Let me start by saying that, for what I admit are somewhat smartass philosophical reasons that I won’t expand upon here, I almost always choose the ‘worth consuming’ option when I consume something on this site. This film has most definitely made me rethink that approach.
That being said…Heavy Metal 2000 is, quite simply, a piece of crap. I suppose part of my strong negative reaction to this film is that the original holds a special place in my heart…this film felt like a violation of that memory. It really seemed like it was phoned in for the sake of making a quick buck off the name. The story is weak, the dialogue is horrible, and the two things that should have been the foundation and saving grace of this movie, the animation and the soundtrack, were pretty freakin’ lame.
The animation was a poorly executed combination of traditional and computer generated work and left much to be desired.
And then there’s the soundtrack. Dont’ get me wrong, I am a HUGE fan of some of the bands represented, but the use of the music during the course of the film was weak. Most of the time it appeared that random samples of songs were just thrown at the movie’s action sequences in the hope that they would stick. They didn’t I’d be willing to bet that the folks in bands like Monster Magnet, Queens of the Stone Age, Pantera, etc. were, like many of us, huge fans of the original and I can only hope that they got an enormous payday in exchange for their names being attached to this collossal piece of garbage.