What's so bad about being predictable?

Rating: Null/10 (26 November 1999)

Is your life a failure because in the end, as predicted, you'll die? It's how you get to it that counts.
In any case, there were so many holes in the mathematics and basic plot, I would defy anyone to be equally and identically inept to make the same calculations to come to the same "prediction". Yes, it was fairly obvious that the "retard" would be the sole survivor, but every story is a combination of parts of the 3 or 4 unique stories. Who's predicting what happened to him after that?
I was in my 20s before I learned not to allow plot holes and continuity inaccuracies to detract from my enjoyment of the overall effect of any sort of production. It's rather like the way people you meet can be wonderful despite numerous imperfections. They are unique combinations of unoriginal parts. There's a knack of not deciding until you've seen all the parts what you think. It's worth developing. Even so, most Hollywood trash is still trash.
Everyone has to admit it was an original set. I suspect most of the detractors saw it on a tiny screen instead of a cinema screen without distractions. The suspension of disbelief is that much more difficult in that case. Some of my favourite movies are loathed by people who saw the same ones on video, and I agree -- many of them are loathsome in that format. It is very unfair on the film makers to judge from the video.

I thought just enough was explained and the characters had as much depth as those of most movies that make it to Academy Awards. If you allow the suspension of disbelief, the acting wasn't any worse than that of many famous Hollywood heart- throbs. Despite the desmise of the last few characters being fairly corny, it was a pleasant relief from the big FX sci-fi Disneyland character based movies that have become famous. This was much better.