At first, I want to say, that I never heard about M2M, till I got the 2-DVD-Set for a throwaway price at a video-tape library. I bought it, toying with the idea, that I can't do anything wrong for that low price. I was not disappointed. I've watched it with some friends, and we all had an entertaining moment. Nice story, nice FX, Gary Sinise (!!! ;->), All in all a likable and cute movie. Possibly not the best of all Time, but quite entertaining. During reading about this movie in the net, I got more and more bad critics about this movie. Some people complained bad acting, other ones liked the acting, but hated the FX, then there were some guys, who loved the FX, but didn't like the story, others disliked the music, and so on...... Some people were getting downright mad and angry about this movie.... I was asking myself "How can one single movie make people angry???" Yes, a movie can be bad, and a movie can be really, really bad, but it is still nothing more, than a MOVIE! What the heck did the people expect??? A movie is nothing more, than a story, out of someones mind, and if you don't like it, that's OK, every movie has some people, that dislike it, even the real big ones!
M2M is not a big one, not a perfect one, and not one of the movies, the mankind will remember in 30 years. But I think most of the people were expecting exactly this. Well known actors, well known director, great FX... But this doesn't mean, that it has to become the next "2001". It's easy, to be disappointed, if you're expecting too much. The expectations were broken by FX, acting, music... Everyone has something, to be discontented, if he has expected a blockbuster.
Yes, there are similarities to other movies, there are scientific mistakes, and there are stupid lines. But as well, there were likable characters, beautiful pictures, funny ideas, and in my opinion still good effects, for example the dance in the weightlessness ;-) (Nearly nobody praises the good points of this movie!)
For an entertaining evening, I accept scientific mistakes, and I accept similarities to other movies like "2001" or "The Abyss" and some more movies, but M2M at least adapts the Ideas quite good, look at all of this awful "Star Wars-Adaptions", This are bad movies.... I loved all of the "borrowed" movies, after all, I'm a Sci-Fi-Fan. "Mission to Mars" in my opinion is not sooooooo bad! I like it as long as the movie itself makes at least a little bit fun, sense, and satisfies me for some time.
I'd give M2M 7 out of 10
M2M is not a big one, not a perfect one, and not one of the movies, the mankind will remember in 30 years. But I think most of the people were expecting exactly this. Well known actors, well known director, great FX... But this doesn't mean, that it has to become the next "2001". It's easy, to be disappointed, if you're expecting too much. The expectations were broken by FX, acting, music... Everyone has something, to be discontented, if he has expected a blockbuster.
Yes, there are similarities to other movies, there are scientific mistakes, and there are stupid lines. But as well, there were likable characters, beautiful pictures, funny ideas, and in my opinion still good effects, for example the dance in the weightlessness ;-) (Nearly nobody praises the good points of this movie!)
For an entertaining evening, I accept scientific mistakes, and I accept similarities to other movies like "2001" or "The Abyss" and some more movies, but M2M at least adapts the Ideas quite good, look at all of this awful "Star Wars-Adaptions", This are bad movies.... I loved all of the "borrowed" movies, after all, I'm a Sci-Fi-Fan. "Mission to Mars" in my opinion is not sooooooo bad! I like it as long as the movie itself makes at least a little bit fun, sense, and satisfies me for some time.
I'd give M2M 7 out of 10
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