High ambitions, not fulfilled

Rating: 5/10 (12 July 2002)

I'm sorry to be the lone voice of dissent, but I thought this movie had far greater ambitions than it was able to match. Why is it that everybody is trying to be the new Kubrick all of a sudden? A film with high art pretentions, but all on the surface - innovative special effects, sure, but the point of ground breaking sci-fi is that it stretches the boundaries of narrative form - this is like the plot of a B-movie with hundred million dollar special effects. I wanted so much to like this movie, but I think perhaps everyone is so desperate for something to rave about in these barren times that they are jumping to the conclusion that this is something it's just not. Sorry!