Crud

Rating: 4/10 (11 November 2006)

When I first saw this movie I had a great time (I was 15). I saw it twice in the cinemas.
However later I got it on video and only then did I realise how bad it was. I really does get worse and worse (yes I watch a few times to make sure! I'm a sucker I know). Now normally I can "turn off my brain" but only to an extent. There is a point when I movie is sooo way out that you can't ignore it.
It has one good point and that is the special effects. Even then you HAVE to see it on a big screen to get a sense of scale.
I shall attempt to list the bad points *spoiler*: 1. No suspense. You know right from the start how it is going to turn out.
2. No internal consistency. These ship can cross interstellar distances a fantastic speeds and yet they take ages to get into position. The small fighter ship can reach the moon in less than a day and yet they have trouble keeping up with fighter jet. The alien fighter's were pretty just weirdly shaped jet fighters in the way they moved. Thus the dogfights scenes were just like any old war movie, when they could have made it exciting and different. So no tension there, they just looked evenly matched apart from the shields.
3. Corny as hell and just soooo American and patriotic. Puke.
4. The dumbest plan in history. Apart from the virus thing, what the hell are they going to do about millions of tons of spaceship hit the ground? 5. Boring subplots, namely the crop duster pilot.
6. Almost entirely 2D characters with perhaps a couple of exceptions.
Eh, what am I wasting my time on? I'd be here forever.
In conclusion only watch it if you've never seen it before, you can turn off your brain and you own your own movie theatre.