bcmantonya

I've seen some bad sci-fi movies. I just watched Star Trek V, now that was not a stellar movie. Bad sets, bad dialogue, mediocre acting. It basically was just a way for William Shatner to make himself look good. This movie, on the other hand, is a solid movie. Interesting and unusual sets, beautiful costumes, characters that are unique and fun. The CGI is good and believable. Yes, there are a few bad one liners, and Eddie Redmayne tries his best to be like Gary Oldman in The Fifth Element but falls very flat and comes off just ridiculous. But I can see what he was going for. And it's more fun to watch than the typical bad guy phoning it in saying the same bad lines with a grumpy look on his face.

Channing did a great job (only complaint was that his beard and hair color were too light. Would have looked better with dark, almost black with grey streaks). Sean Bean was solid as always. Mila did exactly what she was meant to do which was be cute and stunning. The costumes on her were perfect, top notch! The captain of the Aegis was really good, as well as the robot helper when Mila was getting her license I think. The story was entertaining and all in all, I think it's a good solid movie. I think you'd enjoy it.

I've now seen this movie twice. The first time, I didn't realize until afterwards it is tied into the Alien movies. It had been a while since I'd seen any of them, so I missed all the clues. It was probably because I was rather confused watching this the first time.

Having seen it a second time, I'm still confused. The characters are borderline stupid. Inconsistent and boring honestly. The storyline makes very little sense. Entire characters weren't necessary to the plot. At all. Most characters were poorly written and terribly flat. The science doesn't make sense, the plot doesn't make sense, the characters' actions don't make sense.

I will not be watching this a third time.