This movie is so much better than the 5 stars that I, and so many others gave it, One, It has 4 Oscar winners and 2 Emmy winners in the cast, along with other nominees and one of the sexiest women to ever walk the planet. And I mean SEXY. Natalie Wood IS sex. Much like Sophia Loren, Audrey Hepburn, Tina Turner, and most recently, Keira Kneightly. It's not just looks. It's a presence. Two, the premise of the movie has been revitalized in more current movies such as Deep Impact, Armageddon, The Day After Tomorrow, 2012, and even the made for TV movie, The Day After (which by the way, scared the buhjeezus out of people when it aired back in the 80's). Without these factors, this movie is definitely 1/2 a star but not worthy of MST3K. Which brings me to Three...
The direction and the script of this movie begs for the MST3K treatment. Because, DAMN. Parts of this movie are like taking part in a conversation where the storyteller is intensely involved in building the plot, breaks wind mid-sentence, and then continues in the middle of the story as if nothing happened. Only it's not the same story pre-poot.
For these reasons, I submit that METEOR is not a great movie, but it is an entertaining watch.
