jsteiger
Joined Jan 2001
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Without a doubt, this film is one of the worst films ever, in terms of the disparity between the IMDb rating (8.2 at this writing) and the actual quality of the movie (about 4.2 in my estimation). The plot boring and incoherent. Eeerie, sharp B&W photography and ear-damaging sound levels are no substitute for coherent, revelatory dialog. Contrast any of the great Hitchcock films with this drivel! Hitchcock could have us on the edge of our seats, even in rather mundane circumatances. In this disastrous film, we have little idea who these two characters are, and even less idea of why we should care. The emotional shifts seem entirely unmotivated. We are supposed to attribute them to only 4 weeks of reasonably hard work in a moderately claustrophobic environment. This is simply crazy! ANY normal adult could put up with these conditions for months, and virtually anyone who ever served in the military did! After 15 minutes, my wife and I were thinking of leaving. But that 8.2 rating led us to stay. It was a huge mistake. We should have left.
I viewed this film with high expectations, especially after seeing Brad Pitt's truly superb performance in "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood."
Pitt did his best, but the film was absolutely dreadful. Having seen several glowing reviews, I kept expecting it to get better, but...it never did.
First of all, it was science fiction without science. Numerous laws of physics, space, and time were violated throughout. The violations weren't subtle, and they were continual. One didn't know whether to laugh out loud or just gaze in amazement. Things kept happening that any high school student should know just could not happen.
Second, there wasn't the slightest bit of dramatic tension after the opening scene. It was incredibly boring. I found myself watching the seconds and minutes count down on my watch.
Third, several key elements in the plot made absolutely no dramatic or logical sense.
I could justify these opinions with extensive analyses of the film's dramatic and scientific failings, but such analyses might lead to spoilers, so I'll just stop and say that this is a truly, atrociously bad waste of time.
Pitt did his best, but the film was absolutely dreadful. Having seen several glowing reviews, I kept expecting it to get better, but...it never did.
First of all, it was science fiction without science. Numerous laws of physics, space, and time were violated throughout. The violations weren't subtle, and they were continual. One didn't know whether to laugh out loud or just gaze in amazement. Things kept happening that any high school student should know just could not happen.
Second, there wasn't the slightest bit of dramatic tension after the opening scene. It was incredibly boring. I found myself watching the seconds and minutes count down on my watch.
Third, several key elements in the plot made absolutely no dramatic or logical sense.
I could justify these opinions with extensive analyses of the film's dramatic and scientific failings, but such analyses might lead to spoilers, so I'll just stop and say that this is a truly, atrociously bad waste of time.
