Is it because it's so awesome people can't handle it?
I don't mind that much, it's kind of fun having an amazing movie "to yourself" that the a lot of the world doesn't know about but ....
still totally sucks to see 30% or whatever on Rotten Tomatoes.
I'm also pretty surprised by the low scores. The critics I get, because they're pretentious assholes, but I'd think the audience score would be higher.
I just got done watching the movie for the first time and enjoyed it. It's a fun humans-take-on-crazy-creatures movie and has a great cast as well.
Apparently the film also performed quite poorly at the box office but has since gained a cult following. I had never even heard of the movie until someone else referenced it in a discussion about Stephen Sommers.
The critics I get, because they're pretentious assholes, but I'd think the audience score would be higher."
Apparently the film also performed quite poorly at the box office but has since gained a cult following.
It's an entertaining film for sure. I have some nitpicks, but overall I thought it was a cool sci-fi actioner/creature feature. I'm pretty surprised I had never heard of it before. I asked a friend and he had never heard of it either. It makes me wonder how much effort they put into marketing the film when it was released, because I was a regular moviegoer in 1998.
It's funny, I've seen a lot of things where Stephen Sommers has been called a bad director. For instance, this:
https://www.joblo.com/movie-news/movie-jail-this-weeks-defendant-isstephen-sommers-288
And this:
https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/poll-michael-bay-stephen-sommers/
But I have enjoyed most of his movies. I haven't seen Huck Finn since it was released, but I remember enjoying it as a kid. Deep Rising and Van Helsing are fun, and The Mummy is legit one of the greatest adventure movies ever made and just an all-around awesome fucking time. GI Joe was at least a watchable popcorn film as well. The only movie of his that I've seen that I was really disappointed by was The Mummy Returns.
I wish he worked more often. Not sure if he's not offered more gigs or if he just likes only working occasionally, but his output has been pretty sparse post-2000 and he hasn't released a film now in 8 years.
Not sure why.
It's a typical Sommers fun romp. A likeable hero and a beautiful Woman who tags along, a bumbling comedic sidekick, action and humor aplenty.
I just looked it up on IMDb and was actually surprised the rating is as high as it is. 6.1 is pretty decent for this kind of movie. Personally I wasn't a fan and gave it a 4/10, though I don't remember it well enough to offer specific critiques.
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