just a boring movie
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jane_bront — 9 years ago(November 22, 2016 07:46 PM)
What's called the drama in this film is part of the actual sci-fi of the film. I think when a film is known to have human or alien space ships in it, people automatically think it will be like Independence Day, Star Trek or Cruise's version of War of the Worlds. I think that's one reason why some were disappointed with Interstellar - because it wasn't like those.
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znapper — 9 years ago(November 29, 2016 03:31 AM)
I think the sci-fi genera should be graded, because there are so many films that goes under the sci-fi tag, which really isn't.
- Many are simply action-films (Dredd, Demolition man, Gravity, Armageddon), or Fantasy (star-wars, star trek, avatar etc) set in a future/space/alternative reality.
Real sci-fi IMO, does not do the "Set warp-speed to 5 Mr. Skippy, get us out of here!", but rather examines concepts and ideas of time, or interstellar space-travel or technologies or philosophy/ethics and issues. - Mooon
- Interstellar
- 2001
- Minority report
- Arrival
- The Matrix
- Time machine
- Ex Machina
- 12 Monkeys
etc
Some films share elements from both action, fantasy and "real" sci-fi and are harder to classify, but if people aren't aware of the differences, they slump into films like Arrival and yawn and complain.
If people are hating on this movie, they are simply watching the wrong genera or likes a different genera, it's as simple as that.
Doesn't mean that this film is bad, but that your taste is different.
- Many are simply action-films (Dredd, Demolition man, Gravity, Armageddon), or Fantasy (star-wars, star trek, avatar etc) set in a future/space/alternative reality.
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Badlands1 — 9 years ago(November 29, 2016 06:35 AM)
I didn't like Moon, I felt that was more Drama too.
Outland was a drama, disguised as a sci-fi, but still a very well made movie.
Other great sci-fis:
Altered States
Dune
The Fly
Hardware
Sunshine
Alien
Videodrome
Thing
Westworld
Darkstar
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Badlands1 — 9 years ago(February 08, 2017 04:28 PM)
I felt it got even slower haha, it's like a who-dunnit, once you find out the plot, would you really want to sit through 2hrs with one actor, and one set? Almost as bad as THX1138, or Brazil.
Similar to The Machinist it's a great film, but another who-dunnit, it would take at least a couple years to watch again, a great movie can be viewed every other month IMO, who-dunnits are risky, they really only came out for drive in theatres, not for rentals. -
Badlands1 — 9 years ago(November 29, 2016 07:51 AM)
Nice ADD insult attempt. Why do I hate this? The same reason many other people on this board find it boring. It's a simple clich idea disguised as a 90 minute drama about one woman. We've seen this time travel story before, I bet you were shocked at that very predictable ending. Do you suffer from a mental disorder?
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Kompressor_Fan — 9 years ago(November 29, 2016 07:53 AM)
No, it's boring. Unlike the Millenial crowd, I grew up with movies that reveal their stories slowly and allow character development. That is what I prefer to this day. That said, this movie was about as interesting as watching grass grow. And the so-called twist? That was obvious about halfway through.
Great acting and fine production values, but that's all. Ultimately hollow. -
dan-41303 — 9 years ago(November 28, 2016 08:11 PM)
Horses for courses. Sometimes I'm a bit judgmental, but don't let that stop you from voicing your view.
I liked this movie because it wasn't ID4. But I also like a "light the fires & kick the tyres" option. This one just happened to float my boat just because it was different -
cableaddict — 9 years ago(November 29, 2016 03:05 AM)
I wuz gonna' give this flick a low score.
- but then I learned how to make inky circles in my swimming pool, and suddenly I could see non-linearly how I had ALREADY given it a really low score, so nothing I do now has any meaning whatsoever, since it already happened.
Damn you, inky circles, damn you !
- but then I learned how to make inky circles in my swimming pool, and suddenly I could see non-linearly how I had ALREADY given it a really low score, so nothing I do now has any meaning whatsoever, since it already happened.