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Summary: I love it
Review: A great movie and a wonderful lovestory. Only for sensitive people and dreamer !
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Summary: Beyond time and space
Review: A wonderful movie and a great love story. Only for dreamers and sensitive people !
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Summary: A welcomed change of pace from sci-fi thrillers
Review: Alien Visitor is a rare opportunity to view a well acted, brilliantly scripted and directed film that raises more questions than it answers. Alien Visitor is NOT (as it's title suggests) a science fiction thriller. It is the story of a woman from Epsilon who is abandoned on Earth - how and why is somewhat unclear. She meets a surveyor in the remote Australian outback and the story unfolds from there. Alien Visitor's themes revolve around relationships and our place in the universe, themes not often seriously explored in modern film. There are only five actors in the film, an elderly woman narrator, her two small granddaughters, and simply She and He - another rarity in film.
There are so few movies with an ecological message for the planet - this one resonates in a quiet yet powerful way. Readers of Daniel Quinn's book Ishmael will relate with the themes explored here. 5 stars!!
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Summary: Time, Place, Myth and they're right here on Earth!
Review: I believe that [some] miss the point and yet, simultaneously proves the point of Alien Visitor when they state that "there isn't much going on here". While it is true that we see no sleek space ships, ray guns, or interstellar battles, the film is rich in its storytelling and a modern mythology that makes historians and anthropologists (yes, guilty as charged) smack their lips. The principals have no names other the "She" and "the Wandering Man" but they fill the roles of ancient goddess and true believer which populates the creation and renewal stories, originally in an oral tradition but later written, which have survived from countless ancient civilizations, whether from the Near East, Africa, Aboriginal Australia or Native North America. Myth transcends time and the place is always the same: Earth! Again, Sci-fi, Action film fans may fall asleep in their popcorn, but for those who crave a good story which makes you think about where you come from, are now, and may soon be,it is a true diamond in the rough.
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Summary: Time, Place, Myth and they're right here on Earth!
Review: I believe that [some] miss the point and yet, simultaneously proves the point of Alien Visitor when they state that "there isn't much going on here". While it is true that we see no sleek space ships, ray guns, or interstellar battles, the film is rich in its storytelling and a modern mythology that makes historians and anthropologists (yes, guilty as charged) smack their lips. The principals have no names other the "She" and "the Wandering Man" but they fill the roles of ancient goddess and true believer which populates the creation and renewal stories, originally in an oral tradition but later written, which have survived from countless ancient civilizations, whether from the Near East, Africa, Aboriginal Australia or Native North America. Myth transcends time and the place is always the same: Earth! Again, Sci-fi, Action film fans may fall asleep in their popcorn, but for those who crave a good story which makes you think about where you come from, are now, and may soon be,it is a true diamond in the rough.
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Summary: Time, Place, Myth and they're right here on Earth!
Review: I believe that [some] miss the point and yet, simultaneously proves the point of Alien Visitor when they state that "there isn't much going on here". While it is true that we see no sleek space ships, ray guns, or interstellar battles, the film is rich in its storytelling and a modern mythology that makes historians and anthropologists (yes, guilty as charged) smack their lips. The principals have no names other the "She" and "the Wandering Man" but they fill the roles of ancient goddess and true believer which populates the creation and renewal stories, originally in an oral tradition but later written, which have survived from countless ancient civilizations, whether from the Near East, Africa, Aboriginal Australia or Native North America. Myth transcends time and the place is always the same: Earth! Again, Sci-fi, Action film fans may fall asleep in their popcorn, but for those who crave a good story which makes you think about where you come from, are now, and may soon be,it is a true diamond in the rough.
