Wing Commander

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Summary: I must have watched a different movie
Review: Stay away from this movie.

The acting is terrible, I was just waiting for the Captain to put on a Napoleon hat and say that he will revenge Waterloo.

The effects are mediocre, they should have invested in some Pentiums instead of using second hand 486 machines to work them.

The musical score was terrible, there is so much wrong with it I cannot pin it down to just one bad part.

Chris Roberts should stick with making computer games and not trying to direct a movie. He cannot inspire actors to truly act. He needs to understudy with some real director before he goes on and tries this again.

The character Paladin is supposed to have a Scottish or English accent, they have some one that sounded more French or German than anything else.

If you want to see a decent, Earth is in trouble from some aliens with good effects movie, Get Starship Troopers. That one at least is supposed to be campy.

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Summary: A good movie for SciFi fans
Review: I played all Wing Commander computer games and i consider myself a fan of the series. And i congratulate Chris Roberts on his long-time dream, to bring Wing Commander to the big screen. Roberts may not be a Hollywood director, but he has something, many others lack: Vision. He created the hole series. And his passion definitly flows through the movie. His various allusions to Homer's Odyssey are also a nice addition. The music score is absolutely fantastic. The themes have been composed by David Arnold, who also composed the epic themes from Stargate and Independence Day. The special effects are really great. Roberts own company Digital Anvil created some effects that are on the same level as ILM effects. But the movie also has its weeknesses. The biggest one are the Kilrathis. The look rather dull compared to the computer game series and they appear only in two scenes. Too bad! The storyline also has its flaws, but it is never boring.

The actors are very good. Matthew Lillard really gets on ones nerves and Jürgen Prochnow gets another chance to play a naval captain. (Greetings from Das Boot!).

All in all, the movie is fun. Every SciFi fan should watch this film.

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Summary: It's still good, clean fun for the 2 hours it lasted
Review: Wing Commander never made it to local cinemas over here to Singapore, so I watched this movie on DVD. Being an avid computer gamer, I've played all the Wing Commander space-simulation games since 1992, and being also a huge fan of the genre, didn't spare a second thought when I picked up this disc.

First off, I'm afraid that plotwise, it's not too much to go by; ultimately, the script is a "Top Gun in Space" derivative. For those of us who're not aware, Wing Commander is the computer gaming equivalent of Star Wars. For folks who're aware of how events actually transpire in the actual Wing Commander genre, this movie does change several key elements of the established storyline. That goes both ways; it'll bother purists who do know how the inter-galatic war eventually turns out (as presented in the videogame, Heart of the Tiger); on the other hand, the different plot should keep even these purists interested at the probable "alternate" history of the war. The special effects, space dogfighting, and capital ship action though somewhat rough around the finer edges, is still nevertheless exciting and satisfactory, considering the very limited budget of $30 million that director and creator of the Wing Commander series Chris Robert had to work with. Even then, perhaps Robert was trying too hard to be different from the "other" inter-galatic space-war franchise, particularly in the focus on fleet/small-craft action. But in so doing, some of the ship modelling- particularly that on the use of ballistic projectiles in ship weaponary did come across as rather jarring, even for those who were willing to cut a lot of slack for this new-comer motion picture.

Cast wise, Freddie Prinze made for a rather faceless Christopher Blair, although he's still pretty likable as a character within the confines of the 2 hour movie. The role of Jeanette Devereaux (imho) would have been better suited for Sophie Marceau- Saffron Burrows is nice to look at, but didn't impress. Perhaps the most successful of the trio of main leads is Matthew Lillard, which provided for an alternate, believable Tood "Maniac" Marshall when compared to Thomas Wilson's top-notch portrayal of the same in the video games.

So, overall; I still like this motion picture just fine. Folks who've played the games should definitely try this one out- it's a fun, 2 hour romp. :)

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Summary: Amazing Actors, Special Effects and Soundtrack
Review: Thanks to Chris Roberts for making this movie. I've waited so long to see it and finally I have it. This movie has a top of the line soundtrack, really good Special Effects and the actors are not so bad as have the others written who also have reviewed the movie. I think that this movie really deserves an Oscar. I hope there will be a second movie of Wing Commander.

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Summary: This is Brutal
Review: Wing Commander is clearly the worst movie of 1999. I advise anyone who is even considering sitting through this mess to think it over before shelling out money for a rental. Aside from some laughably bad acting and totally flat story, even the special effects are embarassing considering this is a major Hollywood movie. Essentially, this film is a study in 'bad', and it succeeds on all levels. Awful. Drough!

