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Power Corps. (2004)
wow
This movie is- without a doubt- among the worst movies ever made. Not Mission Impossible: III bad, not Battlefield Earth bad, not even Bloodrayne bad, just flat out bad, and I say that as a true veteran of terrible movies. I wish I could say with some degree of confidence that if only a certain part of the movie had been removed, or a certain aspect of it improved, that it would have been good- but I would be lying. The plot is marginal. The acting is TERRIBLE. The special effects are positively laughable, and worst of all, the entire movie could best be described as a montage of the 10,000 most clichéd movie moments of all time. A cyborg steals a line from Terminator; the intro is stolen (tits and all) from the base camp scene in Starship Troopers; the ship is ripped wholesale from Wing Commander; the sound effects, as mentioned previously, are unbelievably close to half life... the list is endless. In short- it was everything I was looking for when I went to Blockbuster, but I feel a certain relief that I did not actually have to purchase this film in order to witness its violent imperfection.
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Tempest in Space
One of the finest movies of its type, Forbidden Planet is actually a space opera based on Shakespeare's The Tempest. Especially for the time, the special effects are incredible, and they pull off with ease what many modern movies fail to do- integrate theme and visuals. While the acting may be sub par compared to many of today's movies, and the film quality is obviously much lower, I think it compares favorably overall to almost any other movie in science fiction, if only for its successful integration of disparate elements into a cohesive and compelling whole. As another has already pointed out, the 50th anniversary edition of this came out recently, and is very much worth purchasing for fans of the genre.
Wendigo (2001)
ummm....no.
look y'all- put down your needles and spoons, time to lay off the smack. This movie was as good as a fifty cent whore. And I'd feel less diseased the morning after if i went with "shanghi jenny". The little bear suit with a deer head sewn on was a nice touch though- NOT. The so-called monster? Fog and a brief (if rather nicely done) stick figure. And the aforementioned bear-suit-con-deer-head. All I can say is, good acting, and the one cgi shot in the movie was good, but if you want anything approaching scary or, I dunno, logical (whoa! perhaps I go too far...) this movie is NOT it. Go with El Chupacabra- it is, sad to say, far better.