Posts tagged bad sci-fi
2012: The Disaster Movie to End All Others
Feb 16th @ 6:00AM
Whenever I watch one of these kind of movies, I am left with one nagging thought. No, it’s not that the science is a little way too out there. Or that due to sheer mathematical probability the main characters should have died at least a dozen times over. The thought that bothers me, and actually makes these movies more enjoyable, is this: “Wow, they must have been pretty damn high to think this crap up.” It makes sense, right? Why [...]
Bad, So Bad: Splice, A Comedy
Jan 31st @ 5:42PM
I find it hard to describe this movie. This post talks about it a little, mentioned actors and the director. Though I must say that after a full 20 hour day of the Sundance Film Festival, Splice was actually a really great way to end it. If you’ve heard what people are saying about it, well, I’m going to say things a little differently.
First off, don’t ever go see this movie. After reading this post, hopefully you’ll have no reason [...]
Exactly Not What It Appears to Be, The Book of Eli
Jan 16th @ 12:04PM
Contrived and oh so hard to believe. That is a good summation of The Book of Eli. Written by Gary Whitta and directed by the Hughes brothers, this was a generally bad piece of cinema. I tried to like this movie, especially as post-apocalyptic pseudo science fiction, not much good exists of this kind.
This movie stars Denzel Washington as the hero, who can fight amazingly well. A word on the fight scenes, pointless. Absolutely inconsequential to the story. Hey look, he’s [...]
