I watched the entire movie hoping that at the end the entire movie would make some kind of sense. Boy was I disappointed.
It almost seemed as if the events in the film were random, meaningless, pointless and contrived. Unexplained "visions", with no apparent connection to the plot (one might ask "what plot"), a box of reddish rocks (presumably from Mars) causing hallucinations on the ship (and why are rocks being taken from Mars to Earth and why don't they cause hallucinations on Mars?).
The editing was frantic at best and, to me, uninteresting and dull at worst. Editing does not replace good story telling (one might ask "what story telling?)
I did read all the other reviews before I wrote this review and wondered if I had watched a different movie. This film was in no way a groundbreaking innovation nor a better version of "what it's like to be bored to death on a long space flight". I simply don't get how the reviewers came to their high praises of this pointless work.
The actors, for the most part, did their best with the material but it appears the director totally let them down. They are the only reason I didn't give this film a lower rating.
The sets also left a lot to be desired. There seemed to be an awful lot of wasted space on the space ship without any apparent reason. The lack of any, and mean any, modern technology on a space ship defies imagination. We are asked to suspend disbelief while engaging a work of art but we should get at least a little help from the artist.
Overall, this film is just not worth the time I took out of my life to watch it.
It almost seemed as if the events in the film were random, meaningless, pointless and contrived. Unexplained "visions", with no apparent connection to the plot (one might ask "what plot"), a box of reddish rocks (presumably from Mars) causing hallucinations on the ship (and why are rocks being taken from Mars to Earth and why don't they cause hallucinations on Mars?).
The editing was frantic at best and, to me, uninteresting and dull at worst. Editing does not replace good story telling (one might ask "what story telling?)
I did read all the other reviews before I wrote this review and wondered if I had watched a different movie. This film was in no way a groundbreaking innovation nor a better version of "what it's like to be bored to death on a long space flight". I simply don't get how the reviewers came to their high praises of this pointless work.
The actors, for the most part, did their best with the material but it appears the director totally let them down. They are the only reason I didn't give this film a lower rating.
The sets also left a lot to be desired. There seemed to be an awful lot of wasted space on the space ship without any apparent reason. The lack of any, and mean any, modern technology on a space ship defies imagination. We are asked to suspend disbelief while engaging a work of art but we should get at least a little help from the artist.
Overall, this film is just not worth the time I took out of my life to watch it.