Pacionsbo
Absolutely Fantastic
FuzzyTagz
If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.
Arianna Moses
Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
Lela
The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.
pseudonymous-uontu
This isn't a big movie---it's a simple story without twists and dilemmas and haunted complicated emotional bits. But it's Asimov, so you should expect nothing else. It's like a lengthy scifi short story, something you would find in an anthology.The movie made me really happy, though. They use a lot of archetypal sets---the archaeological dig with snake pits and drinks-in-the-afternoon bars with sand floors and monkeys (iirc someone was even paid in coins kept in a leather bag), the expensive glass building with indoor waterfall, the musty religious temple with lots of columns, the spooky cave lit by kerosene-dipped rag torches. One might say it's unimagineative, but I found it a comforting way to communicate familiar ideas quickly and effortlessly.I don't want to hear any hog-slaver about how the movie was cheap because it was set in India---I thought the production quality was completely adequate. And I certainly won't entertain this nonsense about Jennifer Burns not being ''convincing'' whatever that means. Jennifer Burns completely made the movie for me. I thought she was open and gracious. You should keep this movie within reach at all times. Watch it with some ice cream and strawberries once you get home after embarrassing yourself by crying on the subway. (again.)
clegg-5
Other then the title and maybe 20 lines of dialog (mostly taken out of context) this screenplay has absolutely no resemblance to the great story Asimov penned. Even most of the characters in the movie are not part of the original story. In addition, the feeling I had after watching it was that it was a high budget student film created by a college film major with the help of some fellow students.It is also obvious that it was filmed in India as almost all the extras and scenery have a definite Indian look and feel, which did not portray an alien world at all, including the poor and inconsistent red filtering effects for ambient light. Getting past the butcher job on the original script, it was a comedic movie and a good candidate for Mystery Science Theater 3000. Yes, it was that bad!
sonoffi
I would have never watched this film from the start to the beginning if Jennifer Burns wouldn't have been so beautiful. This woman needs to get more roles. She can also act. The film was almost as bad as people say, but hey, the budget must have been pretty small. I haven't read the original book and am not planning to but this was not totally a waste of time. Burnings were created using miniatures, but you will get the idea when watching it. Consider watching it if you like Sci-Fi. I do not like Sci-Fi at all (there are of course some exceptions) but I still think this was not complete piece of excrement. It is nice that people make films and don't have just dollars on their minds.
sblarney
... people that don't give a rat's ass about the genre they direct are allowed to direct.in other words, a chick who clearly digs Oprah and Lifetime TV is given hardcore classic science fiction. what's next? A Jane Campion wannabe given the Helm to direct a James Bond Flick? couldn't be any worse, really. This film proves an old adage: ALWAYS CHECK THE CREDITS on a film before wasting any $$ on it.sidenote: Corman is not to be blamed for this. He is only the name of the brand. the Director is responsible for all the bad judgement calls cited beforehand and probably for making sure the sci-fi elements were written out and replaced with the melodramatic crappola.
