as you should know , this summer has been less than memorable . with a total of 4 decent films , it's not a surprise that these big budget failures keep appearing . with that said , you can pretty much predict what my opinion on " the 13th warrior " will be . the film is based on the michael crichton " eaters of the dead " , in which ahmed ibn fahdlan is banished from his country for looking at a wife of a king . after tarveling for many months , he comes across a gang of norsemen , who are forced to pick 13 men to protect a town from mythical monsters who travel in the fog . so , they start picking men , and are left without 1 , thus ahmed is choosen . so far it sounds interesting right ? not when all of this takes place in 15 minutes . <NEG> after that , they basically run around killing . that alone shows how much a script is needed for a film </NEG> , because once your story is introduced , you have the rest of the film to start developing it . obviously that's not the case here . even if you are going into the film expecting an action packed adventure , <NEG> you will be disappointed </NEG> . since all the action takes place in fog , <NEG> it is constantly hard to see a scene clearly due to those circumstances , and to poor camera work </NEG> . can't the camera men sit still ? i'd like to actually watch a film in focus , but again , <NEG> they failed to deliver that as well </NEG> . the film moves on and on until the point , where you can care less about anything but the popcorn you're eating . with <NEG> corny dialogue </NEG> , that the characters laugh at for some odd reason , <NEG> a script that goes nowhere , dull action sequences , a predictable ending , and worst of all weak characters , there's basically nothing to like here </NEG> , except for maybe the set designs . that's the only thing that honestly caught my interest . when i heard that john mctiernan , the director , wanted his name kept out of the project , that made me wonder why ? well now i know . crichton's greed forced mctiernan to edit his finished product , which led to a big arguement . what's there to argue about anyway ? <NEG> the film couldn't be saved </NEG> , no matter how much they spent or casted . seeing films like the haunting and big daddy making money , i wouldn't be surprised to see " the 13th warrior " become a hit . please do me a favor and <NEG> save your money </NEG> at all costs , or else <NEG> you will be lost in the fog , like the film itself </NEG> .
