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Call me crazy, but I actually like this movie

posted 18 years ago by MaynardisGod
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The visuals are actually quite beautiful and impressive, and the plot, in terms of the object, its affect on people, and its concept of replenishing the universe I thought was pretty interesting and origional. The music is also very good, and although people would say that there is too much, the sex scenes in the zero-gravity "chamber" or whatever were actually pretty tastefully done. I don't know, what do you guys think? But if your gonna comment, please say something intelligent and worth reading and not just a bunch of comments like, "Your crazy, this movie sucks!"

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[–] Radiant_Rose 18 years ago

I liked it. In places.
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[–] ZELLATANGEL84 17 years ago

...I like to watch it with the volume on mute....and look at sexy James

[–] freedquaker 18 years ago

Having not seen this movie yet, I have an urge to see it soon as all the other 5 movies recommended along with it are those which I did like and see. If this is as good as the worst of one of those, its worth seeing!

I am a science fiction geek by the way :)

[–] InnoMan 18 years ago

I liked it. Saw it on HDNet in high definition and it looked great. Set production was top notch as were the special effects. Bassett and Spader were both very good as well. Atmosphere and tone of the film was right on. The plot moved well, for the most part. And bottom line is I enjoyed it.

[–] UnchartedGears 18 years ago

I just saw this last night on TV and I quite enjoyed it. Just a bit of harmless fun. Some people are just way too serious about films.

3/5

[–] howard_w13 18 years ago

Man, I couldn't have said it better myself. Some of the various posts I've read for other films really makes me wonder about some people....not judging, but when a person feels compelled to psycho-analyze every aspect of a film from the opening scene to the film credits then they have WAY too much time on their hands.:-?
Ok, I'll get off the soapbox and back on topic.

The movie was so-so. I would consider it a modest way to kill time. I kinda thought the 9th dimensional supernova bomb concept was interesting. As for why that bad guy was so hell bent on getting it was beyond me. :-/

[–] Radiant_Rose 18 years ago

Bad guy probably wanted it because it was nice - look how it seduced Lou Diamond Philips's character Yerzy.
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[–] BlackholeForever 18 years ago

Yeah, I'm down. Absolutely does not deserve a 4.0 rating. Sheesh, I enjoyed this more than Serenity at 8+ (or whatever it currently is) -- although granted I'm not a FireFly fan.

Spader and Bassett are solid actors and keep things moving quite nicely...

[–] toocool00_au 18 years ago

The idea behind what he object can do.. now I'm no Trekki fan "star trek fan" but isnt there a movie based upon something like this? Isnt that how Spok came back in the third movie?

[–] stamddd 17 years ago

Hey, jack-asses, any movie with spaceships is a good one!! And this is very good!!!!

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[–] Roarke 18 years ago

Yeah, me too, it's a perfectly enjoyable little science fiction movie. It gets a bad rep because it flopped, I imagine, and money taken in was so much less than money spent, but it was well worth the $5 I spent at Amazon marketplace. And how often do you get to see Spader play the good guy?

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[–] lysergic-acid 16 years ago

At 90 minutes this movie is a bit short (for comparison, The Rock--a solid film and not exceptionally long for a well-made action flick--is 136 minutes), but it definitely wasn't as bad as it's been made out to be.

It's not a cheesy derivative sci-fi movie like Ultraviolet. It's got reasonably high quality special effects (even if most of it was CGI), and most of the actors were believable in their roles. This isn't like the myriad of Hollywood chaff these days where the entire cast is comprised of good-looking 20-something-year-olds hired for their looks rather than acting ability.

Sure, the film's not particularly accessible, but that's partly because it's not catering to the lowest common denominator like most mainstream films. Films that don't require the viewer to make any effort to comprehend what's going on are rarely that interesting.

If this movie had been 45-minutes longer it probably would have been 8. But as it is, it's still a solid 6.

[–] darkeval 18 years ago

I liked it too. A highly intelligent and unknown evil species, buried a trojan horse on an escaped moon. Those intelligent enough to be able to find it, having the resources to bring it home, and being unable to resist it's charm will bring Ragnarok upon themselves. This will ensure the survival of said unknown evil species, and eliminate possible competators.

[–] nayo92112 17 years ago

I agree with 'Darkeval's post. The premise of the movie was very interesting.

