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The Man from Earth is one of the most amazing movies ever, I mean there is no other movie of that kind, at least to my best knowledge, and more importantly the movie ended exactly how it should have, it was Perfect in every sense.

The Sequel was a good attempt to say the least but the acting and story itself was rather disappointing. The whole theme of the movie got somewhat disrupted, the original Man from earth was a complete scientific exploration on its own, there was a touch of mystery, facts, a classic debate over human existence and the Gods, where as the sequel was more centred towards John's character, his personal life, and a bunch of school kids investigating his identity, no mystery, no debates, nothing new..viewers already know who and what John is.

So to conclude, its almost impossible to extend a movie like The Man from Earth, my expectations weren't high to begin with but I watched it anyway hoping I will be proved wrong but of course that never happened. So, while I definitely appreciate the effort, I strongly believe that they should have left it where it ended.

Movie is watchable, and thats all. No compelling story, no atmopshere, music didnt fit. Students acting was hard to watch, and the ending ruined it all for me. First one wich i consider one of the best movies ever made i could watch all day and night but this one i will erase from my memory. 5 is generous

After a very interesting first movie that continously gave something to think about while watching the sequel is an uninteresting investigation story with boring student characters. This spoiled the shining of the first one. I was watching with great excitement expecting something to be formed but nothing did. And the endcredit scene was a very lame one. Such an uninteresting story. The first one is the one to watch. This one just skip.

The man from earth is my favorite movie ever made. It is amazing. I love it for the narrative style yet mind blowing content. This movie made my sci-fi loving imagination explode, in the end I gave it a standing ovation while being in my room in front of a PC.

And they made a sequel. And it has nothing to do with the first one, dont expect it to. Yes it is about the same fictional persona, yet the movie style is completely different. Now its a teenage adventure, and, to be honest, I wouldnt even watch it to the end if it wasnt out of respect to the first masterpiece.

So give it a shot, but dont expect it to be on the same level. Its different.. and flat.

IMHO first movie was everything: Interesting, clever, intriguing, intelligent, captivating, just continue with superlatives... Heck, I registered here just to be able to rate it, and I've praised it to my friends. Most of them liked it as well. I was thrilled when I've heard about this sequel and I was eager to watch it. Now I would like to un-watch it, because it was completely unnecessary, it actually destroyed mystique of first movie.

It was a clear disappointment. The 2007 movie is definitely worth watching over and over, this one not so much.

The first movie was made by and for intelligent people. Like it or not, you had to admit it was daring and clever. This one is almost unbelievably sloppy and idiotic. In terms of tone, plot, character development, lightning and photography, it feels like an amateur porn movie, which only makes it more frustrating because there is no porn, although the slutty teenager characters does put up a reasonable effort. (By the way, is that how American kids really dress, talk, think and act in real life? If so, I fear for the future.) With the exception of John Oldman/David Lee Smith, who doesn't even play the main part and has very little to say throughout the movie, all characters are shallow and hateful, and I caught myself wishing them horrible deaths within a few minutes.

In short, the director has just demolished whatever reputation he had gained from the first movie, which was indeed a small jewel. Therefore, I assume any quality we saw then was in the writing, which is sorely lacking here.

What a disappointment. I was lured by the title "The Man from Earth" but didn't pay too much to the appendix word "Holocene" behind it. When I peaked my interest to watch it, then the "Holo..." of that word suddenly became "HollowScene". What a lousy sequel, man. It totally ruined my good memory of the original one. With some very annoying and unlikable college students, especially that pretentious and disgusting white girl's performance, this film has simply turned into a disastrous, shallow, predictable, torturous, absolutely unwatchable B movie. This film does not deserve a long review, so I rest my case.

