Pandorum Movie Review by gungadin
Pandorum Movie Review by gungadin
Buy the Movie Poster for Pandorum
Science Fiction Horror is a tough area to make films in. They are expensive, complicated, and most of all - at high risk of being labeled as unintentionally "remaking" other films. The quest for an "original" sci fi horror is daunting in todays film. "Pandorum" - starring veteran Dennis Quaid and up & coming Ben Foster - had a baseline storyline with potential. "Earth on brink of extinction - ship provides last hope for repopulation elsewhere - until something goes very wrong" Okay -sounds good, right ? Well, it wasn't so good. Despite solid acting efforts by Foster and Quaid, this screenplay drowned in its own imagined complexity. The story is told in such a disjointed fashion as the memories of the two main characters slowly return after a long deep space "hypersleep" that the viewer is left wondering whether he himself has fallen into a "hypersleep". The name "Pandorum" refers essentially to space madness - a concept we've seen many times - perhaps most famously on "star trek" - the original series - episode "Naked Time". The Pandorum that strikes certain crew members on this 123 year voyage aboard the starship "Elysium" howver, is far darker and disturbing than the image of Sulu running around half naked with a sword. It is in fact "Pandorum" which leads to events on the ship that jeopardizes the whole "survival of humanity" mission that the ship set out for in the first place. Its a movie that I found myself pasting together in my head after watching it - which is not how its supposed to be. A movie should flow clearly and logically WHILE watching it. This one didn't. I can't say don't see it. But I can say - don't rent it.
Buy the Movie Poster for Pandorum
Science Fiction Horror is a tough area to make films in. They are expensive, complicated, and most of all - at high risk of being labeled as unintentionally "remaking" other films. The quest for an "original" sci fi horror is daunting in todays film. "Pandorum" - starring veteran Dennis Quaid and up & coming Ben Foster - had a baseline storyline with potential. "Earth on brink of extinction - ship provides last hope for repopulation elsewhere - until something goes very wrong" Okay -sounds good, right ? Well, it wasn't so good. Despite solid acting efforts by Foster and Quaid, this screenplay drowned in its own imagined complexity. The story is told in such a disjointed fashion as the memories of the two main characters slowly return after a long deep space "hypersleep" that the viewer is left wondering whether he himself has fallen into a "hypersleep". The name "Pandorum" refers essentially to space madness - a concept we've seen many times - perhaps most famously on "star trek" - the original series - episode "Naked Time". The Pandorum that strikes certain crew members on this 123 year voyage aboard the starship "Elysium" howver, is far darker and disturbing than the image of Sulu running around half naked with a sword. It is in fact "Pandorum" which leads to events on the ship that jeopardizes the whole "survival of humanity" mission that the ship set out for in the first place. Its a movie that I found myself pasting together in my head after watching it - which is not how its supposed to be. A movie should flow clearly and logically WHILE watching it. This one didn't. I can't say don't see it. But I can say - don't rent it.
posted by Popcornmonsters.com | 1:24 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home