Mission to Mars (movie, 2000)

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Mission to Mars (movie, 2000)

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It should be better known. It is an obscure discarded dreg of a film but it presses so many cautionary buttons.

The script is indistinguishable from any mid-fifties Hollywood scifi B-movie written forty years before than the film's production. The dialog is embarrassing. Practically no scene passes without an obligatory Stars and Stripes and a USA logo on every visible surface. The plot is simply disgusting from start to finish, there is no attempt at realism, no passing nod to the laws of physics. I have absolutely no idea why an sane human would have wanted this movie made in the first place.

Directed by Brian De Palma who made Carrie, The Untouchables and Mission: Impossible, so it's mainstream. Produced for Disney.

Watch it and squirm from start to finish.

And did I mention how dire the wooden acting is?
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I liked Carrie. :oops:
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Betty Boop wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 6:57 am I liked Carrie. :oops:
Unsurprisingly I have seen none of the three named. They are unsavory.
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Carrie was interesting. I preferred the book.
Untouchables was entertaining, if you like shoot 'em ups. The most memorable scene involved a baby carriage.
Mission: Impossible a bunch of stunts, loosely tied to a forgettable plot.

I'd watch the Mars thing, if I could do so without paying for it. Amazon wants 4 bucks. Meh.
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