The Relic
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Movie Reviews of The Relic
Movie Review: Dissapointing
Summary: 2 Stars
I realize that most movies based on books are not going to feature everything from the book, but I was disappointed at what they did with this movie. Gone is Agent Pendergast (who was a prime character in the book), and the movie seems to end as quick as it starts - i.e. the book built up a lot of suspense before the Exhibit opened. The movie has 3 murders and then viola! In the book, you feel the police chief is an idiot for letting the exhibit go on in spite of all that has happened. In the movie, it really seems like there's no reason it should not. Many small scenes from the book were included that did not make any sense at all because of stuff they left out.
Many scenes were just unrealistic - like when the rescue squad goes in through the glass roof. They are all looking down - don't they see the first man, and then the second man, get eaten? The monster isn't hiding in a corner. Right after the first man is loudly attacked they still drop the second. And I'm sure a rescue squad would have shined a flashlight down before they went down.
Everything else aside, the movie was just too dark! You couldn't see anything most of the time. There were times when the screen was completely black for 5-10 seconds at a time, and most of the other time you could barely see anything. It made the movie that much less enjoyable.
Like others, if I had seen the movie before I had read the book, I probably wouldn't have read it. The book, however, as usually is the case, was much, much better than the movie. I would certainly enjoy a good movie based on the book that stuck to the plot.
Movie Review: I liked this horror flick
Summary: 5 Stars
I really liked this horror flick. I thought it was delivered well with it's scares and also did have a "unique monster". The story was acted well and it have some good graphics to it as well. See this movie for yourself. I highly recommend it to have in your horror DVD collection and for anyone that loves horror movies. Movie Review: Hrm . . .
Summary: 4 Stars
Well, it is always a mistake to read the book before seeing the movie. That said, I liked the movie OK taken by itself, but compared to the book it is pretty vanilla. They moved the action from New York City to Chicago for some unknown reason, and got rid of two of the best characters - Pendergast and Smithback. Also, I was repeatedly annoyed by the lighting, or lack thereof, while watching this. It seems that about half of the movie you spend straining to see what is going on in all the shadows and the other half you're rubbing your eyes because they are shining bright lights directly into the camera *ouch*
Aside from that, I liked the monster effects and I liked that they actually let us *see* the monster; so many "monster" movies never give you a good look at what is running about - I suppose because they don't want to be bothered actually creating the whole thing. But this one had a great monster, and the pacing was good as well. I wanted to smack around some of the annoying rich people, but I guess that was the point!
If you like monster movies and haven't read the book yet, watch the movie first. If you read the book first, you won't enjoy the movie as much. Once you've watched the movie - read the book, 'cause it rocks!
Movie Review: Penelope Ann Miller and hormones
Summary: 4 Stars
A ship that was supposed to transport some crates from South America to a museum seems to have a crew that lost their heads. The crates finally get flown in. One full of goodies the other just leaves. The museum's Dr. Margo Green (Penelope Ann Miller) is suspicious. Everyone else is happy until a guard seems to have misplaced his hypothalamus. Looks like Dr. Margo Green is about to be consumed by her work.
This is a pretty spiffy well done formula movie. As with many contemporary movies they completely ignore the book and add all the standard clichés. We have the ruthless rivalry, missing scientists, and mysterious crates. Naturally no one does what they are supposed to do and you start rooting for the, lets just call it a, relic.
Movie Review: Some Relilcs are best left untouched....
Summary: 3 Stars
...Until you read the BOOK first. The phenomenal novel written by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child takes readers through the labyrinth beneath the American Museum of Natural History in New York City where an old relic releases a blood-curdling menace that feeds on unsuspecting prey--and no man, woman, or child is safe from it's unsuspecting claws.
The movie transports us to Chicago and loses that New York edgey beat that pulses throughout the book. And, as the novel introduces a certain charizmatic hero that is later found in several of the authors work, he is missing from this film, as is the book's charm.
Of course, if you are truly not a book reader, then this is a fun flick filled with freaky deaths and funky fools.