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Summary: Good old-fashioned sci-fi
Review: This movie does have its problems. Some things are not quite clear as to why they happen, and some things regarding the faster-than-light pods used by the crew are hit-or-miss. The special effects are excellent, however, especially the sequence when the ship enters light speed. The concept is a good one, and the acting is very good - you can always count on James Spader. Overall it's a solid, better than average sci-fi effort that is clearly a step above the B-movies that clog rental store isles. Don't hesitate on this one just because it wasn't a blockbuster.
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Summary: Not a monument but absolutely worth watching it...
Review: The story is of the crew of a first aide spaceship, the Florence Nightingale, being lured into some faraway planetary system by some distress call. During the 'warp' to get to their destination, the mission's leader dies, and that lets the team to cope with what expects them there...They rescue one guy and find out that he had discovered some kind of strange artifact on the planetoid. Little by little, a few things appear clearer: 1) The guy is not what he seemed at first (big surprise there...); 2) The artifact is not just a pretty trinklet (another big surprise...); 3) Somewhere, the artifact represents a menace and the guy they rescued will do all he can to protect it. The story is actually clever, with undertones of some old Star Trek episodes, but much more realistically treated. The characters are quite full and interesting, even though some of them are mediocre personas (and second rate actors.) Finally, the special effects are great, thanks for the democratization of IT resources necessary to recreate weightlessness and space views.
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Summary: More A Big Bomb Than A Big Bang
Review: This is a prime example of what happens when the Hollywood production process goes out of control -- you end up with a hundred million dollars gone, a director taking a pseudonym (Walter Hill directed it), a studio hoping to hide the shame while getting at least a *few* bucks back, and a length of film that ranges from the incomprehensible to the ludicrous to the repetetive. This is one of those projects where the script department ran out of colors for the various changes and drafts -- I strongly suspect that they ended up raiding the Scottish tartan library. So many people had a hand in writing the script that the final credits determination more resembled a lottery than a Writers Guild process. The story ... an "ambulance" ship, piloted by a disgraced military hotshot (James Spader) and crewed by Angela Bassett, Robin Tunney, Lou Diamond Phillips, and others, receives an emergency distress call from a far-off mining operation. Following a harrowing "dimension jump" that turns the laid-back Captain (Robert Forster) into pizza, Spader and Bassett must face down an artifact-powered superman -- before he gets back to Earth with the artifact and blows everything up. Will bad acting triumph over worse acting? Will grand visual effects and set design lull audiences? Well, in the latter instance, nope. I wrote a novel based on the script for this movie. To this day, I'm not sure if I should be grateful that a licensing issue resulted in the book vanishing from Tor's schedule. Do yourself a favor -- go buy INDEPENDENCE DAY or THE ABYSS on DVD. They, at least, make some sort of sense.
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Summary: Supernova or Supermissing?
Review: Supernova is a great movie in terms of sci-fi effects and presentation of future space exploration. However, the story is somewhat weak and requires "endeepment", or rather continuation. It needed 15 more minutes of "salad dressing" to make the dish excellent! Well, this is my writer's small advice, because the viewer is leaving the theater with unsatisfied wishes to see and know something else, something more that is missing in the plot. Supernova sounds like a part of TV series, that definitely will share more lights in the totality of what's happening. In my professional opinion, it could make a good TV mini-series, if one would like to develop the whole idea of this movie. Yes, this also could be "repaired" with a well managed sequel. Otherwise, the story is full of juice.
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Summary: A good B-movie, but too short and predictable
Review: I would first like to start off by saying, before going into the movie today, I thought it was gonna blow chunks...hard...and that's not a euphemism. All I heard about this flick is bad, bad, bad.but those are professional critics, and I'm only 14. Director Walter Hill had disowned his film, and hid (I guess) under the pseudonym Thomas Lee. I also heard that this movie was in the can for a couple years (it was supposed to come out near Event Horizon's release date in 1997? It's not clear if that's true or not, though) until someone picked it up and finished editing it. What else could go wrong? Well, I didn't find out until today (January 16), when I had to drive 1 hour to see the movie. Will it be an hour I had to regret? Let's see... I want to start out with the good things...very good visuals and sound. I watched it in a very new movie theater with Dolby Digital EX and stadium seating.can't get any better. The space shots were awesome. But that's not the entire movie, now is it? It had pretty decent acting, something you don't find very often in these spacey sci-fi movies. And then...um...well...there's not too much to add about the good things. Now, don't think I'm gonna trash this movie. The movie was way too short to develop a very good plot.about as long as The Blair Witch Project (I think 87 minutes not counting the credits?). It didn't focus too much on the oncoming supernova, rather the bad guy. The alien artifact they found was not completely explained...I was left wondering what the heck it was. Is it because I had to go to the bathroom during the movie to flush $5 down the toilet? Nah, it was way too confusing. A 9th dimension thingamabob inside 3rd dimension matter? Hmm. And, it was a little predictable, and that's not very good. I like spoiling movies before I go seeing them, but if I hadn't, it would still be predictable. Like aforementioned, it was too short to incorporate any good twists. The camera work was like NYPD Blue on a bad day! Too many light feedbacks, and it was really shaky. And there was a little too much sex in the movie. It kind of revolved around that aspect, especially the bad guy. In the end, "Supernova" is not a spectacular movie, but if you want a little fun, check it out if you're into sci-fi flicks. Don't expect a mind-blower, though.
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Summary: typical sci-fi
Review: this movie is your typical sci-fi box office smash wannabe. though not as bad as the other sci-fi bomb this year,battlefield earth, the actors don't seem to really try with this bad script and even worse dialogue. this does have some good special fx, but not enough for the dead plot. one star for the fx. one star for trying.
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Summary: this was the worst movie ever!
Review: this movie was discusting and boring in all. the people should have kept there clothes on! it was SO bad that all of us almost left! not to mentition that there was barely anyone there watching it! ~i was going to put no stars but i was required to put one, so i mean its not good enough to recieve a star~
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Summary: how bout superNOOO!!va
Review: NOOO!! because there is no way you should ever go see this movie. I haven't seen anything this bad since The Thirteenth Floor or dare I say EVE of DESTRUCTION starring Gregory Hines. There are two well known stars in this movie which shall remain anonymous because they may not wish anyone to know they did this movie. This movie is basically hey we found a guy by himself on a planet in the middle of nowhere, I know lets' bring him on board our ship. Hey what's he gonna do kill us? Oh yea, there's a star going nova in there somewhere also, but that's the least of your problems. Just trying to keep YOURSELF from going supernova after seeing this movie is enough to keep you occupied for awhile. I've seen better special effects at a 5th grade science fair. STAY IN YOUR OWN GALAXY, you'll be a lot better off. If you loved Event Horizon....then keep watching it because this movie was Event Horrible.
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Summary: Where's the Super-Nova?
Review: A dark movie which should have as its theme "Who gets killed next?" There was no Nova involved, and it's really not terribly Super (who creates these titles)? Interesting special effects. Lou Diamond Phillips, pick better parts! Science Fiction is for the most part a cover-up for current social themes, but I couldn't find one here....I couldn't even find a good story! Two Thumbs down....'Way Down!
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Summary: Sci-fi with a twist of a brave man
Review: This sci-fi futuristic movie was entertaining. It had more sensuality than a PG-13 usually has. The scenery was not "super", but the plot was easy to follow for teens. James Spader was the strong heroic lead.
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