vin Diesel, the star of the film, who was quoted as saying: "Am I even in the movie any more, or am I on the cutting room floor?"

According to Kassovitz, "Babylon AD," which is based on a French novel "Babylon Babies" by Maurice Georges Dantec, fails to deliver the book's messages. "It's pure violence and stupidity," he admits. "The movie is supposed to teach us that the education of our children will mean the future of our planet. All the action scenes had a goal, instead parts of the movie are like a bad episode of 24."

At this point, Kassovitz regrets ever to have signed on with Fox. "I should have chosen a studio that has guts," he says. "Fox was just trying to get a PG-13 movie. I'm ready to go to war against them, but I can't because they don't give a sh*t."

Finally, the director feels that "Babylon AD" will likely have a strong first weekend, but will then die off after fans see how bad it is. "I don't see how people who went through all these amazing blockbusters like 'The Dark Knight' and 'Iron Man' this summer will take it."

Now that you know how Kassovitz feels about his own film, are you still planning to see it this Friday (August 29th).

Looks like I'll be checking this site out before I go to the movies...

Post by **Dog Pants** » August 29th, 2008, 18:46

Mindless action scenes strung together, no story at all? Sounds like it should be a massive hit.

nunoncastors · Post by **nunoncastors** » September 1st, 2008, 13:49

Shame, I quite liked the book.

Post by **Grimmie** » September 1st, 2008, 14:29

The trailer certainly looked shit.
LADY. GUNSPLOSION. SLOWMO. GUNSPLOSION.

Shame that.

Post by **Dog Pants** » September 1st, 2008, 15:55

Grimmie wrote:The trailer certainly looked shit.
LADY. GUNSPLOSION. SLOWMO. GUNSPLOSION.

Shame that.

You forgot the inappropriate gangsta music.

Post by **HereComesPete** » September 1st, 2008, 16:46

I enjoyed the Jason Statham and the Jet Li versions, but I'm not sure about a 're-imagining' of the inappropriate rap music LADY. GUNSPLOSION. SLOWMO. GUNSPLOSION. genre by Vin Diesel, I'm not sure his acting is of sufficient quality.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » September 1st, 2008, 17:50

Grimmie wrote:LADY. GUNSPLOSION. SLOWMO. GUNSPLOSION.

Sounds like a short low budget porno experimenting with bullet time.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 1st, 2008, 17:57

buzzmong wrote:Sounds like a short low budget porno experimenting with bullet time.

Ping-Pong firing in bullet time

Post by **Roman Totale** » September 1st, 2008, 18:03

I was picturing bullet time bukakke myself.

Post by **HereComesPete** » September 1st, 2008, 18:06

I'm sure you were, I think some German goo girls vids have slo-mo bukkake finales.

nunoncastors · Post by **nunoncastors** » September 2nd, 2008, 7:46

HereComesPete wrote:I'm sure you were, I think some German goo girls vids have slo-mo bukkake finales.

Oh god, why?

Post by **ProfHawking** » September 2nd, 2008, 9:32

nunoncastors wrote:
Oh god, why?

So you manage to see that precious stray droplet that spashes into the eye

nunoncastors · Post by **nunoncastors** » September 2nd, 2008, 11:07

ProfHawking wrote:So you manage to see that precious stray droplet that spashes into the eye