The Core (Widescreen Edition)

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Summary: The preview looks stupid!
Review: The preview of this film strongly suggests that this is going to be Armeggedon underground. Just the preview was so stupid!!! Don't see this movie at all! Just plain don't!

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Summary: a blind man loves this movie
Review: I can't say that either myself or the blind man have seen this movie but heard on extra that it was fat a must see if you know whats what don't miss the glory glory halaluya

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Summary: dj qualls in the core
Review: never seen it cuz its not out yet but dj qualls rulz..so does the movie

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Summary: HuH ??
Review: ahhh what did i watch, i felt like i was eating bad takeout? deep impact had a better story than this one , but the wonderful grace that saved this film from being a total bomb is the special effects in it. if you're curious then rent it you'll be glad you save some money then paying dearly. they should've made this into a comedy it would've been better.

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Summary: Talented Actors in Lackluster Film
Review: I'm still wondering how so many talented actors got suckered into doing such a turkey of a movie. After watching the deleted scenes, I think they would have rounded out the characters more and made them more believable. But the science, puh-leeze! What a joke! (And not a funny joke) I'm glad this was a rental and I did not pay a hefty admission fee to see this.

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Summary: Absolutely Ridiculous, in Every Conceivable Way
Review: Okay, the laws of physics more or less set the premise for this film: the Earth's core has ceased to rotate, which basically means the end of all life on the planet. It's a shaky and confusing start, but there's a plot twist that kind-of explains it, uh, more or less.

But then all laws of physics are just completely, absolutely, ridiculously thrown out the window as we're asked to somehow suspend disbelief that a nuclear-powered subterranean torpedo is going to be able to withstand the heat, pressue, and general physical abuse to burrow to the center of the earth. And it just gets worse and worse and oh so very much worse as the film goes on, right up to its trite, lame, ridiculous end.

Don't pay a cent to rent this film. Wait for it on cable, or borrow it from a friend. Only then will it be worth the price you're paying.

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Summary: GREATEST FILM I HAVE EVER SEEN IN THIS GENRE
Review: First of all, some of the poor reviews that were given to this film were obviously given by people that don't know a decent film from a Yogi Bear cartoon.
This film is full of action, edge of your seat type thriller. As a movie critic, I know what a good film is and this one tops the list in my book. I have watched this film over and over and love it more each time I see it.
The events in this film are scientifically possible; they COULD happen; and that is what makes it so exciting.
The actors are all great; Hilary Swank does a fantastic job in her role. This film makes you wonder about the future and just what would happen if something like this were to really occur. Do we have the type of scientists needed to save the world in a situation like this? I would like to think so, however, we will never know unless it happens some day.
This truly is a wonderful film; I would love to see a sequel to this.

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Summary: Typcially entertaining disaster film
Review: Here is a traditional big budget disaster film that delivers a lot of widescreen entertainment while not requiring the viewer to think very much about anything. The special effects and ideas about the Earth's core actually stopping and being restarted are the real stars of this film.

Intellectually, this movie has little special going for it other than the appearance by rising star Hilary Swank, who tosses off her performance with ease. Still, it is good enough to qualify as an entertaining disaster film in the mold of "Volcano" and "Asteroid" that will keep you entertained for a couple hours.

I think it is most reminiscent of the 1967 epic "Fantastic Voyage" where a minituarized crew including Racquel Welch went around inside a guy's body in a little submarine, looking for some kind of physical ailment. The plot of this film came very close to "Fantastic Voyage" if you consider the Earth equivalent to the sick guy from three decades ago.

Perhaps best of all in this movie are the special effects, especially those in the film's first 40 minutes. If you miss those you probably miss the best part of the flick.

If you like escapist entertainment that requires no intellectual involvement, this movie is for you.

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Summary: The Bore that is The Core
Review: This is not a good film. I found while watching it that such circumstances, as the end of the world brought on by the core of Earth ceasing to spin, while imaginative and awesome, were poorly dealt with.
The cast is very good though. Aaron Eckart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Stanley Tucci, Tcheky Karyo, Alfre Woodard and Bruce Greenwood are all excellent actors. But in this piece, it seems they signed up for the $ and the special effects blah, blah, not for the script. Forget the fact that this may or may not be possible. What ticked me off was the speed with which the ship capable of tunneling into the Earth's core is built-because it has to be, the swift nature of each member of the crews training-everyone is a genius and capable, the ease with which Rat, the internet hacker, manages to keep the situation a secret from the rest of the world-despite the fact that the Coliseum in Rome and much of Rome, the Golden Gate Bridge, and probably countless other cities and citizens are destroyed under a black and auroral sky....
The Core has no scope. Are the finest, most capable people all at the ready of the U.S. gov't? That narrow scope, which allows the story to plug along, aggitated me.
Eventually the film is just stupid, and great actors are wasted, as are their characters.
Even as a rental I can't recommend this. If watching Stanley Tucci and Delroy Lindo get cut off by an edit, right when a scene is beginning to cook between two actors is for you, then The Core is worth your $. Other than that, pass.

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Summary: Usual Over-Hype; Some Good Dialogue
Review: I've watched every big budget SciFi/Fantasy/Horror film that has come out since 1983. And although some have pleased me greatly (Lord of the Rings, The Ring, etc.), I have to say that The Core fell pretty flat.

One of my favorite genre-related films of late was K-Pax, starring Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges. Why? Because the CHARACTERS were paramount to the story, not any form of technology or science.

Here, in The Core, we have a bit of a mixture but most of the emphasis was placed on the science needed to get the characters TO the center of the earth. At least that's the way I saw it. The ship design, the lasers, crush depth pressures, etc. got a bit too much screen time for my liking. I would've liked to have learned more about these people, their lives, their families, why they're willing to risk everything and try and save the planet. We never really find this out (with the one exception being the butthead scientific advisor to the Pentagon who does it all for fame and fortune...in the beginning). So when several of them begin to die off in gruesome fashions, the emotional impact is negligible on the viewer.

Hollywood? Are you listening? Look back to the days of old! The Day the Earth Stood Still, for example. It's always GOT TO BE the characters that pull the story along; not the science.

Some might say that I'm anti-science. But I'm not. For science fiction films, that element has to be in there in some way (usually).

I will commend whoever wrote the dialogue. It wasn't forced and had some zing! to it:

Example, "What will it take to make your ship in three months, Doctor?"
"Oh about 15 billion dollars."
"Will you take a check?"
<other charcter chimes in with> "I thought you'd go with a credit card for the frequent flyer miles."

Good and bad aspects in the film. Will I be watching it again? Most likely not.