From: | "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.mankato.msus.edu> |
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Subject: | Off Topic: ID4 |
Date: | Wed, 3 Jul 1996 00:00:49 -0500 (CDT) |
Welp, I saw it tonight in a packed (but non-THX :( ) theatre.
There may be spoilers here, to proceed at own risk.
I'll give it 4 out of five stars. The biggest problem is that they
tried to cram far too much story into a 150 or so minute movie. They
really needed about another 15 minutes of character development
(especially of the President and Jeff Goldblum's character) as well as a
less cliche' way to to discover the alien's reason for being on earth.
In addition, the ending was a little weak. The Achille's heal of a
computer virus was, shall we say, poorly developed. It takes a lot more
to design a virus for an unknown technology. While a quick trek-like
solution was needed, it felt forced and weak.
In addition, I was VERY unhappy with the explosion of the space-based
mother ship. A sudden flash of light coupled with that lame-assed-shape
detonation spoiled a lot of believability for me. At least we saw the
little mother ships go out with little explosions all over, in a fairly
realistic manner. Considering that the Momma ship was supposed to be 1/4
the mass of our moon, a single nuke don't cause it to explode that way.
Buzz.
Finally, i was very very very disappointed in the music. I was hoping
with their choice of music from Crimson Tide for the trailer, that the
actual music in the movie would be likewise memorable and heart
pounding. Nothing in this file was memorable or heart-pounding. It just
filled the sound void as needed.
I know these might be weak-assed nits. But when I go to a science
fiction movie, if it attempts to be realistic, I want nothing to remind
me otherwise. if I was fantasy sci-fi, I'll watch trek or star wars.
Oh well. Good flick. I do recommend seeing it for the SPFX and a solid
story. However, there were a lot of rooms for improvement. Given the
hype and the pre-release hysteria about how good this movie was going to
be in terms of story and SPFX quality, I was disappointed that the former
was lacking a bit.
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