It wasn't that bad !
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aquascenes83 — 16 years ago(September 18, 2009 10:45 PM)
I rather enjoy it and look forward to viewing it anytime it is on. If you set aside harse criticism which picks this movie apart, sit back and enjoy it, its not soo bad!
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CapnKaos — 16 years ago(September 29, 2009 06:18 AM)
Yes it was.
I will admit I laughed my way through this movie just from the sheer badness of it and picked up a used copy of it when I had the chance. It had to be a used copy because giving these people any more money might be incentive for them to make another movie and that would just be wrong on so many levels.
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Gandalf_is_cool — 16 years ago(December 08, 2009 02:14 AM)
It sucked ass, with plot holes I could drive a bus through. Dialogue and directing was crap, John Travolta looked like a moron. Anyone who says this movie was "not bad" is a scientoligist or has the worst taste in movies imaginable.
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microbit — 16 years ago(September 29, 2009 06:24 PM)
Definitely alot worse out there.
Well, it's certainly good to see there's some other folk out there with some perspective and common sense.
Not counting the individual bashing within this thread, of course.
I tend to look for the positive, not go on and on about bad movies. Someone else, didn't like it ? Fine, that's your prerogative and opinion, but don't bully on and on and on (why is it that every other movie I look at on IMDB always has the irritaing troll "worst movie ever" thread ? Perhaps these folk only have watched 4-5 movies in their whole life
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Rick_Deckard_B26354 — 16 years ago(November 01, 2009 09:38 PM)
I agree - this is an average Sci-Fi action flick. Some massive plot-holes, some scenes very obviously 'borrowed' from earlier and much better films (such as The Matrix and Blade Runner) and several very silly moments. The production values and SFX were above average, IMO.
But, there are FAR FAR worse films around than this one.
I think the rating is so low, because of it's links to Scientology and all the controversy around that subject. I've no time for that, and so I watched it without (m)any preconceptions, as I would any other Sci-Fi film
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greasychicken13 — 16 years ago(November 10, 2009 09:02 PM)
I agree with the OP, it's not THAT bad, but it is still bad.
Things that pissed me off.
Editing. Overall the editing seems to be the single most aggravating factor in this movie. There are entire scenes that have no point in the plot, and why they were included baffles me. Also, there is a 5 to 10 minute stretch around the middle that is edited so poorly that honestly had no idea what was going on (jumping from one scene to another, seemly unrelated scene). Althoguh there are a lot of issues with this film, had it been edited in a way that allowed me to follow the plot, and remove the half hour of filler, we'd be good to go.
Slanty? Why is the entire movie filmed at a slant? Was this due to terribly poor tripods or whatever it is they use to steady these cameras? I mean common! Some have complained that these made the movie unwatchable. I think you get over it after bout 10 minutes, but it just seems unnecessary.
I'm Acting! I'm not sure why the bad dudes are so ridiculously overacted in this film. Aren't they the most experienced actors in here?
CRAP! Why is this word in every awkward piece of dialogue? Because they did a search and replace of beep rather than actually write an appropriate screenplay to get a kinder rating.
Things that really aren't that bad.
The story itself, though full of plot holes had the ability to be a fun sci-fi action movie, if not a good one. If you ignore the links to Scientology (and I for one know jack all about it) The story is good to go. Just get some bad ass (like Reb Brown) to play the lead and 'get to tha choppa' for the whole movie.
So ya, it's a bad movie, but it's really not THAT bad. They made an effort (except for the editing) and it could have been pretty cool int aht 80's action sort of way. -
Tony_Hedlund — 15 years ago(May 28, 2010 03:45 PM)
First of all; You can't watch this movie thinking it to be a serious movie, think of it as "Fun with John Travolta!" - That scene where he and Forrest Whittaker set out to find the humans favorite food by letting them think they escaped Just so that they can use it as leverage against them since they think they can't be taught anything about mining for gold
That was hilarious! The rest is pretty much entertaining, if you ignore the rest of the movie.
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