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Release Date: 03 August, 2004 Retail Price: $19.99 OUR Price: $17.99 You SAVE: $2.00! Cast: Complete Cast (7 total) |
The Black Hole Reviews
amusing dark star
a classic sci-fi flick that offers subtle, yet powerful techniques that enthrall the viewer. From the menacing nature of the ship and its inhabitants to the beauty of one of the co-stars and her psychic relationship to her robotic peer, there is much to love here. Several notable actors, including Tony Perkins, appear in this highly entertaining film.
This marks what I consider to be one of the first times that Disney became adventurous and willing to take on darker and more chilling themes than before. The movie is challenging and mysterious and explores some of the more fascinating themes of human to robot interaction that speaks of what is to come.
V.I.N.CENT and a Starry Night
I like the premise of this film, some of the vast gothic settings, the mad scientist plot device, and the idea that black holes are passageways to heaven and hell is quite amusing. But I rate this film low for several reasons. (1) I cannot forgive the fact that in virtually every scene where a human is floating about in zero gravity, or where a robot is cruising through the air, the black piano wires supporting him/her/it are totally visible. This film was made in 1979. More than ten years earlier (1968), 2001: A Space Odyssey had multiple scenes of weightlessness that were visually flawless and totally convincing. (2) Although some of the special effects are creatively rendered, many are extremely dated, even for that era. (3) The acting is not just wooden, it's petrified. (4) The dialogue is laughable. (5)The science is absurd. (6) The blood-red Maximilian robot always seems nothing more than a dangling shell with a red light inside. (7) V.I.N.CENT and B.O.B. are way too cutesy. Overall, the negatives far outweigh the positives.
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