I enjoyed seeing a continuation of John's story and seeing how he lived outside the cabin. It's definitely not the same as the 1st movie but I don't think it's trying to be. It'd be awfully boring if they went back to the same cabin and had another discussion the entire movie. I particularly like the scene at the end when john was kidnapped and met with hostility. Beyond the annoying college kids, unresolved ending and odd post credit scene, I liked the messages behind the movie. John just wanted to live his life and not be bothered, but being immortal and having such a wealth of knowledge he becomes the centre of attention. People are curious and they cannot help but become fascinated by him. Some going to great lengths that are out of character just to figure him out. And some trying to hurt him because his truth, "the truth", conflicted with what someone believes in their heart. People claim to want to know the objective truth when they only want confirmation that "their" truth that they've committed to is true. And they will kill you for it.

I only gave three stars because of David Lee Smith. I can't forgive myself for ignoring all the negative reviews and deciding to give this a shot anyway. To the fans of the original film: don't watch this. Seriously, just don't. Watch the original one more time instead.

It's very hard to believe Holocene was created by the same people. The script, the casting - everything is so much worse. Acting by the four kids is just painful to watch, not to mention that all four characters seem to be clinical sociopaths with zero bad feelings about doing things that any sane, civilized human being would feel extremely uneasy partaking in. And what the what was there, at the very end? I won't include any spoilers, but... seriously?

I can't say I expected it to be a masterpiece like the original film, but I didn't expect it to be so bad. Please drop the idea of another film or a TV series.

The first movie Man from Earth was written by Jerome Bixby -- a talented man who wrote for the Twilight Zone and Star Trek. This sequel, written by Bixby's son falls flat on its face. Bixby's son just does not have the talent his father had, try as he might.

His dialogue is hollow and boring. The characters do not have the humanity as the first.

Your life will not be incomplete if you miss this one, and trust me, you want to miss it.

"The Man from Earth" is one of my favorite movies. It is a masterful story, and David Lee Smith's portrayal of a man who was ultimately looking for a debate with other scholars held me fast. It is, however, a standalone film that has no need for a sequel.

Cut to "The Man from Earth: Holocene", which can be forgiven for the no-budget presentation (heck, the first movie looked worse), and even though the actors typically have dialog that isn't insultingly bad, their lack of physical investment in WHAT they are saying truly IS bad. It can be frustrating to watch actors talking, while their arms are wrapped around their torso awkwardly, or they stand around with their arms at their sides, with body language that negates what is being SAID.

Worst of all, this movie takes one of the more uninteresting aspects of John Oldman's debates about his past, and decides to dedicate an entire movie to that single concept of who he was, or what he did during a small sliver of time. Near the halfway point of this movie, it goes from "I don't get why this movie is being made, but fine, whatever" to "Oh hell naw! No you DIDN'T!"

John ends up being forced to debate with one of his students, in a predicament that John shouldn't have been put into in the first place. This half hour is dreadful. It makes those who might be in the student's favor look like idiots. Whether or not I believe with either party's opinion, I think the third act should only have been considered during a rough draft discussion, then laughed off and tossed aside. never to be written into a screenplay. The "debate" and discussion that proceeds for most of the rest of the movie manages to delve deeper into a downward spiral of insipid immaturity, and every character makes the WRONG decision when it's time to act. My initial impression about a sequel to "The Man from Earth" could not have been more right: Just Let It Be. Don't Touch It. Instead, this sequel was made, and ended up puking on the unique storytelling mastery of the first movie. Skip it. Watch the first one again.

• As a bonus, there's a mid-credit scene that hints at a sequel. One that is guaranteed to dive deeper into that hole in which rabbits probably poop into.

I'll try to make it short: 10 years ago I was recommended me to watch "The Man From Earth". I kinda liked it (despite this entire Jesus story, which I thought it was a little bit too much). When I heard about the sequel, I wanted to watch it, just to see what was going on.

The first one is, by no means, a masterpiece to me (as some claim it to be), but is much better than the second one. The latter lacks of everything that made the original one interesting, summing a group of annoying friends, depicting almost all minorities.

There are moments that approach the original one, but only in the first minutes, from there on is just an adventure movie, plagued with flaws and quite boring.

Avoid it.

