a_southern_knight

I watched this film because some bozo at Dish Network gave it 3 stars. I expect a 3-star movie to have decent credentials while this one had ***NONE***.

I don't need to list all its faults seeing as other IMDb reviewers have already done so quite eloquently. In a nutshell, it is SciFi without the Sci. For example, preparing a Space Shuttle for launch would require several weeks at the very least even if one was already at the launch facility. Simply moving the Shuttle to the pad takes the better part of a day yet somehow ASI managed to launch one within a few hours. And, by the way, it's an orbiter meaning capable only of attaining earth orbit.... just one of the countless technical glitches in this turkey.

Actually the entire movie is just one gigantic mistake and an utter waste of time to watch with one possible exception.... it might be just the ticket for a kindergarten during a sudden blizzard if there was nothing else for the kiddies to do and nowhere they could go. A few of them might actually enjoy it.

Unless you are a masochist, save your time and money by skipping this movie. I Consider myself a pretty intelligent person but when the movie ended, I had not the slightest idea of what had happened.

I've read several of the reviews and it turns out that you have to watch it more than once to sort out all the cryptic plot details. Personally, I think that is the director's job. I watch a movie to be entertained not to try and make sense out of two and a half hours worth of disjointed vignettes.

The biggest mystery of all is how this film got an IMDb rating of 7.9. Quoting John McEnroe, "You cannot be serious!".

I looked forward to viewing this movie and found it to be pretty much a waste of time. I expected science fiction from the trailer but found it to be a boring dissertation in grieving for a lost love. In other words, it would best be characterized as "Love Story" with a space ship as its setting. In fact, I was a bit surprised that the line "Love means never having to say you're sorry" was not used in one of the flashbacks. I kept waiting for something to happen to make sense of the whole thing but was left with nothing but confusion and disappointment. I would sum it up as depressing.

"Skip it".