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This was on recently and since I hadn't seen it since the 1990s, I figured give it another view. I remembered enjoying it then.
Unfortunately, this time, I found it quite hokey. The dialogue was bad, the acting was bad, everything just didn't work for me. The ending was really lame, the effects were pretty bad for 1988.
The only interesting thing was seeing Mykelti Williamson almost perform the exact same moves he would do in Forrest Gump several years later (carrying his girlfriend, then dying - which you see him do in Forrest Gump with Tom Hanks).
This definitely ranks low on my top Apocalyptic movies. Doesn't quite rank up there with even serious movies about nuclear war, like The Day After or Threads.
Unfortunately, this time, I found it quite hokey. The dialogue was bad, the acting was bad, everything just didn't work for me. The ending was really lame, the effects were pretty bad for 1988.
The only interesting thing was seeing Mykelti Williamson almost perform the exact same moves he would do in Forrest Gump several years later (carrying his girlfriend, then dying - which you see him do in Forrest Gump with Tom Hanks).
This definitely ranks low on my top Apocalyptic movies. Doesn't quite rank up there with even serious movies about nuclear war, like The Day After or Threads.
I'm not sure if it was way the family was portrayed, or the lack of actual scenic footage, this movie did not appeal to me.
We learn about a family and that 3 of 4 children has a degenerative vision disease that will eventually rob them of their eyesight, so the parents decide to go on a journey around the world so the kids can enjoy everything in person, rather than looking at it in a book.
While the concept of this movie is appealing, the execution wasn't so great. The trailer made you expect spectacular scenery throughout, but instead we are mainly watching the kids and parents talking and playing. It essentially comes across as a home movie rather than a National Geographic production. A lot of the places they apparently visited, are glossed over, not even shown in photos.
I want to wish the family well, and I hope the proceeds of this film go towards the research for a cure, but definitely this was more suited to the small screen like on the TLC channel, than in a movie theatre.
We learn about a family and that 3 of 4 children has a degenerative vision disease that will eventually rob them of their eyesight, so the parents decide to go on a journey around the world so the kids can enjoy everything in person, rather than looking at it in a book.
While the concept of this movie is appealing, the execution wasn't so great. The trailer made you expect spectacular scenery throughout, but instead we are mainly watching the kids and parents talking and playing. It essentially comes across as a home movie rather than a National Geographic production. A lot of the places they apparently visited, are glossed over, not even shown in photos.
I want to wish the family well, and I hope the proceeds of this film go towards the research for a cure, but definitely this was more suited to the small screen like on the TLC channel, than in a movie theatre.