Supernova
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Movie Reviews of Supernova
Movie Review: Supernova
Summary: 5 Stars
I really enjoyed the movie and it was received in great condition as promised and quickly and I will order from this compnay again.Movie Review: Not the usual type of disastermovie
Summary: 4 Stars
Supernova is not just another disaster- or `end of the world'-story which of so many have been released during the past decade, following in the footsteps of Deep Impact and Armageddon. Many of these pictures usually go with a top-notch cast of some washed-up actors (here it is: Luke Perry, Peter Fonda, Tia Carrere and - as always - Lance Henriksen). Most of these films have the typical disaster-plotline. Scientist discovers there is something cataclysmic to happen, be it regional or worldwide. No one believes him and together with an unexpected and first reluctant sidekick help (always an ex-wife or estranged colleague) he has to work out a plan to save the world. Most of the time it works and the former disengaged twosome reunite. End of story. Together with some spectacular views of fire, quakes, storms or lava another disaster flick is ready for distribution.
Supernova differs from this path. There is of course the scientist (Peter Fonda) who discovered that the sun is about to explode, which will burn the entire planet. But no-one questions his outcomings. Fonda flees to the Maldives while his colleague (Perry) desperately wants to find him. Soon afterwards a journalist who finds out about this Solar Apocalypse is faced with the question to publicize this story or not. Her boss insists not to publish the story, yet unfortunately her footage is leaked on the internet, and many who have seen this are running wild. The government is also in search of Fonda and send agent Carrere to work with Perry. In the meantime Henriksen is working on a plan to bring humanity in shelters.
Apart from this main plot there is a subplot. A convicted serial killer is after Perry's wife and child. This story is an interesting thriller, it does not add anything to the Supernova story. It was better to cut this from the movie.
Some other critical remarks: Fonda should have been given a much larger role than he has here. We only see him in the beginning and when he flies to the Maldives, which in fact are a flat archipelago and have no mountains, unlike shown here. The outcomings of the Supernova are very disappointing, I won't spoil anything here...but you'll see what I mean.
In short, Supernova is an above average disaster movie, because it dwells much less on the usual special effects. The viewer is asked questions on what he would do. Should society be warned that the end is near, while risking a people going crazy? How should you spend your last days on this planet, going nuts and doing everything God has forbidden or partying till you drop?
Movie Review: Super-entertaining....for the cheezy movie lover.
Summary: 4 Stars
Peter Fonda, Tia Carrera, Emma Samms and Luke Perry team up to save the world from our exploding sun! Whew! Well as long as it's THOSE guys on the job, I'm not worried! Made for the Hallmark Channel this one is short on good FX and a bit long on padding. Actually, padding is mostly what you get. There's a story about a serial killer and then the guy who is supposed to save the world is also very concerned about attending his daughter's musical recital. There is also a government conspiracy to keep the public from learning about our impending doom, which was the only part of this magnificent opus that rang remotely true. It's readily obvious that this was stretched and strung out in order to fill 2 slots in Hallmark's programming schedule.
There's been alot of talk about how scientifically inaccurate this movie is and I have to say I found that endearing. It's about as scientifically accurate as an episode of Gilligan's Island. But neither this movie nor Gilligan are documentaries. They're just meant to entertain. The same applies to all the other inaccuracies, such as the fact that most of the Australians speak with American accents, the fact that Australia doesn't have the death penalty (an important plot point) and the license plate debacle. There's also a futile attempt by the characters to escape the explosion of the sun by hiding in tunnels deep underground(with alot of dry ice) and then coming back up to the surface and building a "new sun" once that little "exploding star" thing blows over. Like there would even be an atmosphere(or a planet) left after all that. But once again, it's not a NASA training film. This is just a quickie made for TV movie and it need only entertain.
The problem here is that unless you're a fan of really bad movies, movies that blatantly and callously insult the intelligence and taste of all who watch it, then you probably won't like this movie at all. You may even throw a shoe at the TV screen just out of spite. But if you're like me, and you do find that type of movie amusing, then it's fun. It fondly reminds me of those end-of-the-world movies from the 50's and 60's like When Worlds Collide and The Day the Earth Caught Fire.
If you have several friends who like to get together and rip on terrible films, then it might even make for a fun party movie, assuming your keg or wine cellar doesn't run dry.
Movie Review: When Suns Explode
Summary: 4 Stars
Peter Fonda is a wacky but brilliant astrophysicist. He has discovered that our sun is much older than previously believed and that it will go supernova in about a week. Fonda heads out to enjoy his final days without telling anyone. He did pass his findings to several other scientists around the world and that brings the US Government into play. Luke Perry worked with Fonda and everyone thinks he has the answers and knows where Fonda is. Meanwhile Fonda's predictions start to come true as the sun's behavior starts to cause havoc with magnetic fields and electronic communications.
Perry discovers that there are government plans to preserve humanity they just didn't expect such a complete disaster. But they start making their moves anyway. Perry's wife is terrified of a killer she survived and how is about to be executed. He escapes (no surprise there). Global conditions continue to worsen and the death toll begins to skyrocket. A supernova would destroy the entire solar system. The only hope is that Fonda made a mistake in his calculations. Will the world survive? Watch and find out.
I guess they didn't want to call this Nova (our sun isn't big enough to go supernova) but they did a good job of treating the story with a proper 'There will be no survivors' attitude an exploding sun would cause. The acting is pretty good while the effects are pretty lame considering what else Hallmark has created. Was the escaped killer sub-plot necessary? Probably not as such but it created more tension and stress for Perry. Other than calling the event a supernova there was a commitment to avoid science and scientific terminology for most of the story (makes it hard to pick holes in). For a disaster film this is better than the recent made-for-TV earthquake and storm films but not as well done as say The Day After Tomorrow. Check it out.
Movie Review: The whole supernova thing? Super-WEIRD!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm watching the end of this movie at the same time I'm typing the review. The movie was exceptionally good for it's almost three hours, some parts are kinda hard to follow. Some of the movie fails to explain itself. Why would a serial killer be stalking a certain family just to murder them from the time of his really bizarre escape? He doesn't succeed, but sinks to a watery death at the lake of the family hideout after a brief struggle.
And the theory that our sun would soon expand big enough to fill the entire solar system? You see cities getting destroyed. Tokyo has a mass power failure, St. Louis is almost wiped off the map, the Taj Mahal crumples, Paris has a bizarre electric storm which causes little, if any, damage, and Sydney is hurt pretty bad. Riots are going off all over the world, and then VOILA! The moment some of our scientists discover that the end-of-the-world theory is off by a mathematical equation, the sun seems to stop fritzing out. The rain begins to fall again, and everyone's happy. But I didn't understand that with this notion that the apocalypse theory was wrong, how come the sun was sending out all this destruction in the first place? Did the sun decide one day to start PMSing for a week, then calm down into it's regular rotation again?
Despite these questions having to be asked, it was all-in-all, a pretty good movie. Too bad there were no special features offered with the entire DVD, but the actors and actresses did a pretty good job.