I remembered this as a great movie when it first came out. Saw it again tonight for the first time in 27 years, and it

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johnf_sf — 15 years ago(May 03, 2010 05:10 PM)

maybe a handful of effect scenes (sandstorm only come to mind after just seeing it) are "inspired". The majority are cheese.

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oneloveall — 15 years ago(June 10, 2010 03:30 AM)

Broke from being psychologically compelling to scarily stupid as soon as Hurt emerged as a shrieking ape.

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Aloft — 13 years ago(October 02, 2012 02:56 PM)

You're such a stalker.

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haewatein — 14 years ago(May 01, 2011 08:18 AM)

I watched this film yesterday for the first time (2011) and don't think that the visuals are outdated or bad at all. In the contrary! They completely blew me away.
I think this movie is visually 10x more interesting then Avatar.
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mulholland_empire — 14 years ago(December 05, 2011 03:50 PM)

this is one of the best sci/fi films ever no matter what time period you watch it in!

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JacintoCupboard — 12 years ago(November 11, 2013 08:29 PM)

I agree with the OP. I had fond recollections of this movie but on actual rewatching 33 years later I was amazed how bad it was. I suspect I might have been high when I saw it back in 80. Difficult to know what went wrong given the quality of the participants, but the ape scenes are comically ridiculous, the dialogue is stilted and pretentious, and the ludicrous attempts at dressing this up with science or philosophy would make a New Ager blush. It's also derivative of 2001: A Space Odyssey amongst others.
I can see why Paddy Chayefsky disowned this.