Stargate

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Joe L Great movie that turned into a great TV series. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/23/25 Full Review Blu B A 90's Sci Fi classic. It's very much a 80's fantasy adventure movie with a Spielberg like tone to it done in the 90's. Which is a good thing. It's got a lot of charm and childlike sense of wonder to it and a strong world/memorable setting. Great set designs and on location too. The cinematography is really good thanks to the really well done and clean special effects. A perfect mixture of digital while mostly practical. The costumes, great direction from Emmerich who hasn't yet fallen into self parody, and memorable action sets it apart. The music is really good and arguably the best thing. It's really well used, makes a lot of scenes even better, and really gives it a great sense of wonder, discovery, and adventure. I wish it was a bit more catchy on it's own. The acting and pacing is solid too. No one really has that much depth but there well acted, got some decent chemistry, and the villian is pretty cool too. There's charm to a lot of the side performances too that help. The editing isn't bad but it can get a bit jumpy at times. The setup before they go into the portal and arrive at the city is really good and the strongest part of the film. It does such a great job setting things up in a clear and concise way. It keeps the expose pretty simple and easy to follow. It does slow down a bit with the romance subplot, the villian, jumping between the other soldiers at basecamp, and when it cuts back to certain things it seems like it skips certain parts at times and just picks up right where we miss something. Maybe I wasn't paying attention enough I don't know. It happened a few times during the fights in general going between the bad guys and back to Spader & Russell. Regardless it's a simple enough story to still follow and despite the script being a bit unrefined at certain points in the middle and a bit in the end fight it works quite well overcoming it. I do wish we got more development with the villian as he was pretty cool and we just got a cool backstory but I wanted more. Regardless, anyone who is a fan of 80's/90's Sci-Fi, the director, any actors in this, or even Spielberg type films should give this a try. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/08/25 Full Review Android G para las personas que nos fascina la ciencia, astronomía, esto es fascinante los viajes de una dimensión a otra, es ciencia ficción. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/03/25 Full Review Audience Member Did the screenwriters even consider constructing a coherent PLOT for this PoS? It makes Water World look like a masterpiece! I bailed at the 90 minute mark. I guess the special effects were pretty cool for three decades ago, but besides the usual saboteur subplot that would embarrass Dr. Zachary Smith, what TF is in this? Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/11/24 Full Review azeem h Stargate is a conundrum, it failed spectacularly at the Box Office, yet was the start of Roland Emmerich's blockbuster career after getting a box office hit with Universal Soldier. The film itself would then inspire the probably the greatest Sci-Fi show of the 21st Century Stargate SG-1. It's odd because all the ingredients that the show use was originated in the film. Essentially the film does the heavy lifting the world building the mythology and SG-1 uses it as a jumping point. I think it failed because it is exactly that it looks like a big budget TV pilot it doesn't help that prime Kurt Russell looks disinterested having barely any lines, at the start he's supposedly suicidal after his child is dead from an accidental gun discharge, that rarely pays off here unlike in the show. James Spader is solid as the professor who is isn't believed by his peers but turns out us right all along. On its own it's a solid Sci-Fi film not particularly terrible but not blow your mind good but we do have to thank it for what came after. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/24/24 Full Review Shay W It's Kurt Russel versus ancient Egyptians. But, not just any ancient Egyptians, alien ancient Egyptians! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/24/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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