Brainstorm
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Movie Reviews of Brainstorm
Movie Review: MAJOR problems with plotting / characterization.
Summary: 2 Stars
Douglas Trumbull had a very good idea and a clever way to maximize his uber-expensive FX shots with the mousetrap that is Brainstorm. Unfortunately, the film is anything but brainy and doesn't follow any compelling storyline. In fact, it turns into a new-agey 1980s lovefest by the end.
Basically the first third of the film does a fairly competent job of portraying the drama of a corporate lab that has just reached a tremendous technological breakthrough. Notice how I do not say scientific -- for there is woefully little of that in this film. The second third dances around some metaphysical issues related to tapping into the brain but none of these episodes goes anywhere or tackles the issue philosophically. It evinces a mock-luddite cautionary stance instead.
But where things really go bad is when the film decides to turn into a thriller in the last third -- with of course (as always) the United States military as the evil villain. Christopher Walken's motivations become increasingly muddled and the entire film just falls apart in front of your eyes. As usual with Trumbull, the optical effects are jaw-dropping fabulous, for the 2-3 minutes they are on screen. Just keep the guy away from a typewriter.
Movie Review: DVD Quality Mediocre
Summary: 2 Stars
The brainstorm movie is a good one, but I was VERY disappointed by the quality of the prints and compression used for this DVD. The picture makes you want more vibrant colors and sharpness. More like a VHS quality picture. Many compression artifacts. One of the worst picture quality I have seen. They need to re-release this thing and remaster it. This one is just not up to the promise of DVD's. I have seen other DVD's, like the Philadelphia Experiment that have incredibly good quality transfers.Movie Review: Great Film, Lousy DVD
Summary: 2 Stars
This is a truly great film, and like Bladerunner, was years ahead of its time. Unfortunately this DVD has is possibly one of the worst transfers I've seen. If your thinking of buying, don't. Wait until the studio releases gets it together and gives this film the attention it deserves with a restored anamorphic release.Movie Review: DVD quality is horrible
Summary: 1 Stars
Brainstorm is a great movie, but I wouldn't know that from the viewing I just had. The quality of this DVD is absolutely terrible. We spent the entire movie adjusting for extremes in brightness and contrast and still could not view some segments of the movie at all--the screen was completely black in some parts. You'd be better off buying or renting a VHS copy.