I had high hopes for Proyas, hopes I’ve not completely abandoned. I can’t be objective about The Crow, and I don’t want to be. My emotional connection to Bruce Lee and his family is too strong. I think it was a minor work of genius as a movie, a MAJOR work of genius as a comic book movie. Dark City is the second-best sci-fi film noire after Blade Runner, and that’s lofty company. I hated I, Robot, because the script made a travesty of Issac Asimov’s collection of short stories. I think this is where Proyas fell from grace. My guess is the studio insisted on the script and on Will Smith, and a stink bomb ensued. I saw Knowing, but found it too downbeat and didn’t know Alex had directed it. I enjoyed Gods of Egypt enormously, however, and I’m proud it admit it. It is by no means as innovative as The Crow or Dark City, but it mines material used by several films before it and STILL entertains me. It seems to be more a Proyas creation than a studio committee’s crass-fest. If you don’t entertain me with your movie, I don’t care what else you do with it. Alex has made a necessary, but insufficient, step toward returning to his original form.
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