>Went to see =93Relic=94, yesterday evening.
> The movie is clearly sci-fi, and the plot is Hollywood standard,
>but for once I quite enjoyed such a film. Should I give it a rating, I=92d
>rate it =93Outland=94-level, more or less: not exceptionally good, but
>entertaining, if you=92re not too choosy. The only really weak point was
>the ability of the giant human-gecko to climb on the walls and the roof:
>the mon-ster is too big and weighs too much to do so. If you want to be
>finicky, you could say that also the ability of the compu-ter to trace
>the DNA fingerprinting back to the missing scien-tist is probably
>excessive, but this could be just stretching the statistics...
> The transformation of a human being in the monster (major horror
>theme!!!) is a honest sf-nal device: six weeks or two months might be too
>quick, but a sufficiently long time to get to its completion, and while
>=93real-life=94 scientists don=92t talk that way, there=92re no really inco=
rrect
>statements in what they said. And, vivaddio, romantic interest was kept
>down to the barest minimum.
> So, while not willing to give =93Relic=94 full marks, I=92m willing=
to
>give it a sufficiency.
>
>--
>Nicola Gebendinger
>email: [log in to unmask]
>
> However much the beetle is afraid it will not stop the lizard
>swallowing it. (African)
I don't quite agree with you, I saw it when it was first released in the
theaters and it was if they rehashed the Aliens movies and made it a little
more down to earth.
Popinjay
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