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Just watched the movie and I can say that...

posted 12 years ago by jeffyoung1
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I can say that THE DARKEST HOUR is fairly entertaining. I go to science fiction movies at the theater to be 'entertained', not to see some philosophical, artsy, mind-numbing, talkie drama. If I walk out of a sci fi movie afterwards feeling entertained then to me the movie was successful. Like most sci-fi flicks, I don't need blood and gore; after all, that's the horror genre. Blood and gore should be kept to a minimum in science fiction; less is more.

However, I don't think the movie, as entertaining as it adequately was to me, was worth the stunning $12 I had to pay. I didn't even know the ticket price had risen since the last movie I'd seen at the same theater one month ago. And this was not the 3D version, which would have cost four dollars more. Since the movie was just a fair sci-fi flick to me, I felt cheated by the high ticket price.

THE DARKEST HOUR would have been a very good, direct-to-dvd movie or a high-quality sci-fi channel flick.

I like the sense of suspense in the movie, almost reminiscent of, "The Vanishing on 7th Street". Bear in mind that THE DARKEST HOUR is a sci-fi movie, not a horror flick. What I appreciated as well is that a deserted foreign city like Moscow can convey the same eerie sense of foreboding, dread, and scary isolation, just like Los Angeles in a similar apocalyptic sci-fi movie. When all the people are gone, a city loses its ethnic and national identity and just becomes, well, a large, empty urban center.

My judgment: Wait till this movie comes out in the rental store and then definitely go rent it.

[–] TheHypnotron 12 years ago

"I can say that THE DARKEST HOUR is fairly entertaining. I go to science fiction movies at the theater to be 'entertained', not to see some philosophical, artsy, mind-numbing, talkie drama. If I walk out of a sci fi movie afterwards feeling entertained then to me the movie was successful."

Translation - if you don't mind being lobotomized, you will not mind watching this film. If you wont take it personal that the producers of this film felt they could give you a story completely devoid of any meaning, devoid of any value, and still take your money then you wont mind watching this or pretty much anything else. If you have bad taste, you will not know this film is rotten.

When you get a little older, you will realize that movies that have no meaning but to "entertain" are garbage. They producers of such movies have no respect for you. They just want to hypnotize you with some flash so they can reach into your pocket and lift your cash.

[–] jeffyoung1 12 years ago

I realize that you completely and totally did not understand what I just wrote and what my opinion was. I understand that you are from a different country and English is not your first language so you do not understand the nuances of what is written in and between the lines.

[–] bhobnine 12 years ago

Translation - if you don't mind being lobotomized, you will not mind watching this film. If you wont take it personal that the producers of this film felt they could give you a story completely devoid of any meaning, devoid of any value, and still take your money then you wont mind watching this or pretty much anything else. If you have bad taste, you will not know this film is rotten.

Devoid of meaning? Aliens invade the Earth to take its resources. A group of English speaking youth visiting Moscow try to survive the carnage. You follow the adventure. Young people have been battling alien blobs since Steve McQueen showed you what happens when you lock one in a freezer. You want some kind of 'meaning' to help you appreciate that? Like the theological tagline at the end of the 1953 version of WAR OF THE WORLDS? Or are you looking for some kind of convoluted Lars von Trier movie, stuffed full of metaphor's tucked so deep you need a notepad to keep track of what you just saw? I enjoyed watching LOST IN SPACE episodes as a kid, im sure the show sold plenty of cornflakes and sneakers in its day, but I'm not going to hold its producers in contempt for trying to make money by entertaining people. This movie may not have had more depth than any other B movie with space creatures in it, but that does not make it of less value to the moviegoer who enjoys such fare. And hell, they introduce the concept of a faraday cage to people who have never seen one in action at your local Van de Graaff generator display. Real science tossed in free of 'charge'! Rotten? If you think this is rotten you havent seen many bad movies.

"Pffft, my suspension of disbelief has higher standards than that"

[–] TheHypnotron 12 years ago

I understood it perfectly. I note you didn't attempt to correct my "misunderstanding." LOL. Instead you just wrote some nonsense.

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[–] futurewriter78 12 years ago

It's funny, Jeff, you didn't even give this movie two thumbs up, and the poster still got on you about liking this movie lol. It's like come on, people.

I loved the movie a lot because I'm a huge fan of thrillers and suspense, but I respect your opinion :)

[–] TNA-Sting_Fan 12 years ago

I liked this movie.

Alison Lohman for Supergirl

[–] nealhd 12 years ago

I also liked this movie. So did everyone I went with. Is this movie great ,no but it was good. But it did entertain us and was suspenseful.

This movie is 10X better than sat syfy sat night crap fest .

I am a fan of B type movies like this. I even liked "Skyline" gasp the horror. Yeah, I did.

I do not understand the hate for some of these movies. And why people need to go on and no about it .

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[–] anaconda89 12 years ago

I just got back from a showing. It was decent enough entertainment but I don't think it was anything special.

I thought the concept of the invisible aliens was pretty cool and the action scenes were clever, but the acting wasn't very good and some of the dialogue was just cringe-worthy (although I was semi-expecting both of these things).

I respect the opinions of others here and thought I would throw in mine. It isn't one I'll be watching again but I was fairly entertained by it.

[–] denise1234 12 years ago

jeffyoung1^

I enjoyed the movie, too, and I thought about 'The Vanishing on 7th Street' also when I was watching it :)

I, however, watched it on Pay Per View, so only forked out $4.99 to watch it, and I felt it was worth *that* price.

To me, $12.00 for ANY flick is too much...

'Vanishing' I was able to stream for free.

Cheers!

"We would have been fine, if there hadn't been any.....mess"