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DVD The Core (Widescreen Edition)
Smarter than Armageddon and equally extreme, The Core is high-tech Hollywood hokum at its finest. It's scientifically ridiculous, but this variant of Fantastic Voyage at least tries to be credible as it plunges deep into the earth's inner core, where a formulaic team of experts pilot an earth-boring ship to jump-start the planet's spinning molten interior, now stalled by a military secret that could seal the fate of all humankind. It's a geophysicist's wet dream that only a fine ensemble cast could rescue from absurdity, and director Jon Amiel (Entrapment, Copycat) draws excellent work (and plenty of humorous interplay) from Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Stanley Tucci, Delroy Lindo, and a host of memorable supporting players, especially The New Guy's D.J. Qualls as the world's greatest cyber-nerd. With enough digital F/X disasters to satisfy anyone's apocalyptic fantasies, this is a popcorn thriller with all the bells and whistles that its genre demands. Sit back, pump up the volume, and enjoy the dazzling ride. --Jeff Shannon
I'm a little late to review this move but review it I will: Regardless of "The Core" shortcomings in script or production value, it's a great film. Apparently, all the reviewers are focusing on the shortcomings but not on the "message," the theme: whoever you are, while the world is about to end in the most horrible way, you will rise to the occasion to do what you have to do: sacrifice yourself so that humanity or just your family can survive. The characters in the film who aren't hero material conducted themselves heroically, regard of the pain of lose. But this isn't my only reason for the review. The overall antagonism against this film, I believe, was orchestrated by NASA. Why: NASA's prime mission-and the reason for its survivable-depend on its mission to Mars to be successful. In other words, funding. "The Core" exposed NASA's Mars mission as a failure: Mars do not have an electro-magnetic field. For Mars inner cords are frozen solid. That why its volcanoes are dead. Why the surface of Mars is dead and no amount of Terra-forming is going to resituate Mars for human's existence. And no amount of science will be able to reflect the magnitude the sun's lethal radioactive particles that are bombarding the surface of Mars. The antagonists for this movie are aware of the above and they'll keep putting this movie down until it disappears from the consciousness of the American public.
I don't understand reviewers sometimes
First off lets start by saying that "The Core" is a Science "FICTION" film, yes fiction folks...the movie isnt meant to be real. We all know in this day and age of technology that if something of this magnitude would happen we would all burn up in a firey inferno. We can't maintain our computers much less build a giant centipede like machine to burrow to the center of the earth. Thats the beauty of this film and why i really enjoyed it. Basically it poses at "what if" we could do something about it kind of question, what would it be, and does it quite well i might ad. This movie has top notch special effects, much better than what "The Day After Tomorrow" could dish out, the acting is very good, yes these people actually "cry" and get very emotional when someone dies along the journey, they don't just shrug there shoulders and say oh well lets move on. Also the storyline is thin but very appealing, i like the way that they found each member of the crew and i also like the hacker that they found to use for there dirty work. So all in all this is what it says a "SCI-FI" movie that doesnt base anything on ok yeah we could sure do this or that, it just gets to the point and does it. And whoever is doing the science as i saw one reviewer say, has way to much time on there hands. Who really cares about whats the probability of the ship going there, or i don't think they'ed have enough air, or i don't think so. This is a fictional film folks, so watch it as such, and leave all your realistic interpretations of this film out of it. Enjoy.
Good science fiction
The interpersonal script of the movie is not good, but the visual effects and the science are marvelous!
Supreme silliness doesn't stop The Day After Tomorrow from being lots of fun for connoisseurs of epic-scale disaster flicks. After the blockbuster profits of Independence Day and Godzilla, you can't blame director Roland Emmerich for using global warming as a politically correct excuse for destroying most of the northern hemisphere. Like most of Emmerich's films, this one emphasizes special effects over such lesser priorities as well-drawn characters and plausible plotting, and his dialogue (cowritten by Jeffrey Nachmanoff) is so laughably trite that it could be entirely eliminated without harming the movie. It's the spectacle that's important here, not the lame, recycled plot about father and son (Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal) who endure an end-of-the-world scenario... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Dennis Quaid - Jake Gyllenhaal - Emmy Rossum Director(s): Roland Emmerich DVD Release Date: Released the 12 October 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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In delivering PG-13-rated excitement, Alien vs. Predator is an acceptably average science-fiction action thriller with some noteworthy highlights, even if it squanders its opportunity to intelligently combine two popular and R-rated franchises. Rabid fans can justifiably ask "Is that all there is?" after a decade of development hell and eager anticipation, but we're compensated by reasonably logical connections to the Alien legacy and the still-kicking Predator franchise (which hinted at AVP rivalry at the end of Predator 2); some cleverly claustrophobic sets, tense atmosphere and impressive digital effects; and a climactic AVP smackdown that's not half bad. This disposable junk should've been better, but nobody who's seen Mortal Kombat or... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Sanaa Lathan - Raoul Bova - Lance Henriksen - Ewen Bremner Director(s): Paul W.S. Anderson DVD Release Date: Released the 25 January 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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A great big rock hits the earth, and lots of people die. That's pretty much all there is to it, and most of that was in the trailer. Can a major Hollywood movie really squeak by with such a slender excuse for a premise? The old disaster-movie king, cheese-meister Irwin Allen (The Poseidon Adventure, Earthquake), would have made a kitsch classic out of this, with Charlton Heston, rather than a resigned and mumbly Robert Duvall, as the veteran astronaut who risks several lives trying to blow up the comet that's headed right this way! As stiffly directed by Mimi Leder, this thick slice of ham errs on the side of solemnity. It may the be most earnest end-of-the-world picture since Stanley Kramer's atomic-doom drama On the Beach. There are a couple of classic... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Robert Duvall - Téa Leoni - Elijah Wood - Morgan Freeman Director(s): Mimi Leder DVD Release Date: Released the 05 October 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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As paranoid cop Del Spooner, Will Smith (Independence Day, Men in Black) displays both his trademark quips and some impressive pectoral muscles in I, Robot. Only Spooner suspects that the robots that provide the near future with menial labor are going to turn on mankind--he's just not sure how. When a leading roboticist dies suspiciously, Spooner pursues a trail that may prove his suspicions. Don't expect much of a connection to Isaac Asimov's classic science fiction stories; I, Robot, the action movie, isn't prepared for any ruminations on the significance of artificial intelligence. This likable, efficient movie won't break any new ground, but it does have an idea or two to accompany its jolts and thrills, which puts it ahead of most recent action flicks.... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Will Smith - Bridget Moynahan - Bruce Greenwood Director(s): Alex Proyas DVD Release Date: Released the 14 December 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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While setting a milestone in the progress of digital filmmaking, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow resurrects a nostalgic fantasy world derived from a wide variety of vintage inspirations. It's a dazzling dream for anyone who appreciates the look and feel of golden-age sci-fi pulp magazines, drawing its unique, all-digital design from such diverse sources as Howard Hawks adventures, Fritz Lang's Metropolis, Buck Rogers, Blackhawk comics, The Third Man, cliffhanger serials, and the action-packed Indiana Jones franchise. Writer-director Kerry Conran's feature debut is also guaranteed to inspire digital dreamers everywhere, suggesting a paradigm shift in the way CGI-dominated movies are made. It's a giddy adventure for the young and young-at-heart, in... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Gwyneth Paltrow - Jude Law - Angelina Jolie Director(s): Kerry Conran DVD Release Date: Released the 25 January 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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