*****...BUY THIS DVD. **** ...A MUST SEE. *** ...WELL DONE. ** ...HAS REDEEMING MERIT. * ...PATHETIC TIME WASTER. 0 ...DOG TURD.
John Carpenter could have taught Ed Wood a thing or two about how to make high quality bad movies. Filmed in Carpenter's kitchen, DARK STAR is one of those films that refuses to take itself seriously and dares anyone else to do so. Filmed on a lower than shoestring budget, it doesn't make any attempt to hide this fact, but rather to brag about it.
It's very unlikely to make IMDb's Bottom 100 (or Top 250 for that matter).
Dan O' Bannon, who went on to write the screenplay for ALIEN (#66 on IMDb's Top 250 by the way), steals the show as Sgt. Pinback, one who, because of his whiney and childish temperment is largely ignored by the rest of the crew. Like the movie itself, Pinback is not to be taken seriously, which is what makes DARK STAR so hiliariously entertaining, that is, if this is your idea of entertainment. The beachball alien scene is one of the main reasons for either loving, or hating this movie.
Unlike LEONARD, PART 6, or GIGLI, which go out of their way to be annoying, DARK STAR is a golden turkey that really is golden. It's a Space Idioticy that can only be truly appreciated if you happen to watch it in the right frame of mind.
Rating: **** out of *****
John Carpenter could have taught Ed Wood a thing or two about how to make high quality bad movies. Filmed in Carpenter's kitchen, DARK STAR is one of those films that refuses to take itself seriously and dares anyone else to do so. Filmed on a lower than shoestring budget, it doesn't make any attempt to hide this fact, but rather to brag about it.
It's very unlikely to make IMDb's Bottom 100 (or Top 250 for that matter).
Dan O' Bannon, who went on to write the screenplay for ALIEN (#66 on IMDb's Top 250 by the way), steals the show as Sgt. Pinback, one who, because of his whiney and childish temperment is largely ignored by the rest of the crew. Like the movie itself, Pinback is not to be taken seriously, which is what makes DARK STAR so hiliariously entertaining, that is, if this is your idea of entertainment. The beachball alien scene is one of the main reasons for either loving, or hating this movie.
Unlike LEONARD, PART 6, or GIGLI, which go out of their way to be annoying, DARK STAR is a golden turkey that really is golden. It's a Space Idioticy that can only be truly appreciated if you happen to watch it in the right frame of mind.
Rating: **** out of *****