Lumina

I was flipping through Tubi just now, and this film popped up. I saw the still of some sort of alien in the info background and thought it looked a little suspect. I did however watch the trailer. It looked like the stupidest movie ever made. As I am want to do, I headed over to IMDB to check out the reviews, although I was pretty certain I didn't need to - I knew the score. And not to my surprise, one of the lowest rated movies I've ever come across. Again, no surprise there and to say I dodged a bullet would be disingenuous because it was absurdly obvious how bad this movie was from the trailer so I was never going to watch it.

However, I did start reading the reviews. Just out of curiosity. Almost all recount a putrid experience watching this garbage. So my question is, why? Why did you make the choice to watch this movie that you hated so much? Did the trailer not give it away this was going to be a waste of time? Did the sub-three star rating on here not trigger any red flags? Did you read ANY reviews before you proceeded to click on "Watch"?

I guess I never understand how a movie can be so universally panned on so many levels, yet people still watch it and proceed to clutch their pearls and howl in dismay that they were robbed of an hour-and-a-half of their lives that "they'll never get back".

I suppose I should start with the positives, there aren't many so this shouldn't take long. The cinematography is rather good in some parts. And that....is that.

Everything else is terrible. The script. The plot. The acting. The screenplay. The direction. The editing. The CGI. The music. All of it objectively bad. Not poor, but really bad.

The worst thing about it is the unstructured, uninteresting meandering nature of the film. It is just a collection of scenes that mean nothing.

The characters and their relationship to each other is non existent.

You always know a bad movie when Eric Roberts turns up to collect his pension. Although he was in The Dark Knight, so I will cut him some slack.

Reading many past reviews seems conflicting as one isn't really sure what to think because it's all over the place. However, I'm here to give you a real honest review of this movie. The film quality is good as in the cinematography but here's what makes the movie bad...

There was no marketing for its release. It was very "under the radar". My guess is that even the producers felt this wasn't good enough for any form of marketing and they would be right. In my city, I was surprised to see the film poster for this and a limited release in theaters. Yet, I knew nothing about the film beforehand. The film poster is the only quality of this movie. The storyline is terrible and in some cases, not even believable. The actors are all unknown and their acting performances weren't good either. Even the music played throughout the film is bad, too.

I had hopes for this but was so disappointed in what it is. To me, it's a waste of script, film, and storyline. This didn't do it for me and I rate this 3/10.

I went to watch this movie 'lumina' in a theatre in Wahington DC. The movie was very good as it's cast was very good, the main chracter tatiana (Eleanor Williams) is very good actor has she was very good in this role, I was amazed to watch this movie I have watched a sci fi movie after a long time which has both good chracters, good story, and good animations. This movie was totally good as I felt that it is not a movie it's all happening in real world, Out of all odds the director, writer, producer Gino McKoy is very good man as it is very difficult in current time to make a sci fi movie during this time.

Alien films are tricky because so much has been covered. There is little fertile ground save for the reshuffling of previous material. Here in Lumina, there is a soft effort to make a personal connection between the conspiracy and the characters. However, the film's path is full of never-ending twists in the road, unexpected turns, and revelations that keep the audience more distracted than engaged. By the time the film ends, there is a feeling of being off-balance caused by the rapid surprises and shifts in the narrative.

The biggest challenge for Lumina is the scope of its ambitions. The film tries to spin off into a myriad of directions, ranging from government secrets to alien menaces. These are all valid angles, but the problem lies in the execution, which is sloppy and, at times, distracted. Audiences will likely guess the ending before the end of the first act. The lack of subtlety is to the detriment of the film. While there are some twists, they arrive a little too late to make any real contact.

Full Review at Geek Vibes Nation.