I started seeing the trailers for this flick last year, and the trailers scared the beejeesus out of me. I looked forward to the movie with great anticipation, but was totally let down. How could they make a bad movie with Morgan Freeman?? I mean, they really had to try, I guess. The premise (alien invasion and government conspiracy, like the X Files) gets lost in a typical Stephen King backstory involving some dorky kids in Maine, of course. How many times can one author use the same story--I thought I was watching "It", another King movie; much better, I might add. The photography (in British Columbia, Canada) is stunning and the special effects are top-notch...but movie is really hard to sit through. The cast, including Morgan Freeman, does a great job and I'm sure they were all well-paid to appear in this.
Skip it and see something else this weekend.
Skip it and see something else this weekend.