so easy to watch .. but so little to think about

Rating: 6/10 (31 August 2011)

Might as well get it out there. Sci-fi "almost" never age well, and this is no exception. Consider episode 1,2,3 vs 4,5,6. (ok ..I,II,III vs IV,V,VI). Look at the original Alien, all the lights inside the ship looks so lo-tech. A2 is kind of like Nam. A3 bit better with Fincher - but story a bit awkward. Now look at Blade Runner - it is superb on blu ray - but maybe not in 2054. The more recent Matrix will probably look like cheese comes 10 yrs time.
Well, back to the topic. When this came out and I only watch it once in theatre. Well... errrrh.. hohum, like the title said -> all exterior and not much interior. Just slightly above Michael Bay's best effort and that's The Island. (Now the look of that movie "looks" good) And if you see THX 1138 by Lucas -> wow, you wonder with many many unpleasant questions.
No, I'm not trashing this completely, with a value 6. There are good things - but none too memorable or can be identified with, for me. Roger Ebert said it --> it's a space opera. With large brushes of generality and campy dialogue to back it up.
But that is just me, with sentiments toward the other end of the spectrum when it comes to Sci-fi. So STar Trek, Star War, all the same to me. Really.