Reviews

I have not read the books, and I found the movie to be quite good. I had been prepared for a story aimed too much at a viewer half my age, but it was not an issue. (I'd have like a couple of things expanded upon or explained, but mostly "leaving it to your imagination" is a good enough excuse.)

One issue I have, looking at the movie as it stands ignoring that it is following a prewritten book, is that once again the female lead, who seems to be pretty much an equal to the male lead, is treated rather poorly. This is a problem with so many films it is surprising there isn't more people highlighting it. (It's similar to seeing more smoking in a movie than you see in real life -- it stands out as different to your experience and effectively detracts from the film. I'm not saying this as a politically correct thing, just that, unless there is a clear reason why the female should be lesser to the male in the world described by the film, the equality we are generally used to now should be [attempted to be] reflected in the film.)

In summary, definitely worth seeing as it is enjoyable, if a little light.

This film is worth seeing for the action and scenery, and the plot is good enough for this sort of film.

However, I found that it lacked a professional quality, especially in two issues:

1. There was a number of places where I thought it was important to understand what was being said, but the dialogue was actually quite unclear.

2. The story was too slow in parts. Given the length of the film, I assume I can say that the editing wasn't done right, but I can't exactly point out where there should be cuts.

Overall, I put this in my group of films to see when you can get a discount, such as "half-price Tuesdays" as available in Australia.

Unlike some projects pushed by one actor, this "Drew Barrymore project" worked very well.

I have seen and liked her humour in a number of interviews and the like. This movie reflects that quality. I hope she has more ideas for future projects.

Previous positive comments explain what I like about this movie.

Essentially, it is a top quality movie and worth paying full price to see.

However, it is so good at most things, its holes in logic and other issues will cause science fiction buffs to cringe.

Very good, but they could have done better. It does sound a bit rough that the animation studio that produced this closed soon after. I would like to have seen a second attempt.

Enlightening, enjoyable, and Australian.

An interesting story to be considered after Sydney 2000. This year all Australia went through much the same experience as the country town of Parkes.

A film for everyone: we all have some concept of the moon landing and this is another point of view. It will remind or teach you how we felt knowing man could get to the moon and back. And you'll laugh a long the way.

Because of the cast alone, it is worth seeing.

It seems that rather than allow "incorrect" sequences (with respect to reality) they decided cut away to emotional shots. I found this a little irritating.

Very enjoyable, could have been longer, or could have included out-takes in the credits -- I'm sure they didn't because this cast would cause the out-takes to be hilarious and more memorable than the film (and the film IS good!).

Given the budget, this is a hard one to score...

However, as a computer programmer, I can see they put a lot of effort in to the details, so that the film has a finished feel. Similar attempts by others have seemed like five minute hacks of previously copyrighted material (and often are).

This film is worthy of cinema release -- may be it should be sold as an ad to Intel, because they provided the hardware to produce most of it.

This film (and the related web site) is strongly recommended to anyone intending to use computers to enhance or generate moving pictures.

I quite liked the first half of this film, but then the man became invisible and the plot was very predictable. It just seemed like they didn't pay the writers for as good a middle and end as they did for the beginning.

I know some people are avoiding Hollow Man because it is advertised as a thriller, but at no time was the audience shocked.

I have to say it: the plot was hollow.

Of course, the visual effects are stunning. It is worth seeing, but just try to avoid paying full price.

From the advertising, I was expecting a Dilbert-like scenario, but this just wasn't funny to someone who has experienced the type of work depicted.

This is the first film I would have walked out of if I had known I'd get my money back!