The Triangle
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Movie Review: The Triangle
Summary: 4 Stars
It was a new twist on the Bermuda Triangle legend. I enjoyed seeing Catherine Bell in something other than JAG.Movie Review: all good........
Summary: 4 Stars
love to have it in my dvd collection... will advise to any sci-fi fan......
Movie Review: Well acted high concept mini-series, mediocre execution.
Summary: 3 Stars
Hyped as the first co-production of Bryan Singer (Director of X-Men) and Dean Devlin (producer and writer of Independence Day) this should be a sci-fi spectacular. Alas, while a satisfying enough diversion for a while, it does not tread any new ground, ideas, or benchmarks in sci-fi.
The story revolves more around technobabble than character development, despite some fine acting from almost all involved. Sam Neill is a multi-millionaire shipping magnate who offers a huge sum to a disparate group of experts to solve the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle. As time goes by, it becomes clearer that his motivation is more personal than he at first admits, and that there is a time constraint, as things head from mystery to countdown to disaster.
An interesting subplot revolves around the excellent Lou Diamond Phillips, who is one of the victims, experiencing alternate realities as a result of his encounter with the Triangle. Did I say alternate realities..? Yes, you'll have to get used to listening to theories on `exotic matter', `parallel universes', `ripples in space time', `government conspiracies' and `electromagnetic disturbances'.. however the end does tie things together - with the help of a substantial dose of belief suspension. In fact, the ending is just a little too neat and ideal to be truly satisfying. That said, there are plenty of interesting ideas here to keep this fresh enough to be worth viewing.
The effects are just up to small screen standard, but never believable enough to make you forget they are special effects. However the acting is, for the most part, excellent, and it is this, particularly from Phillips and from Eric Stolz, that help us suspend belief to make this mini series work.
Over the disc we get the three episodes, each just under 1 ½ hours, plus some interview snippets with the principals and a making of documentary.
Overall, at the price offered by Amazon, well worth a buy, as long as you do not keep too high expectations. Fine acting, good pitch of an idea, but not so impressive in execution of story.
Movie Review: Great Beginning - Disappointing at the End
Summary: 3 Stars
"Triangle" was a mini-series with Eric Stoltz and Bruce Davidson. It tried to explain what the Bermuda Triangle was and what caused it. The first part was excellent; lots of suspense and interesting "suggestions", but it fell totally apart at the end (another government-conspiracy-malfunction thing. *Yawn*). Lou Diamond Phillips had a part in it, and it was the best thing I'd ever seen him do. He played a Greenpeace warrior who lost his comrades when their boat sank in the Triangle. Her gets back home, and finds out he has a second son he couldn't remember ever being born; then the truck he remembers as being blue is tan; and one of his friends who he saw drown at the Triangle shows up alive... He starts freaking out; thinking he's going crazy. He finally comes to decide that it must just be memory loss caused by the trauma of the boat sinking incident, and he tries to make of things. Just as he's getting used to this new environment, he comes home to find that his second son doesn't exit again... Then he comes home again another day and finds the house empty with a For Sale outside... Now, he ready to kill himself because he doesn't understand what's going on. Each "environment" was caused by a "wave" projected out of the Triangle (which is expanding). It disrupts time and space, letting people slip from one multi-verse to another without realizing it at first... Because the first part and some of the twists and performances were good, I'm giving it a C+. It would have got a higher grade, but the "explanation" of the Triangle and the "re-pairing" of it were stupid and thoroughly unoriginal.Movie Review: The Triangle
Summary: 3 Stars
I purchased this based on reviews I read on Amazon. I previously had purchased "The Lost Room" also a Sy-Fy production and was very pleased with it. So I was hoping for something at least as good. This mini series did have high production values and the acting was first rate, but the story was a little mediocre. It was kind of a mishmash of other films and myths loosely pressed together. I kept waiting for something really cutting edge or a spectacular ending and was left disappointed. Although, unlike other reviews I think Lou Diamond Philips inclusion was necessary to give a more personal human element to the story and was not a drag or superfluous. The average viewer could have come up with improvements to the story, I found myself doing that as I watched, however, there's no point in saying what should've been in the story, it is what it is, but the writers really fell down on the job. I gave it 3 stars for the acting and good special effects, but it's a coin toss as far as purchasing.