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Freaky Faron (2006)
Budget type movie with some nice ideas.
I cannot agree with previous reviewers of this image. This is definitely not a brilliant movie, however it wasn't that bad. It's not also good enough to give it 8 stars (in my opinion only). Some people gave it only one star :/ I have no idea why... The screenplay had lot of possibilities some of them were wasted some were not. Main character was really nicely played. It wasn't an Oscar creation but still was quite good. The best thing was the mood of this movie, a little bit in Donnie Darko style. It was dark, static and strange (however i must say Donnie Darko was much better). Most important thing is that it's not a movie for everyone. I mean if you are a sf fan with desire to see spectacular CG effects you will be disappointed. There are no CG effects at all...well there are no special effects too (even standard camera tricks). The movie itself could be a little bit longer and maybe (just maybe) it could have a different ending. After last scene I got the feeling that CD1 ended an i'm waiting for CD2 to start :) Anyway the ending was supposed to tell us something (unfortunately i missed it). However I can understand the creators, after all the ending wasn't that senseless. This is a kind of budget movie so beware of huge Avatar like expectations.
I recommend this movie to all fans of more independent type of pictures. I really enjoyed it. I'm also pretty sure that with more money (Hollywood amounts), little review of script (different ending and some more background plot lines) huge dose of hype (see Twilight Saga ;), better camera work (see Black Howk Down ;)and really famous director (doesn't matter which one) it would be a real blockbuster.
Battlestar Galactica (2004)
Nicely done...
Definitely a 'must see' for sf fans. The series reminds me the hours with Homeworld and Homeworld 2 video games. If you played any of these and you enjoyed it, you must see Galactica. It's climate is quite similar so probably you will love it too. There is one more huge advantage which makes this series good. I normally hate pathetic mumbo jumbo in the movies especially TV series. BG had it's moments too but they weren't hurting me so much :) I can really stand them and what's more important I could actually see the purpose of them. So 10 stars for scriptwriters, director and Admiral Adama!!! For me this was the best sf series I've ever seen so 10 stars from here.
PS. As far as I know season 4 was the last one and they wanted to end the story...and well scriptwriter did a really great job again as the ending was very nicely done, definitely not disappointing.
The Last Templar (2009)
1 star for last 20 minutes and 4 stars for the rest
I can agree that the movie wasn't so bad, the script wasn't the Oscar one but for video or mini-series movie I could handle it. There were some inconsistencies in the script (for example the Templar castle yard wasn't covered by volcanic ashes:///) but OK I can accept this too...There is one thing I just cannot accept in a film like this one...Christian moralizing mambo jumbo at the last 20 minutes of the picture. It was really stupid, useless and ruined the entire script.
I consider this movie like Sunday afternoon time-eater for families, but the last 20 minutes make me fell I was watching religious drama. The worst scene was the one when mid-aged archaeologist throws away the precious Templar manuscript she was pursuing last 2 hours of the movie...stupid...I believe this should convince us that she finally understood the 'faith' but come on, it could have been much, much better, like in Contact with J.Foster for example. Anyway I give only 3 stars but remember 1 star goes for the last 20 minutes and 4 stars goes to the rest of the movie...
Pathfinder (2007)
Better go to church...
The worst movie I have ever seen!!! Only pictures are OK, rest is a total crap, the worst thing is a screenplay. The movie is inconsequent from the beginning till end. I cannot even name this crap a 'movie' better thing would be a slide-show with background music and dialogues. First hour is just mega-boring, and when comes to action it's even worse. I really can't understand people who say that this movie is good, is wasn't even entertaining and funny. It was miserable. I thought that the worst movie I've ever seen is "Wiedzmin" (The Witcher), but guess what, "Pathfinder" is much worse!!! OMG this is impossible you will say, but OMG it's true!!! I advise you to watch this crap just to see and understand how bad the movie can be. After one hour of watching you will say that AvP is an Oscar creation. Have fun!!!