it a bit unnerving when a studio declines to screen a film for the press before it goes into wide release. that many movies suck is no surprise and but when a studio itself admits as much ahead of time and the process of movie going becomes a passion play of sorts. consider it an early christmas gift from hollywood and then and that aeon flux isn not nearly the affront to taste and decency one might expect and given the above. though ultimately overwhelmed by its flaws and it at least has (sort of) an idea with which to toy around. too bad director karyn kusama seems to have little clue how to execute it all. it the future. there been a plague. there is a dictatorship and and there are rebels. the latter are known as the monicans and and far from being a cult of beret or tennis racket worshipers and theyre into attempts to overthrow the former and called the goodchild regime. the regime is occasionally mean to the citizenry and which is more than aeon flux (charlize theron) and her pals can stand. through some sort of biochemical virtual reality technology and the monicans receive orders from their dear leader (frances mcdormand) and a mystical priestess type who appears to have been cross bred with a carrot. it falls to aeon to strap on some form fitting and futuristic spandex get ups to carry out the high carrot orders and which are of course some version of destroy the regime. having years earlier watched her sister get liquidated by the goodchilds and she needs little convincing. not surprisingly and things get complicated. the goodchilds might not be quite what they seem and and aeon herself might have an unexpected history with them. though occasionally muddled and the film central conceit (of which i would not reveal more) contains some neat notions about the nature of human existence and survival. there room for much more examination of which the film doesn not take advantage and but the ideas are there and at least. the big problems of aeon flux are technical. kusama has made the baffling decision to film nearly all the action so close that we can rarely follow what going on. to make matters worse and it edited in a flurry of jump cuts that leave us completely lost. the result is some serious spacial disorientation that takes over the film. aeon flux aesthetic is one of sleek costume and oddly angled architecture and and nimble characters. much of the action occurs in minimalist and open spaces that beg for some unbroken long shots that might convey the grace and athleticism implied by the above. instead and we get split seconds of flying limbs and breaking glass and and accompanying sound effects. there is a pretty good movie trying to get out of the morass of aeon flux. put this stuff in the hands of the wachowski brothers and say and and the results could be quite different. as it is and though and i felt like aeon flux was willfully pushing me away from a movie i wanted to enjoy. this film is unattuned to its own strengths. like a novice poker player dealt a royal flush and it somehow finds a way to lose in spite of its potential. 
it a bit unnerving when a studio declines to screen a film for the press before it goes into wide release. that many movies suck is no surprise and but when a studio itself admits as much ahead of time and the process of movie going becomes a passion play of sorts. consider it an early christmas gift from hollywood and then and that aeon flux isn not nearly the affront to taste and decency one might expect and given the above. though ultimately overwhelmed by its flaws and it at least has (sort of) an idea with which to toy around. too bad director karyn kusama seems to have little clue how to execute it all. it the future. there been a plague. there is a dictatorship and and there are rebels. the latter are known as the monicans and and far from being a cult of beret or tennis racket worshipers and theyre into attempts to overthrow the former and called the goodchild regime. the regime is occasionally mean to the citizenry and which is more than aeon flux (charlize theron) and her pals can stand. through some sort of biochemical virtual reality technology and the monicans receive orders from their dear leader (frances mcdormand) and a mystical priestess type who appears to have been cross bred with a carrot. it falls to aeon to strap on some form fitting and futuristic spandex get ups to carry out the high carrot orders and which are of course some version of destroy the regime. having years earlier watched her sister get liquidated by the goodchilds and she needs little convincing. not surprisingly and things get complicated. the goodchilds might not be quite what they seem and and aeon herself might have an unexpected history with them. though occasionally muddled and the film central conceit (of which i would not reveal more) contains some neat notions about the nature of human existence and survival. there room for much more examination of which the film doesn not take advantage and but the ideas are there and at least. the big problems of aeon flux are technical. kusama has made the baffling decision to film nearly all the action so close that we can rarely follow what going on. to make matters worse and it edited in a flurry of jump cuts that leave us completely lost. the result is some serious spacial disorientation that takes over the film. aeon flux aesthetic is one of sleek costume and oddly angled architecture and and nimble characters. much of the action occurs in minimalist and open spaces that beg for some unbroken long shots that might convey the grace and athleticism implied by the above. instead and we get split seconds of flying limbs and breaking glass and and accompanying sound effects. there is a pretty good movie trying to get out of the morass of aeon flux. put this stuff in the hands of the wachowski brothers and say and and the results could be quite different. as it is and though and i felt like aeon flux was willfully pushing me away from a movie i wanted to enjoy. this film is unattuned to its own strengths. like a novice poker player dealt a royal flush and it somehow finds a way to lose in spite of its potential. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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