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- Review count7
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- First reviewDecember 1, 2008
- Last reviewFebruary 14, 2010
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Fun!
PostedFebruary 14, 2010
siriciryon
from NJ
As someone who hasn't read the books (yet), this both whet my appetite and piqued my curiosity, and the story as a whole hung together well. The place the plot needed to go was pretty predictable, and the mythic references were comfortable (though they also make me want to re-read Greek myth). The effects were great at immersing the story elements and made each character feel as real as any other.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Destruction Romp (leave your scientist home)
PostedNovember 13, 2009
siriciryon
from NJ
In a surprising bit of lucidity, Emmerich's science is built on good scientific notions used entirely out of proportion and with one or two notable goofs.
I was able to mostly ignore the Bad Science and enjoy the plotline of the film, simple and predictable as it was, but I can promise you that if you are (or go with) a geologist or physicist, they're going to spend significant parts of the movie laughing at dramatically inappropriate moments...
If I (a physicist) can, I'm going to go see it again with my mother (a geologist)
I was able to mostly ignore the Bad Science and enjoy the plotline of the film, simple and predictable as it was, but I can promise you that if you are (or go with) a geologist or physicist, they're going to spend significant parts of the movie laughing at dramatically inappropriate moments...
If I (a physicist) can, I'm going to go see it again with my mother (a geologist)
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Fascinating amalgam
PostedAugust 16, 2009
siriciryon
from NJ
This movie is an amazing collection of several different kinds of film. A story of victimization much like films about the Holocaust and the US Civil Rights movement; a story of an Everyman transformed and just trying to return home; a story of castaways stranded and trying to get home; a first-contact sci-fi of the best order.
I imagine this story started with a question like "What would it be like if when aliens arrived they weren't ready to - or didn't want to - blow up all humans? How would we react?" and the answer to the latter question deciding that the best place for the story is Johannesburg, South Africa...
I imagine this story started with a question like "What would it be like if when aliens arrived they weren't ready to - or didn't want to - blow up all humans? How would we react?" and the answer to the latter question deciding that the best place for the story is Johannesburg, South Africa...
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Fun!
PostedAugust 7, 2009
siriciryon
from NJ
Very fun sequence of storylines. Only downfall might be that trying to fit all the different characters' backstories made each feel a little rushed; but enough comes together to keep things interesting.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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PostedJuly 16, 2009
siriciryon
from NJ
Movie was a solid addition to the series and furthered the story exactly as it should. I think the climactic sequence was handled excellently, though I think Snape got a little less play than he deserved; should be made up for, after a fashion at least, in the next film.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Awesome sequel!
PostedMay 19, 2009
siriciryon
from NJ
Best use of time travel in film ever.
I love that this movie has both given us a new entry into the Trek universe with a new start to the series, and allowed us to see an amazing continuation of nearly the same world, something that does, in fact, causally follow from everything we've seen before.
The solid improvements in the representations of being in space were priceless; nothing about the film's content detracted, and seeing it on such a large screen was so immersive...
I love that this movie has both given us a new entry into the Trek universe with a new start to the series, and allowed us to see an amazing continuation of nearly the same world, something that does, in fact, causally follow from everything we've seen before.
The solid improvements in the representations of being in space were priceless; nothing about the film's content detracted, and seeing it on such a large screen was so immersive...
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Not a Sequel, But Closure
PostedDecember 1, 2008
siriciryon
from NJ
This movie was an excellent sequence of hard-hitting action; Bond, however, finished more of the arc of personality adjustment falling out of Vesper's death in the previous film, instead of this being a unique, independent story.
I like that in a tale, but it does feel like this could have been the after-intermission portion of a single 4-5 hour Bond film.
I like that in a tale, but it does feel like this could have been the after-intermission portion of a single 4-5 hour Bond film.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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