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Summary: I laughed at the movie, I cryed cause I paid to see it.
Review: Freddie Prinze Jr (Or whatever the correct spelling is) Go back to acting for shows like saved by the bell or whatever it is you do cause your acting was so bad in this movie I actually laughed, almost embarassing myself in the theater.

The directing was confusing, leaving me not knowing what was going on half the time, Freddie's emotional conflict with him being a pilgrim is a lame attempt at buttering up a shallow stupid plot line. Have you ever seen Wing Commander for the PC? The characters actually had a personality. The only person on that ship that seemed to have any real acting ability was Angel. She was great.

Nice starships! They look like old WW2 fighter planes with oversized gatling guns on the front of them, that stupid looking fighter would be enough to turn someone off thats observing the dogfighting that goes on in the movie.

"Be Ok.." LOL I tried to hold it in but when I burst out laughing when Freddie started to cry in the movie theater. My friends were embarassed and laughing as well. This movie makes you laugh at all the serious scenes and makes you want to fall asleep with worthless chatter at the other times. Special affects were top notch but, it wasnt worth my time, dont waste yours

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Summary: This is not the Star Wars and of course not the WC remake !
Review: Hi cool yankees ! Soory for my english (if bad) ! So i've had seen this movie FIVE TIMES ! The actors playing is wonderful! I think that the Jurgen Prohnow and Tcheky Karayo screenplay is amazing ! But those of Suffron Burrows & Matthew Lillard is only awesome. You may ask me - why ? I'll answer you - this old actors are more experienced than the rest of first names in end titles. Emotions gets away - and this works! Seems that Suffron Burrows sometime afraid of her amotions. May be she didn't studed her new personality as wing commander - this is not the girl with big eyes but warrior, ace, top gun pilot! Ok, i finished with Suffron and her poor play. Generally about screenplay: Who is this pilgrims ? This is unclear to me ! In some places Blair discussing this topic with Paladin, but not enough to understand ! Some places is not well directed - after lunching Devoraux wing for com-ship assult there is scene of lunching other fighters to defend the Tiger Claw - the only thing that i've got- stampid! In very last seconds tecnicians fill fighters with fuel and rockets - it seems that this isn't a real war between two spicies - it's like picnic ! And this stupid stampid happens from time to time! Another very interesting topic is dog fighting (space combat) in all scenes the pilots switch their "respirators" on and off and again ! I think that's enough to understand that directors work is just poor. In "battle for budget" creators forget the actor's play and director's work ! IMHO movie is good! If you like old WC you may become angree of these new faces and reapers but if you was playing WC game long time ago as I'am, you would like it ! Dismissed !

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Summary: An uninformed critique
Review: Yes. Chris Roberts can't direct; If you've played any of the WC games you'll know this. But WC is cool, and so is this film.

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Summary: Did I miss something?
Review: I saw the movie Wing Commander and all I have to say is,"What the hell was that? " the acting was terrible the story was bad and there were more plot holes than swiss cheese in it. They never explained why the "Pilgrims" were so hated or feared during the movie. They explained that they were "God Like" with there abilities but they didn't say what they did to upset everyone if anything. They just needed to put a conflict between a high ranking oficer and the main character that his abilities will come into play later on in the movie which will save everyone and all will be forgivin. I like the fact that they based the ships and the plans after WW2 subs and planes. that was pretty nice but other than that....I can't think of one good reason why anyone would want to rent or buy this movie. Best to launch this film into deep space and hope no intelligent life finds this.

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Summary: Very good. The first sci-fic movie with a real life feeling.
Review: OK, it is not the clasic sci-fiction movie, it is far better. It is a film that places your mind in the future but with a somehow extrange feeling of been living the past (sounds a little crazy, but works fine). You'll see imaginary space technology working side to side with todays war stuff. One example: The Tiger Claw looks, moves and works like todays submarines instead of been a gigantic flying hotel (like the Star Treek's Enterprice). You can belive that you are seeing a posible history.

In the other hand, the movie explores the human side of war, without leaving its sci-fic atmosphere, and that is something rarely found on todays productions, not to mention very dificult to get.

The lows: you won't see any new escpecial fx, more if you alredy saw "Lost in the space, the movie", but yes a excellent (and clever) use of them.

I must say that I myselft became a Wing Comammder fan after seeing the movie and would recommend it to every one who likes intelligent movies.