If you're looking for a remake, don't look here.
Added 10/16/2009
The 1979 theatrical release "Meteor" has been routinely mentioned among the worst movies of all time. Thankfully, this is not a remake of "Meteor", but more of a reimagining of the same concept moved forward in time 30 years.
The scenario is roughly the same. Earth is facing annihilation as a giant rock hurtles towards it. Scientists and the military join forces to try and stop it. That's where the similarities end. This "Meteor" does not feature the Cold War tension of the Russians; it doesn't have the cool orbiting missile platforms Hercules and Peter the Great; and it doesn't have heart. At least with the first "Meteor", the characters were easier to care about.
This movie includes a fine cast, headlined by Jason Alexander, Christopher Lloyd, Stacy Keach, and Ernie Hudson. And though Maria Sokoloff is easy on the eyes, her character began to grate on me. I kept thinking that Janaya Stephens may have been better suited for the role. And the special effects were pretty good, considering that it would be very difficult for anyone to actually capture what would happen the moment a piece of rock or a swarm of smaller rocks hit Earth.
I give the movie three stars mainly because it isn't that bad for what it is. For someone like me who loves this type of movie, choices (good or bad) are few and far between.
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I had never seen this film before and I am so glad I bought it. Such a rollercoster of a film very exciting right to the very end so much much happens very thrilling I have watched it 3 times so far and I can say I have enjoyed it each time. If you like a good disaster I recommend you buy this film I give it *****.
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Not that bad...not that good
Added 10/2/2009
I could'nt wait to see this movie after i bought it till i found out it was
a tv miniseries. Hey, some of these television series can be very good, but
in this case its not.
The good: Nice to see Christopher Loyd and Stacey Keach....too bad there getting
old...which means im getting old...arrrrggg
Some nice shots of the meteors and the space debris comming to earth.
The Bad: Some of the acting and the writting will make you cringe, and that
poor girl trying to get a ride throughout the whole movie .....
The Ugly: Its long, has many subplots and they even have one character who
brings in the needed brutal violence....it really did'nt belong to
this type of movie...
And watching the whole thing..... i was not satisfied........coaster time !
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THE SKY IS FALLING
Added 9/16/2009
I AM IN AGREEMENT WITH FELLOW REVIEWERS ON THIS MOVIE. IF I'D WATCHED IT WITH COMMERCIALS I PROBABLY WOULD'VE SWITCHED CHANNELS.
AS IN MOST DISASTER MOVIES, SUBPLOTS ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE US CARE FOR THE VICTIMS BUT THE SUBS IN THIS JUST AREN'T THAT INTERESTING...SEEN THEM ALL BEFORE.
AND WE ALL KNOW THE EARTH IS GONNA BE SAVED AT THE LAST MINUTE (IMPACT DID THE SAME THING).
ACTING: I LIKED MARLA SOKOLOFF ON THE PRACTICE. HER LUCY ADDED SOME LEVITY. BUT SHE IS SORELY MISCAST IN THIS ONE. CHRISTOPHER LLOYD GETS THIRD BILLING FOR BASICALLY A CAMEO. BILLY CAMPBELL JUST LOOKS BORED. MICHAEL ROOKER JUST CHEWS UP THE SCENERY..BADLY. STACY KEACH DOES FAIRLY WELL.
IN SUMMARY, TOO MANY CLICHES, TOO LONG, AND NOTHING NEW.
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Bad at every level
Added 9/1/2009
This is an excuse-for-a-movie that is so bad, I think everyone associated with it (writers, director, producer, NBC execs) should commit honorable suicide or at least resign in shame and vow to work no more making video for public consumption. Because we may never know if the writers were just incapable of doing anything beyond mish-mashing clips of other disaster tales together, if the producers forced them or if the network nitwits required it, proper extermination of this mental virus may be impossible. The network should demand their money back and every viewer should collect $200 for the mental impairment this movie causes. Also the producers should be shipped off to Gitmo as mental terrorists because this is a disaster film that LIES.
First, the science is WRONG at every level. Incoming meteors come at 25,000 mph and cannot be shot down by shoulder held Stinger missiles or even Patriot Missiles. The big asteroid behaves like an oil tanker that's lost its rudder, not a real asteroid. The larger asteroids are depicted as low orbiting satellites that are falling "slowly" to earth. Even so, there's no way to shoot them down. The ultimate big rock that hot science bimbo Imogene slaps with a flight of nukes cannot be diverted as described. Nasa has already run that scenario and it is proven impossible.
Second, the characters are all wrong. Imogene bimbo, holding the key to save the world, cannot even express herself: "Call JPL, this number, this name, ask them why you need to let me have a phone" is all she needs to say, and yet the too-dumb-to-breathe writers won't let the character talk. The policeman continually acts against law enforcement training and techniques to enable the crazed killer to escape. Bad writer bad. The hot-doctor-chick is also dumb as bread. "We have no more medicine in the hospital, eeek," she says. But when tall male drone husband asks, "What about the pharmacy, the pharmacy has medicine?" she squees "Oh why didn't I think of that..." Would you let this goof even take your pulse? Dialog sucks, bad writer, greedy director who failed to put a foot down and say no.
Third, the drama is all wrong. With the world about to be smashed with a giant rock, there's lots of stories that could be told that are part of that story arc, but instead this idiotic crap spends major time showing characters moving rocks from one pile to another. When the hospital collapses, the film follows not one but three groups of characters digging rubble: doctor-mom digging in for access, teen boy digging for a needed oxygen bottle, and tall male accompanied by tall emergency worker. That's three character groups all seen doing the same repetitive physical action. None of these sequences have anything to do with the main story, and belong to a building fell down drama or a "there's been a cave in at the mine" story. Oh, yes, then a tiny asteroid hits our anti-asteroid command base, and they get to pile up rubble too. GAD!
Finally, the geography is all wrong. We can cut the Hollywood TV nitwits some slack for not understanding astrophysics cause that is a hard topic. The fact that the whole story is based on orbital mechanics might make us think that they'd at least try to grasp the basics, but oh, well. What is really unforgivable is that no one can even read a map of Southern California. The homey just-plain-folks story and crazy killer sub-plot are set in Taft, California. Imogene science bimbo is tied to a major plot element that has her attempting to enter the US from Mexico, probably Tijuana. Imogene needs to get to JPL. Problem. Apparently no one associated with this production noticed that the Mexican border is 130 south of JPL on the 5 Freeway and Taft is 100 miles north of JPL on the 5 Freeway. Now Imogene is a brain dead bimbo, but she has to drive 100 miles right past her destination to end up in the clutches of the crazy killer in the last act.
What, are TV people so arrogant that they think the viewers can't read a map?
Maybe this is an intelligence test or maybe the writers were paid so little they concocted this pile of nonsense to embarrass the producers.
This is not so bad it is good, like Plan 9 from outer space, it is just bad.
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