[–] joeydreamz 17 years ago

Original Poster: Don't apologize for liking it. It was a good movie. Better F/X than any of the Star Wars prequels.

Maybe not enough action for the average viewer, but if you stick with it it pays off.

[–] chickentonight3 17 years ago

sounds very much like a certain episode of Babylon 5 to me. And yes, you are crazy for liking this movie. I haven't seen it since it was in theaters, but my recollection was that the movie blew and made Pitch Black look good. Meanwhile, it was on that day that I spent 10 bucks on Crazy Taxi in the attached arcade in the movie theater. Such an awesome game...

Try watching the scene where he's on the planet and all the mechanics start coming to life. What a load, with all of those close up shots of drills drilling right next to the camera. That's what happens when you bring in Coppola to cut a film he didn't shoot. Rarely would you have a different director for each stage of production, and here it definitely shows just as badly as X3 (another example of the studio changing directors in lead up to production.)

[–] daryl-b-t 12 years ago

Man you are so wrong. Pitch Black was a great movie.

[–] zombiehax 10 years ago

I liked it too. A highly intelligent and unknown evil species, buried a trojan horse on an escaped moon. Those intelligent enough to be able to find it, having the resources to bring it home, and being unable to resist it's charm will bring Ragnarok upon themselves. This will ensure the survival of said unknown evil species, and eliminate possible competators.

I don't know if I'd say "evil". The species may have just been protecting themselves from an invasion that already happened to them. Personally, I wish they had gone into the "bomb" a little bit more in depth and could easily see this movie as a TV show.

The bomb was there to destroy, but also reset life so there was some empathy involved in making in. As other posters said though, would have been nice if the movie stayed more in a sci-fi element than a typical horror kill-em-all genre.

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[–] mermaidman 17 years ago

Actually tech wise it was well done. But so are 8 out of 10 movies that suck out the ass!

[–] desperadous 17 years ago

This movie could of been very big but it sucked.After this movie came out
Lou diamonds and James spaders career went to the toilet

[–] Mart-13 17 years ago

James Spader is quite successful at "Boston Legal", so I think "Supernova" wasn't exactly his genre to begin with, but perhaps more a way to earn a living in between better projects. Playing in different genres also helps in gaining the reputation of a diverse actor.

Just as "Supernova" currently has a 4.1/10 rating (as of comment date), the next sci-fi stint Spader was in -- "Alien Hunter" -- earned 5.0/10 points, which I guess is a development over his "Supernova" days.

IMO, "Supernova" in general tanks because of poor directorial handling of the whole film, while its superb qualities are in story, production, effects and eye candy department.

I also think that the cast knew about directorial woes, so I prefer to think that they provided extra effort to put up a quality performance against the backdrop of a movie that threatened to be meagre even during production.

I see James Spader and Angela Bassett as quality character actors (both award-winning), while Wilson Cruz is an openly gay actor (I knew he was cute, but didn't know yet why...). And well, Lou Diamond Phillips was just eye candy :-d.

The sci-fi storylines and ideas are also very interesting and there was certainly something that I was not aware of before.

As for "Alien Hunter", then it was more humble and provided greater dramatic effect, although some scenes were out of hand, IMHO. The best effect there was when two guys in the arctic base ran past the plants. Those who've seen it know which scene I am talking about -- The effect was really something to be remembered :)

[–] keywestmusicinc 17 years ago

I really thought it was bad, and boring. Maybe it was just me

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[–] faentausa 15 years ago

You must be crazy, strange days one of the top3 movies of the nineties!

[–] mortimerj190 17 years ago

Yes the film to me did seem beautiful; and the space ship being damaged was pretty cool too, i jusdt found it a little difficult at times to ignore the "ye like that could happen" type sinarios, which there seemed to be alot of. Other than that i enjoyed it to. Not great but i gave it a 6/10.

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[–] stepstonefilms 17 years ago

I saw it on Vhs or Dvd when it came out and hated it. Just watched it again (R-Rated version) and enjoyed it. I don't know the differences between the original release and the R version, but I really enjoyed it this time and would give it 7 out of 10.
I found most of the special effects pretty impressive, and the cast did well. It did feel like there were large chunks of story/sub-plot missing, but was still good enough to recommend to fans of this type of film.

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