Somnus

Lately, I seem to be writing a lot of really negative reviews about a lot of recent sci-fi movies but I guess that's because I'm becoming frustrated with the dross that the streaming services are offering to us.

"Somnus" is another movie in this series of duds. Filmed substantially in an old British Hawker Siddely Nimrod airplane from the 60s, the film has a plot that could have been lifted from a casual acquaintance with "2001" but without any of Clarke's or Kubrick's wit or intelligence. You probably won't care about the characters and you probably won't even care about the "big picture" thing that might or might not be going on.

I wonder: have we burned through all the truly creative ideas so now we're reduced to recycling everything, but only after it's been through a waste treatment plant?

I'm no "couch critic", like a BUNCH on here! So I'm not gonna spew a bunch of hyperbole at ya.... I'm just a regular guy that LOVES Sci-Fi, Horror, etc, and I thought this was a Pretty Good movie! It kept my attention, and I enjoyed watching it! PERIOD! LOL So many people LOOK for the "Bad" in a Movie... Relax people and "Allow Yourself" To enjoy a Movie! LOL Thanks Folks!

This excellenyly executed thought-provoking flic proofs that viewers more and more associate science fiction with cowboys in space. This is not a cowboys in space movie but with a small fine cast and supporting soundtrack gets the writers and director's point across.

Aliens are attracted to our world for obvious reasons ; we have been advertising ourselves for quite some time. Is this a good thing? Who knows. The cinematography is subtle but go watch this on a large screen, lots of detail could go lost in the darker scenes

More Interstellar or Sunshine than Rogue One. Scify lovers will recognize its quality.

Reading and Owen give us a sci fi outer space drama that can easily be looked at as a "coherent rewrite of 2001".

"2001 A Space Odyssey" was an overrated bit of boredom that couldn't possibly make any sense as directed and written without a program to tell the viewer what was going on.

Like 2001, we have a computer gone wrong on a space ship, and a synopsis of a scenario for the existence of human beings.

Here, however, the team explains what is taking place.

The characters are more credible than the paper thin ones of 2001, which were just contrived to make a sermon.

That doesn't make this a great movie, but at least it is coherent.

Don't let the one ⭐ haters mislead you, this is not a terrible movie. It's great either, but it does have good production values and a decent soundtrack which fits the mood of the story.