Don't take kids to it

Rating: 7/10 (11 July 2005)

Well before I say anything in particular about the movie I have something to say about the rating. This is supposed to be a PG-13 movie. I consider my self as open minded and take the ratings with a grain of salt or two. Nevertheless I have issue in this case mainly because this movie can be quite disturbing at times. At first I saw the rating and thought, my kid (10) can see this. SW III was PG-13, right? and he has seen some R movies (like the Matrix) with no problem. Of course I wouldn't take it to see Kill Bill, but a PG-13 is OK... Some possible spoilers ahead. In this case I was wrong, a river full of floating bodies, or a machine *fertilizing* the land with fresh blood is not something to take lightly. I do think that this should have been rated R. To end my criticism about ratings I will say that if the movie had 1 naked boob and no blood it would have been R. I guess extreme violence is preferable to the suggestion of sex.... /rant out
Now the movie is OK. And with that I mean, is very well crafted, that suspense and tension are very well handled. The only problem with the utter realism of the movie is that the end is not believable. They've been preparing this for thousands of years and don't know about germs? I guess this derives from the original H.G. Wells novel. Perhaps the approach of Sky Captain would have been more palatable in this case or at least a more satisfactory explanations of how they get sick. In spite of the very weak ending the movie is , again, very well done, the effects are nice and the realism is to a good exempt frightening, which is good.