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Summary: A must see!!
Review: Very underrestimated movie.Absolutely youre time worth.
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Summary: Gary Sinese, the space embryo!
Review: This movie was such a copycat of 2001 & 2010, that I couldn't find myself completely enjoying it. I mean, I've seen this movie before it was made! Here are the comparisons to 2001 & 2010: 1) The planet is Mars instead of Jupiter. 2) The monolith is now a face on Mars 3)The space embryo is Gary Sinese 4)the Mars spacecraft is a deadringer for the "Discovery" 5) They were space-walking over a very red world, this time Mars which looked exactly like the moon of Jupiter, "Io", in 2010 5)There is even a bright white room toward the end of the movie, I thought an old guy was going to show up. Geesh, all we needed was Hal, and we'd be all set! I mean you can only copy a movie so much, shame on Brian DePalma for being so unoriginal! Aside from these facts, I did enjoy the special effects and there was one very touching scene. However, these people did NOT act like astronauts in the very least. If I were an astronaut, I'd be insulted or laugh my brains out, but then again, what should I expect from Hollywood? Also, since when did a billion dollar space mission of such extreme importance allow a married couple to come on board? Most companies frown when you date a coworker at the office, and this married relationship almost ruins the rescue mission. One scene was pretty funny, here it is 2020, and an astronaut team is on Mars and one of them is typing on a bottom-of-the-line keyboard from a pc like I'm typing on now. However, if you like special effects and a few thrilling scenes, it's worth the rental.
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Summary: You Have Be From Mars If You Like This Movie!
Review: When this movie first came out I had no interest at all in seeing this movie. It's not that I don't like Brian De Palma, because he's made some films I truly like, for example "The Untouchables", or "Mission:Imposible". But this film didn't grab my attention. And after watching the movie, I can tell my instincts were right! Now if your one of the "smart" people who avoided this movie, and are thinking about renting it, after reading my review, you might change your mind. First lets start out with the acting. With the names involved you might think this will turn out to be a good movie, I mean we have Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins, Connie Nielsen (Who was much better in "Gladiator"),Don Cheadle, and Jerry O' Connell. But from everyone I mentioned, not one of them stand out. There's no memorble moments here. Nothing you see will stay with you after wards. Unlike Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey", which is what this movie aims at. But I will refrain from comparing the two in my review. Since I am going to judge this movie purely on it's OWN merit. I can think of only one scene that sticks out in my head (maybe because I just watched the movie lol), and I'm sure after 10 or 15 minutes that too will leave my memory. It deals with Nielsen and Robbins, I don't want to give it away, but it's full of emotion. Now, maybe the reason for such forgettable performances is due to this lack luster screenplay, which is written by Jim and John Thomas and Graham Yost. I personally have never heard of any of them, and I'm sure their names will not be remember by any for this screenplay. Some say it's too slow. I didn't see it that way, I just thought it was dumb, plain and simple. And I can't understand how they came up with the end of this movie. It left me shocked, but not in a good way. It wasn't something thought provoking. Watch the movie and you'll see what I'm talking about. The "ailen" in the movie is laughable. We see all these wonderful effects in this movie ( which is the ONLY good thing about this film!) and then we see this "ailen". Where did they go wrong! The ending is one of the worst I've ever seen, not THE worst but one of the worst. It's completely stupid! Now, if all this doesn't seem bad enough, I have to talk about De Palma's directing. The movie "feels" like he wasn't even there. I can't imagine him directing this. It doesn't have his touch. All in all my opinion on this film is, while it's not the worst movie I've ever seen, it's certainly is far from one of the best. Good special effects, decent acting, and no memeorable scenes. If your looking for a good sci-fi movie get the obvious, "2001:A Space Odyssey". ** 1\2 out of *****
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Summary: I was embarrassed to watch...and I was alone!
Review: I am not going into detail like the other reviewers. Simply put, this movie was pathetic. I had to turn off the DVD because I was embarrassed that I was watching it.....and I was alone! People, they have detailed pictures of the "face" at Cydonia. It doesn't look anything like a face up close. You can't make a movie by scanning the past month of alt.paranet posts. Anyway, Gary Sinise is an incredible actor, but with a bad script and bad acting all around him...well, the effect is comical to say the least. Although, it was so bad, I couldn't find it within me to laugh.
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Summary: As Bad As It Gets?
Review: What if a director could take all the very best concepts from Science Fiction films over the past thirty years or so, and bundle them all into one epic? At the very least, it should be something worth watching. Not so 'Mission to Mars'. It starts with what has now become traditional in Science Fiction disaster movies - astronauts and their families bonding around the barbecue while narrating their character's biographies. The film moves on, hanging its hat for while on 2001: Space Odyssey, and then grabs at bits and pieces from ET and Contact along the way. For a while, it almost becomes fun trying to work out just what film the director was trying to spoof. But not real fun. Finally, in an almost fanatical attempt to save the last half hour of the film from total obscurity, a mad grab is made at both the Abyss and Starship Troopers. At times the script and acting are so bad that the audience may be forgiven for concluding that the film was supposed to be funny. But this is not so; the background music is serious, patriotic stuff and assures us that the director and producer (at least) are still hedging their bets on this jingoistic nonsense to be taken at face value. Good acting may have saved this film. Unfortunately, we'll never know.
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Summary: The Trailer Showed So Much Promise..........
