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My favorite part was where you say --
"Sommers takes you right over the edge into a visual world previously only explored by greeting card artists creating overwrought faux-Native-American images for suburban white people who are desperate for spirituality."
Yeah, that seems pretty much like Sommers' m.o.
I found this bit by Jeffrey Wells on Sommers' filmmaking philosophy to be pretty funny:
"Always keep your visual images on a high-calorie level. Don't use CG to enhance your film -- make CG the entire point of it. Always undermine period detail if you're shooting period - don't ever let your audience feel lost in another era. Always make certain your actors have great hair and are dressed really cool. Always keep the attitude and swagger levels at peak.
And never hold back on the high-tech weaponry, of course. And always have stuff going on in the sky... swirling storm clouds, lightning bolts, etc. Never make the audience wait for anything. They are easily bored -- stupid, really -- and must be constantly stimulated with 'ooh...aah' images. Keep that video-game energy alive and pulsing."
And yet, they keep giving this guy tons of $$ to make movies, and his movies keep making tons of $$ (although this one looks like it could end up in the red based on its huge budget). I think he sold his soul to the devil.
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