Smartorhypo
Highly Overrated But Still Good
Humaira Grant
It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
Kaydan Christian
A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
kornerpokett
I have never seen anything like this. Why is this movie just going at it and trying to be all cutesy and trying to throw thrills or suspense at us? Was it trying to create precious memories for future nostalgia that only E.T. pulled off? There is nothing, and I mean nothing that I can get from this movie that makes me say, "Awwww" or "Gasp! Oh no!" All this can throw at you is pure confusion, hopelessness, and lifelessness throughout from frame to frame, beginning to end.Okay, try watching snot flow down a runny nose coming from an ugly alien. Does that sound endearing or cutesy? Or how about watching the same alien pull off a random dance routine with fog coming out of nowhere? Are you starting to like this movie now?The characters were lifeless (meaning poorly-acted). The only characters that were so alive were the talking animals! Yes, the animals! They put off a better performance than human beings! (It's funny that the movie doesn't even explain why they talk) But it doesn't stop there; the costumes for the aliens didn't even work! Nukie's blinking couldn't even match, and nor does his mouth move when he talks! Either way, if it was trying to stir my emotions to make me feel for any of the characters involved, it did not. This movie tugged not even one of my heartstrings. Every scene throughout this trash was pure torture, causing in me a desperate feeling of wanting it to be over so I can turn it off and watch or do something else. As much I love watching bad movies just for the fun of it, I couldn't with this. Not this.Now I know exactly why it's called "one of the worst movies in cinematic history." For something this bad, I can safely say that this is truly the "worst of the worst."Avoid watching Nukie at all costs, even just for fun. 95 minutes of your life that you're never gonna get back.
callh00
I am only halfway through this movie but after reading a review for it on this website I felt I must respond! It has several interesting points which make it worth watching. I like that the e.t.s can communicate with Simians but not with other animals. I like the shirt wearing chimp. I like that the shirt wearing chimp uses the word Simian. I like that the nun sends the Africans out of the church during the earthquake, saying "If the roof falls in while you are in here, you will die!", rather then just asking God not to crush everyone. I think the twin boys and the witchdoctor are awesome. There is a scene where the scientist gets out of the helicopter at the Afican village and a driver loads his luggage into the trunk of a car. Later the scientist gets into the car, and you see that it is only the back half of a car, the driver has turned it into a donkey - powered taxi. I have never seen such a vehicle in any other movie, and if you don't watch "Nukie", neither will you!
lepoisson-1
Some bad movies are funny. Some bad movies are so confusing they become a personal challenge to decipher. Some bad movies are so bad they're good. Some bad movies are just pure entertainment. Nukie is none of the above. This is positively the worst movie I have ever seen. The "friend" who lent it to me made me promise I'd watch to the bitter end. Let the world know I endured the entire Nukie (and the ending almost made it worthwhile).Nukie is a painful experience. How could this be written? How could this be directed and filmed? I pass this as a warning...every second of this movie is unwatchable. I certainly wouldn't let my kids watch it - they'd get nightmares.I don't understand the reviewers here that gave this movie a positive rating, unless maybe they had a copy to dump. This movie doesn't even sell on EBAY when listed for 99 cents. 'Nuff said?
jedburg
I have seen many movies in my time, many good, many bad. About 2 years ago my friends and I began watching films that could fall under the "so bad it's good" category, an often amusing, but none the less hit and miss approach to entertainment. After much thought I have concluded that 'Nukie' is in a class entirely of its own.'Nukie' is in ways astonishing, in that it seems to melt the brain of those that watch it into a messy syrup. What makes Nukie so brutally awful is hard to pinpoint, but the main issues seem to be in the characters, and the overall pace of the movie. The characters are nauseating to say the least, with the tortured, draining whimpers of aliens' Nukie and Miko becoming a motif throughout the course of the film. The Nukie costume is an assault on the senses, with a vulgar 'groin bump' and Hitler snot too, the 'hero' is not the cute extra-terrestrial the videos box promises at all. The plot is non existent, and whenever the story seems to be getting somewhere something horrific happens that seems to shoot down all the progress that damn alien has made (if any). Whats more, 'Nukie' has the bizarre quality of slowing down time, making this the most agonizing 95 minutes of you life.I bought a 'Nukie' video for $2 and was hoping for a movie to tear to pieces with my friends. We lasted about 20 minutes before it got us. I think others who have seen this will understand.Not only is 'Nukie' the worst film I have seen, it is the worst film I will EVER see.Be prepared.Miko!
