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Brian Narelle,
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Andreijah Pahich,
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John Carpenter
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: Magic Lantern
: Comedies, Science Fiction , Aliens
: 83 min.
: English
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The directorial debut of horrormeister John Carpenter comes in the way of Dark Star a parody of Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece, 2001--A Space Odyssey. The story follows four hippyish techno-nerds in their mission through deep space to destroy planets and ward off boredom and loneliness as they attempt to hold on to what little they can remember of Earth. When their weapons system malfunctions, they are forced to deal with a "smart" bomb trapped in the launching mechanism, and the acting captain (Dan O'Bannon) must debate phenomenology with the device in order to dissuade it from destroying them all. The film also features an imaginative and amusing struggle between a crew member (Dre Pahich) and an inflatable alien he attempts to keep as a pet, a long reflection on the virtues of surfing, a series of personality struggles, and a cryogenically-frozen captain whose brain is preserved on computer for the purpose of consultation. ~ Jeremy Beday, All Movie Guide
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by TheBeat
February 22, 2008 - 11:57 AM PST
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1 out of 1 members found this review helpful
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When I watched the ëdited version of this film, I found it confusing and missing scenes that I remembered from watching it in a theater. I found that if you watch the uncut version, the movie makes much more sense.
That said, it is a low budget, fairly slow moving film. But it is pretty funny in its own way. |
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by scarabin
August 12, 2005 - 12:43 AM PDT
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5 out of 7 members found this review helpful
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i like nerdy movies, but this one just fails on so many levels. okay, i can get past the shitty production and low budget of this 'film', but it still comes off as some crap hack film student project. the jokes are weak at best, it's impossible to give a crap about any of the characters, and worst of all, it's p a i n f u l l y s l o w.
people keep saying, "oh, but it's just so funny, ha ha", but it isn't. i almost get the impression that nobody REALLY likes it, it's just that you guys get off on being able to name some obscure work by a now-famous director, and only keep mentioning it because others do.
well the truth is out. the emperor is wearing no clothes, and this film sucks.
man, this was so not worth the rent. |
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