nasknit
Joined Jan 2007
Welcome to the new profile
Our updates are still in development. While the previous version of the profile is no longer accessible, we're actively working on improvements, and some of the missing features will be returning soon! Stay tuned for their return. In the meantime, the Ratings Analysis is still available on our iOS and Android apps, found on the profile page. To view your Rating Distribution(s) by Year and Genre, please refer to our new Help guide.
Badges2
To learn how to earn badges, go to the badges help page.
Reviews2
nasknit's rating
It's been almost 40 years, and I still do not get all the hype over this movie. The original 'Star Trek' series on TV in the 60's had better special effects, better plots more than half the time, and better dialogue.
I have been reading or watching sci-fi for at least 50 years. The original 'King Kong' was a classic. The 1951 'The Thing from Another Planet' was a classic. 'The Bride of Frankenstein' was a classic. To call this film a classic, to me, demeans the meaning of the word 'classic'. The book was definitely better.
It's like "the artsy science fiction film of the 60's", so it must be good. This movie is not terrible, but it is not great either.
I have been reading or watching sci-fi for at least 50 years. The original 'King Kong' was a classic. The 1951 'The Thing from Another Planet' was a classic. 'The Bride of Frankenstein' was a classic. To call this film a classic, to me, demeans the meaning of the word 'classic'. The book was definitely better.
It's like "the artsy science fiction film of the 60's", so it must be good. This movie is not terrible, but it is not great either.
Apparently some people are not used to made for TV movies. Possibly too young- they were everywhere in the late 60's and into the 70's. They do not have a huge F/X budget like Star Wars, Close Encounters of the 3'rd Kind, or Superman, etc. However, Within the Rock is way above the Sci-Fi 'B' movies of the 50's and 60's.
As to the plot, NASA and quite a few world governments are concerned about the possibility of a 'rogue' celestial body impacting our planet. A few years back, an object passed within something like less than a million miles of Earth- on a galactic scale, this is approximately next door. And, let's not forget the extinction level event that occurred 65 million years ago, that left iridium layers that are bigger than any other found on this planet ,and coincidentally occurred when dinosaurs became extinct.
The actors by and large were fine- sci-fi is not Shakespeare. If I wanted to watch Shakespeare, that's what I would be watching.
I liked this movie and recommended it to my sister.
As to the plot, NASA and quite a few world governments are concerned about the possibility of a 'rogue' celestial body impacting our planet. A few years back, an object passed within something like less than a million miles of Earth- on a galactic scale, this is approximately next door. And, let's not forget the extinction level event that occurred 65 million years ago, that left iridium layers that are bigger than any other found on this planet ,and coincidentally occurred when dinosaurs became extinct.
The actors by and large were fine- sci-fi is not Shakespeare. If I wanted to watch Shakespeare, that's what I would be watching.
I liked this movie and recommended it to my sister.