I can’t remember the last time a film took a sharper turn into abysmally awful. I found the first two thirds all right, sleek visuals (the crew watching Mercury’s orbit was rather neat) but then, well…wow. Be warned — even Cillian Murphy’s bright blue eyes couldn’t distract me from the massive trainwreck that occurs.
Funny enough, Danny Boyle was actually at the screening and introduced the film, speaking quite a bit about Alien and its influence on him as a moviegoer. Perhaps the third act was in fact what they had in mind all along, and somewhere along the lines of production they decided to go the “deep” sci-fi route, making a real mess of it? In any case, Boyle did not stick around for any Q&A. Wish I could have witnessed that.
Huddleston’s thoughts
Ian’s thoughts
by Jenny Jediny | Source: Fox Searchlight Theatrical Print
01 Aug 2007 1:10 PM | Submit Comment