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Summary: worthless, save for the unintended comedy in pretension
Review: I have long been a fan of the best of Australian movies. So when this was recommmended as Aussie sci-fi, I took a chance. What rot. It is little more than a long commercial for radical environmentalists. I say that as one who loves the outdoors and bemoans urban sprawl that destroys wildlife. But both radical environmentalism, which far too often comes very close to hating the human race (oddly enough, except for the most environmentally destructive and least environmentally aware and concerned peoples: such as Marxists and black Africans and Haitians), and bad, boring, self-indulgent movies are revolting.
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Summary: Mostly Enlightened ET
Review: I think of the word 'alien' in the same sense that we now think of the word 'oriental' as compared to 'asian'. The word "alien", by its nature, presumes outsidedness, or a thing that is to be feared in some way, something illusive and deceptive. It is kind of odd to me that a film with a message of understanding and respect for the Earth to have alien in the title, and it is somewhat representative of the mentality expressed by the writers.Let me say before I pick some of this apart that I really enjoyed the film and would recommend it to anyone who perhaps enjoyed "Koyaanisqatsi". Sadly, I think the people who are the intended targets of the message will be unwilling to examine this work. It is kind of preaching to the choir, but the photography combined with the dialogue makes for a compelling story. I suppose the idea of the "she" character not wanting to be on Earth at the beginning was to show her transformation and how humanity has a likable side. However, any civilization that has the consciousness to be capable of space/time (4th/5th dimensional) travel would certainly show if anything pity and mercy on us, rather than anger and spite. There are, in fact, many ETs contacting and trying to contact us about these exact issues, and their access is not limited to fanciful movies or NASA. One reviewer suggested that we are already doing some of what is suggested in the film. I am sorry to disagree with this optimistic appraisal of our current global situation, but let's be realistic in our evaluation of the relative power between multi-national corporations and the EPA. Invite your own extraterrestrial experience and see what happens . . .
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Summary: Alien Visitor
Review: I won't re-review the simple plot, but would like to say that I like the pacing of the film. For most this would prove slow, but for writers and filmmakers the pacing and style of "juxtaposition" and camera work are terrific. It goes to show what one can do with "use what you've got" then some over-done/cheesy special effect. I found the screen presence of both main actors well "underplayed" although, some more emphasis on the developement of the relationship would have been nice, overall the film was well worth the watch and perhaps a purchase.
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Summary: Brilliantly acted, scripted, and makes its point
Review: If you are looking for a movie that reaffirms our age-old grandiose claims of being the superior life force, then this is not the movie for you. This movie dares to make you think, and dares to go against the grain. The visitor is a female who gets assigned to earth; the dregs of the universe, to try and convince us that what we are doing on this planet will cause us to become extinct. She uses the frog in a boiling pot analogy. If you place a frog in a pot that has boiling water it will leap out. If you place a frog in a pot of water and then start the fire under it, the frog will stay in the pot until it dies. The Earth, according to her, is the boiling pot that we are in. Like the frogs we are content to stay in the pot until we die. The alternative it to take drastic action to change how we use the Earth's resources and stop taking them for granted. She chooses to approach a surveyor in the Australian outback. She decides that he will be the one she will attempt to convince and in turn he will carry the message to others. The movie then focuses on her efforts to convince the earthling of the urgency of her message. The bluntness of her message and its humbling nature will offend some viewers, which I think is a good thing. The fact that the alien character is a female will offend others who may think she needs to be "put in her place" as one reviewer stated. This is a being that can manipulate time, zip through distances covering millions of light years in a matter of seconds, so it is obvious that she knows her place. I love the fact that this movie offends some people. Indeed I felt uncomfortable in some parts, and that is the beauty of this movie. It dares to make us feel uncomfortable. The movie also makes other points such as our inability to handle pure honesty and how we play games. At one point she is point blank honest with the human, and he is offended. So she goes away, manipulates time to go back to the moment and this time she strokes his ego, which is effective. I love this movie because it is unpretentiously honest. If you want action, or if you are not into thought provoking movies then this one is not for you. If you want a creative, sensitive and thought provoking experience, then see this movie. This is great science fiction the likes of which Asimov would have been proud of.
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