richard-whitehead73
Joined Feb 2013
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No one is remotely likeable (other than Harper). Dialogue is terrible, medical issues are boring, effects are bad.
If the hospital staff were the resistance on Ghorman, I would have been cheering for the Empire to destroy the planet.
Edit: Apparently I need to have more characters for this to be a proper review. So, let's see. Medical director is completely incompetent and has no ethical or professional judgement. The main two characters are so god damn unappealing I don't actually care who did what, I would want them both fired. Surgical resident is a horrible womaniser and no idea why they think we would want to know him better.
If the hospital staff were the resistance on Ghorman, I would have been cheering for the Empire to destroy the planet.
Edit: Apparently I need to have more characters for this to be a proper review. So, let's see. Medical director is completely incompetent and has no ethical or professional judgement. The main two characters are so god damn unappealing I don't actually care who did what, I would want them both fired. Surgical resident is a horrible womaniser and no idea why they think we would want to know him better.
Not sure why so many people are giving this a 9 or 10 and claiming it to be one of the best sci-fi movies ever.
Maybe part of it is that I just don't rate Ethan Hawke highly. I have read a bit of classic science fiction writing but had not come across the short story this was based on, however it was fairly obvious what was going to happen from early on in the movie and what the eventual plot twists were going to be.
My wife is of the opinion that the end goal wasn't the point but the journey, however even watching the movie with this mindset still provded me with a general feeling of "it could have been done a lot better". There is a Japanese movie "After School" that managed to subvert the viewer's expectations extremely well based on what we extrapolate from the scenes and what we accept as general cinematography, and these tricks could have been put to good use here. Alas, we end up with the film that we have here.
The highlight for me, however, is the use of filming locations around Melbourne notably the RMIT "Circular" building (corner of Swanston and. Victoria streets) being the home of the Space Corp, and the Melbourne University Old Law Quadrangle, when Jane leaves the etiquette lesson. I suspect the park where she gets left is something like the Treasury or Fitzroy gardens but not too sure there.
Maybe part of it is that I just don't rate Ethan Hawke highly. I have read a bit of classic science fiction writing but had not come across the short story this was based on, however it was fairly obvious what was going to happen from early on in the movie and what the eventual plot twists were going to be.
My wife is of the opinion that the end goal wasn't the point but the journey, however even watching the movie with this mindset still provded me with a general feeling of "it could have been done a lot better". There is a Japanese movie "After School" that managed to subvert the viewer's expectations extremely well based on what we extrapolate from the scenes and what we accept as general cinematography, and these tricks could have been put to good use here. Alas, we end up with the film that we have here.
The highlight for me, however, is the use of filming locations around Melbourne notably the RMIT "Circular" building (corner of Swanston and. Victoria streets) being the home of the Space Corp, and the Melbourne University Old Law Quadrangle, when Jane leaves the etiquette lesson. I suspect the park where she gets left is something like the Treasury or Fitzroy gardens but not too sure there.
I really liked the majority of the Good Wife with a few exceptions. Those exceptions were Peter, Alicia and Will. They felt like the bland/straight man (comedic wise) centre that everything else revolved around.
Now that all of them are out of the way in some form, the show can continue free from what was holding it back. Diane was pretty much my favourite character but while she is centre the rest of the characters are all very compelling (apart from Maia) and the storylines are a bit more ethically/morally nuanced.
The other benefit is that as this world has already been established in TGW, there is not a lot of time lost introducing character or setting the scene, resulting in storylines that start moving immediately.
Now that all of them are out of the way in some form, the show can continue free from what was holding it back. Diane was pretty much my favourite character but while she is centre the rest of the characters are all very compelling (apart from Maia) and the storylines are a bit more ethically/morally nuanced.
The other benefit is that as this world has already been established in TGW, there is not a lot of time lost introducing character or setting the scene, resulting in storylines that start moving immediately.
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