The Relic
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Movie Reviews of The Relic
Movie Review: Does not withstand the book or good taste!
Summary: 2 Stars
(possible Spoilers)
I have an unfortunate bias when it comes to this movie...because unlike the screenwriters I READ the book. Now the movie, though a massacre of the printed horror novel, was not the worst movie in history. And was NOT A RIPOFF OF ALIENS!! It had some tense and edgy scenes, not the least of which was the utter destruction of Special Weapons And Tactics team.
The Acting is passable but rather melodramatic. The casting is decent when you find you can exuse the fact that they eliminated key characters from the script.
But not only are key characters missing as before mentioned but the charm of the book did not crossover to the movie. But this is not a review of the book or comparison of the book to the movie. In all fairness this movie is worth seeing if you have exhausted all better movies. If you can think or find a few movies that aren't quite as cliched into the "Unexplained and bizzare monster from some abstruse origin rampages on hapless people but then is destroyed by a jar of fromaldehyde." section by all means watch them first.
In conclusion I give this movie 2 stars because it does not rate three. If you are one of those people with time on their hands and has a hide thick enough for a bad 90s B movie then avail yourself!
P.S. Read the book! It's not the same story as the movie!
Movie Review: JUST PLAIN SAD
Summary: 1 Stars
I HAD ONE OF THE RARE OPPORTUNITIES TO WATCH THE MOVIE BEFORE I READ THE BOOK. NOW THAT I HAVE READ THE BOOK I WILL NEVER WILLINGLY WASTE MY TIME ON THE FILM AGAIN. THE FILM MAKERS HAD NO RESPECT FOR THE BOOK OR THE AUTHORS. WITH AGENT PENDERGAST OUT OF THE PICTURE HALF OF THE CHARISMA IS GONE RIGHT OFF THE TOP. NOT TO MENTION THAT THE CREATURE WAS DONE WAY WRONG. HE WAS NOT THE CLUMSY BEAST FROM THE MOVIE, BUT RATHER A SLEEK ELEGANT PREDATOR.. ALL IN ALL NOT WORTH YOUR TIME OR MONEY.Movie Review: It's a pretty good Monster movie that's not a critics Drama
Summary: 4 Stars
I have seen the bad reviews and I think they are missing the point. This is a B monster movie and they are comparing it to Aliens? To me "The Thing" and "An American Werewolf in London" are some of the best monster movies of all time and I see this below them, but fun. The big question is whether or not you like to watch a monster movie for just being a monster that causes fictionaly mayhem. I grew up watching "Creature Double Feature" with all of those old monster movies. Fact is most Monster Movies are the pits and there has not been too many that are very good at all since now a days they rely on so much CG. Also I find most people do not like the concept of a Monster to begin with; out side of the Vampire; which there has been more than a hundred titles with "Vampire" in it. Oh dear god now there is "Van Helsing" killing Vampires.
So buy it for the pleasure of seeing people attacked for fun and not because you need a masterpiece every time you start up your DVD player because you will quickly find most movies do not hold up to scrutiny. If you feel this way then it is time to start reading the Classics again like Poe since you have raised yourself above this monotony
Movie Review: buy the book
Summary: 3 Stars
If you really want a good story, buy the book. There is so much more to the story than what the movie showed. The only thing the movie had in common with the book was that the story took place in a museum and there was a monster. Do yourself a favor; read don't screen.Movie Review: Hypothalumuses.
Summary: 1 Stars
The book was excellent (as is anything written by duo DOUG PRESTON and LINC CHILD), the film is a thrown-together mess. This is a textbook example of great book-bad movie. The central character on paper was left out on celluloid for who knows why, and the complex science in the plot is traded for Hollywood dribble. F. PAUL WILSON hasn't sold his work for screen since THE KEEP was butchered, the shame is that these terrific writers might wisely take the same route. Oh, well, PRESTON/CHILD's books are so cinematic anyway, who needs pictures?