Review: This moive came out around the same time as Pitch Black and Supernova...and i thought I was in Movie Heaven. 3 movies that showed such great promise in their trailers, and were about space exploration and adventure, but more serious/realistic than a Star Trek r Galaxy Quest, however, the only movie that lived up to its promise was Pitch Black. The problem with this movie is that it is totally undirectional. primarily it starts out with one focus, and somewhere about the middle when the crew is reunited on mars, it loses it focus and turns into a glorification of alien life and a self realization by an astronaut that you have not yet begun to take interest in. The premise was good, however the climax was lacking and un-interesting. The end of the movie with the incredibly lame cgi alien and the destruction of the camp made wasting my $9.50 unbearable, and the credits were teh best part. The cast was wasted on this script. I truly beleive that it was made on the idea that star power would carry this film.
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Summary: Its not that bad after all...
Review: I watched the film for the first time recently. I was expecting the worst after all the panning by the critics. Well, it may not be great, but its certainly no where as bad as some people are claiming. Its actually quite good. The special effects in many scenes I thought were excellent, although certainly some were poor. I thought the astronaut ripping apart in the vortex sequence looked very poor and thats on a small screen... One of my favourite scenes was the sojourner moving around in the Cydonia region of mars, that was just superb! The whole majesty of mars was displayed in those scenes it just looked brilliant. The sound thoughout the film I really liked especially the music at the end of the film. Yes, the dialogue is ropey in places and should of been better, but I've seen far worse dialogue - think Wild Wild West for instance! I would agree that the acting in places was poor, especially in the vortex sequence which was bizarre... I think the main reason why this film has been disliked by so many and panned by almost every film critic, is not because its that bad a film but its the subject matter - there's no doubt that what they discover, riled some people. That I believe is the main reason for it being hated so much. Unfortunately people today take things far too seriously, after all its just a film! Another reason why some people don't quite seem to get this film and also think there are more plot holes than there are, is because its actually a secret NASA mars mission, so nobody except NASA knows theres a mission! Thats why there is no media coverage shown in the film or anybody other than the families of the astronauts being shown there aware of the mission... Overall, I would give it the thumbs up and I would certainly watch it again, but it could of and should of been better, especially considering the potential of the subject matter and all the mars conspiracy theories that are doing the rounds. Considering its a Disney DVD! Its very good, the picture and sound quality are excellent, the extras, including an audio commentary, making of documentary and visual effects information were good and quite interesting. I would of liked a DTS soundtrack to be included but this is Disney... so were lucky to get extras! Its worth adding to your sci-fi DVD collection.
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Summary: It lacked alot
Review: Very dissappointing. With top notch actors like Gary Sinise and Tim Robbins, I expected so much more. The movie starts out, at a backyard party for astronauts where Tim Robbin's character is toasting Don Cheadle's character and his companions impending trip to Mars. This is a once in a life time opportunity that a collegue (Gary Sinise) and his wife (Kim Delaney) were planning for, before her innopportune demise. It is obviously a bitter sweet toast and Gary Sinise's character makes the expected late entrance. I like mush, but this is way overdone and syrupy sweet. The Mar's trip comes upon an unexpected find and puts the explorers in harm's way. It appears only Don Cheadle's character makes it back to the space station. For the life of me, when things started to happen on the planet, I don't know why no one thought to get under cover. The special effects are cool, but if you have seen the Mummy, you've seen these. Back at the international space station Gary Sinese and colleague Tim Robbins are observing and convince the higher ups they can go and save their friend. We have a touching "Rah-Rah" dialogue where Tim Robbins convinces them that Gary Sinise's character is the only guy for the job. They had grounded him when his wife passed away. Months later when the rescue party made up of the 4 of them: Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins, his character's wife and another astronaut get ready to land, a misshap with asteroids winds up destroying most of their ship. They opt to get the "reop" ship that is circling the planet to land with. How handy that it is right there. Tim Robbins is lost in this maneuver. I won't describe how. But, after the mushy relationship scenes with his wife earlier, this is not much better. The three remaining astronauts make it to the planet to find their countryman Don Cheadle still alive. A bit off, but still alive. They sit down with him to discuss what happened a year ago and their friend has obviously figured somethings out. Somehow, Gary Sinise comes to a conclusion (great leap of logic) that they must provide a signal to respond. Amazing how in 60 seconds he solves what his colleague pondered for over 1 year. Of course this works, the first time and they all tool over to the site to see what's going on. Shades of Abyss, the Sphere, 2001 etc. etc. The special effects start lacking here and Gary Sinise's character decides to hitch a ride with the "old kids on the block" and the other astronauts go home. I only lightly covered some things, because well, if you sit through this movie you have to get some rewards. The premise is interesting the execution, is lacking. It is all syrupy sweet with relationships and not at all technically well done. One thing I will say though, it is slow paced it takes awhile for things to happen and quite frankly that's the way things really are. The problem with that though, is that it makes for a really dragged out movie. The details of the ships and other aspects of the movie are well done, however, all in all it was a dissappointment.
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Summary: This movie just isn't good.
Review: I'll be brief... I love space stuff, so I had to see this movie. I was very disappointed. You might think it has good acting, but it is surprisingly bad considering the actors involved. There was never much emotion during what would be extremely emotional circumstances. There are also huge technical problems, which make the movie extremely fake. The ending is a bit thought provoking, but it is still weak. What if other Earthlings want to go Home too? Also, I knew the ending was not going to show what Home is like..and it doesn't...which disappointed me.
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Summary: Hollywood is insulting our intellegence
Review: If you thought that INDEPENDANCE DAY was a serious, dramatic look at a cosmic interaction, then you should buy this movie. If MEN IN BLACK seemed deep and THE PHANTOM MENACE was simply ingenious to you, then this film will make you giddy. By all means, fans of ARMAGEDDON and all those other disasters movies will cheer, and special effects buffs will be just slap-happy, but anyone with a single working brain cell will want to go on a killing spree after having to see any of this.
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