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Paradox (2016)
Usual Suspects Wannabe
Not sure what I can say about this movie that doesn't offend anyone that had a role in making it. I'm not sure what film the first two reviewers were watching but it sure as hell wasn't the same one the rest of us were. I'd hazard a guess that they have some link to the film. I have dubiously given this film a 3 purely because I did sit through all of it; and it would be a little harsh to rate it as low as some of the films I've switched off after ten minutes. That being said, I do feel that I've wasted 90 odd minutes of my life.
Despite liking the premise of the movie, as I'm a big SyFy and time travel fan, the film had an awful script, an even worse dialogue and acting that can only be described as 'below amateur'. I know there are some films where the dialogue simply can not be acted out well, and some of the actors in this were trying really hard. But the lead role is diabolical. I really don't understand from the moment he said his opening line why the director didn't say "Out!!!". Even more dis-satisfactory than that was the really lame attempt to create a 'Usual Suspects' type mystery and ending; but it simply pays a huge disservice to the classic.
I could go on, but I'll just warn you all against watching this movie. Especially if you're a die hard SyFy fan. It will only disappoint.
Interview with a Hitman (2012)
Not my cup of tea.
Alas I cannot make a judgement on the entire film. I was actually unable to make it through 10 minutes without screaming for the directors head on a plate. It takes a lot for me to take time out of my life to write a review on here, but this start to a film infuriated me. I'm sure it's to some peoples liking, and I am not one to judge others on their taste. It was simply far too slow, quiet, and annoyingly boring for my liking. I've always thought Luke Goss was a good actor, so I'm sure if I was tied to a chair and forced to watch it past the 10 minute mark, it may well be a good film. However, it's rating says it all.
Odyssey 5 (2002)
More Odyssey 5
I've only just watched this series after being told by my "elder" "less science fiction" fan friends not to, and I really think this series so deserves at least another season. Why start with the fantastic episode of seeing the earth explode and the idea of going back to prevent it from devastation, and end without answering it? OK I agree that there may have been moments during the season when you thought the story was off the point, and that the Odyssey 5's personal stories got in the way of what we wanted to see. And I agree that they certainly made a few continuity/paradoxical errors along the way, but as a whole I think it kept people wanting to know more. And certainly in the 20th episode (fossil), the revelation that the Cardrai are actually trying to use the "Bright Sky" project to beat the Centrients surely redeems the show. If only to see Tamara Craig Thomas again!! Come on Peter Weller and Manny Coto, you have a large following that wants more :) If I had the money I'd produce and direct it myself!! (Sorry if I spelt Cardrai and Centrients wrong, but they looked right to me) :)
Watchmen (2009)
Poor poor poor
I was so looking forward to this movie for such a long time, and now that I've seen it I feel like I've been horribly abused by the movie world! What a waste of two hours and forty minutes of my life. I mean seriously, what was it all about? The whole "who done it" plot could have been solved within the hour, and we could have all gone home to watch an episode of friends, just to put a smile back on our faces. I know it's from a graphic novel, so the script is the script, but maybe a novel it should have stayed. Everybody is allowed their own opinions I guess, and I certainly know people that have liked this film, for their own strange and twisted reasons! But for me it was a poor story, poorly put. Cheesy scenes, and even cheesier characters and costumes. The one saving grace for me was Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach. At least his character had a little................ well, character!!!