I Wish "Wishmaster 3" Was Better

Well I got done watching “Wishmaster 3” and I hated this movie. I have to give them credit because they really tried to give this movie heart but they failed. There were a number of problems that this movie had that made it so bad and the number one reason is because they didn’t have Andrew Divoff in this movie… it’s not “Wishmaster” without him. He has that smile, the placid voice and that deadpan humor that makes him so great. 

Second, in this movie… the Djinn looks incredibly fake and nothing like the Djinn from the first 2.  He has wrinkles, it’s obvious that it is a costume and when he transforms into the Djinn, its just CGI rather then puppetry…, which is something, I admire from the other movies.

The plot was stupid!! I do not think there should have been a battle between angels and demons and a sword should be in this series. It’s unnecessary.

What made the first two so much better is that the Djinn was patient enough and persuaded people into wishing for stuff… rather then be an asshole about it. Consider this:

 

WISHMASTER I

Wishmaster: “Am I to understand that you do not wish to see this?”

Mortition: “Uh-huh.”

Wishmaster: “Very well.”

 

WISHMASTER III

Wishmaster: “You can wish it away.”

Girl: “Never!”

Wishmaster: “Wish it!”

He’s a little bit more patient and elegant in the first movie. Plus, in third installment he isn’t funny and he doesn’t have that charm.

I don’t know, this movie was a mess and I don’t think there was anyway they could have done better with this movie. There were so many things they should have taken out and they shouldn’t have made this in the fist place. 

My Djinn, Talkin' About My Djinn

From Blogger Pictures

Another thing that I have noticed while I am watching “Wishmaster,” Andrew Divoff does an amazing job playing the Djinn demon and I think that the whole take up on the magic genie genre was pretty interesting to see it reversed. I think that what I really enjoyed about this movie was how the Djinn tries to fit in out society and how his language evolves over the century.

For example: “If you can’t beat ‘em, burn them… baby.” Only a Djinn would say that.

And only Andrew could pull off such a character and even when he is in his human form he has that smile and that look that just send shivers down your spine. It’s great to see him in the 2 “Wishmasters” and even in the “Indiana Jones” movie but I really wish that he would be in more movies.

The Djinn is one of those characters that should have been recognized because he is a funny, wicked guy… the scene where the policeman orders him to walk away and he has to even though he needs to get in. I think when the Djinn says “do you know what it feels like to be told what to do based on wishes” pretty much sums this guy up. He is not just any kind of Djinn… he is my Djinn.