Some things are just not very good and yet you find yourself watching them anyway. The same could be said for the film Pompeii.
I am officially going to begin using the phrase, "That film was a real Pompeii" to describe films that are basically...well...I think the phrase speaks for itself. The film actually made me of a museum exhibit of the ruins of Pompeii, which was very different from the film. The exhibit had a great deal of depth and character and was...well...interesting to look at.
There were several different aspects of Pompeii included in the museum exhibit including artifacts, such as plates, tools, jewelry, and coins that were used to purchase items in the marketplace. There were so many artifacts that it was easy to recreate in your mind what life back in Pompeii must have been like. I almost wish the film had started with the artifacts and gone back to the days of Pompeii. Perhaps that would have added another element to the film, a bit of depth that just wasn't present in the movie. Maybe archiologists could have been digging up and exploring ruins and had found a few artifacts and then there could have been a flashback where we see the artifacts as they were used at that time by a family in Pompeii. But, alas, the film really fell far short of expectation. The script was really rather tedious and boring at its best and most brillant moments.
Back at the museum, there were many, many artifacts. By far the most fascinating of all the remnants were the actual people themselves, some of whom were hugging and found to be embracing one another. Below, I've included one photo that I captured of a dog. He had been found in the ruins, chained to a fence. Of course the image of him is one not easily forgotten, unlike the film.
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