The reviews have been so bad I almost chose to not see it. One reviewer recommended to see it anyway so I thought I'd give it a chance. I ended up giving it a rating of 7 as I thought it was worth seeing. I think one reason I liked it more than others is because I was not completely taken by the first film. It seemed to me that the first film's audience was geared for young college kids who have not had a chance to think through huge issues. I have had the time to read and process such ideas over the years so the concepts the first film brought up was not mind blowing to me as many of the people who loved that film. Both were interesting diversions, nothing more. A rating of 7 is the first number in ratings here that I will allow myself to spend time watching so I thought that was an appropriate rating.

The ending opens up the story for a sequel. I wouldn't mind seeing that.

Jerome Bixby worked for more than 30 years to write the master piece the first movie is based on, this jerks insult his memory with this movie. The movie looks like an episode of incredible hulk and they even pretend to launch more movies...

For me was like seen the second part of Romeo of Juliet, just not from shakespeare but from the writer of the A-team or Alf or something like that... It makes no sense at all

The worst part is most people think first and second part came from the same author so as I said, is an insult to the work of Jerome Bixby

This film is nothing like original. The whole first film was about philosophy. Here the first 1 hour is a very cheesy storyline of getting to the philosophy part. Then we finally get philosophy. It lasts for 20 minutes only and it's almost nothing we haven't learnt in the previous film. When it decides to end with a cliffhanger and an ambiguous ending at the same time. To be honest it could've been much worse. The ending is not too bad and I'm so happy they did not invent something new which would contradict and ruin it as a franchise, at least for now the first film is still as great as it was. Still this sequel is very poor. It has flaws in story, it only has a story to get to the stuff similar to what first film was going about. I'll admit that there are a few things this film did right. It got the same characters played by same actors and some of the ideas for the "upcoming" sequel are pretty good. I believe it's possible to fix the mess with the promised continuation.

What began as a thrilling, well researched, thought invoking and beautifully crafted drama has been reduced to a teenage adventure with abrupt twists and turns with the rationale biting the dust. As John Oldman now professor Young begins to grab the attention of four of his students, who apparently are smart enough deduce reality, a needless plot turn renders them all act as 12 year old's who are just too adamant to get the candy which their parents won't let them have. A waste of time and more importantly not at all befitting the legacy the original movie left behind a decade ago.

Its not as bad as the reviews describe but yeah could have been better.Had some nice turns but overall as a movie this contains some serious flaws. Dialogues and all the stuff with the students felt totally artificial.Looking forward for the third movie and hopefully it would live up to the first one.

A lot of people have really slammed this movie and I don't understand why completely. Yes, the acting of the kids wasn't that great and it certainly wasn't the best work I've ever seen, but it really is enjoyable to watch. If you liked the first one, you won't regret watching this one. Let's be real, the first one is one of the most successful low budget movies in memory. It was a great story. The story in this one is good as well, but it is filmed in multiple locations, not just one room. Therefore the very limited budget was spread even thinner. Realistically there is no way to match the first film, but this one is worth watching and it will make you think as well...

Typed a full review (my first) for this movie, then clicked on the little 'spoilers' question mark info popup thing and it took my review away.

I'm not typing it all out again. It's not like I'm going to be alive for the next 14,000 years....

I liked it! And while it WAS different from the original, that's a good thing. Three of the actors from the original showed up in this one, which was good. It had the same feel as the first movie while also being a movie that, unlike the original, has many settings. I would imagine that was hard to do.

Like others, I didn't care much for the ending. It was as it they were either leaving it open to do ANOTHER movie, or they were trying to wrap it all up hurriedly in a single scene. Like they ran out of money and had to run out to the desert and shoot the final scene because they could do it for next to nothing.

At any rate, I will probably watch this again, immediately after the next time I watch the original. I rated it 8 stars, but now feel I should take another star away based on that ending. For context, I would probably rate the first movie a 9.

I want a part 3. It should start in a train station in Brussels, in the 1800s......

This is an insult a sacrilege to the first one.If it didn't have the title''The man from earth" I would say that it is an average, not very well made,very forgetable but watchable movie.But since it has this title and pretents to be the continuation of the first movie I say this is an insult.That's all I have to say about this movie. PS. Nevertheless I donated money(mainly because the first one was a masterpiece)because I like the idea behind the honour system.