Most overrated science fiction film ever ?

Rating: Null/10 (13 October 2002)

I finally saw this movie on DVD about a year ago; Boy was I disappointed ! A critically acclaimed film ( How did that happen ? ) featuring Harrison Ford during his Hans Solo years sounded like a great way to spend an evening. A brief summary is to say this film is WAY TOO BORING. I once constantly thinking " OK, they are just laying some important plot groundwork now and I am sure that in 5 minutes some really great action is going to start ". Those 5 minutes ended up being the last 20 minutes or so of the movie. The rest of the time you get an interesting view of a 1982 director's concept of the era which we are now living in but the rest is JUST SO SLOW. As my friend who brought the DVD over was taking it back out of the player, he turned to my brother and I and said " I'm sorry " and that pretty much sums up how I had felt about having wasted my evening watching this film. I did learn one thing from watching this movie ( Other than IT SUCKED! ) and that is now matter how imaginative science fiction is, without a healthy dose of action you are almost doomed to boredom. Why some of these reviewers would willingly choose to watch this movie more than one time is beyond me. For great science fiction I will cast my vote for the original " Star Wars ", ( Good job Mr. Ford )and the original " Star Trek " TV series. Honorable mention also to " The Final Countdown " and " War of the Worlds ".