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Stargate (1994)
Rate:
4
Viewed:
11/15
11/15:
If there's anything in Stargate I'm most impressed with, it's Kurt Russell's evenly trimmed flattop
haircut.
Although the film starts out well with a concept that centers around ancient Egyptian artifacts, it's quickly
dropped by descending into a mindless orgy of old-fashioned American violence. Plus, it doesn't help matters any
when there are editing problems which show one action shot to another with a minute of footage missing in between.
At the same time, I question James Spader's presence because he's too talented for such rubbish (he later admitted
doing it for the money). I'm not sure why Kurt Russell bothered, too; he doesn't do anything interesting except
to look good whenever the attention is on him. Agreeing to appear after his demand of one million dollars was met,
Jaye Davidson, the one-hit wonder from The Crying Game, never did a film
afterwards.
It goes without saying that Roland Emmerich is one of the worst directors when it comes to blending in special
effects with the story. Hence, he's no James Cameron. As a result, the film looks pretty cheap which manages to
rip off familar elements from others such as Star Wars,
Lawrence of Arabia, and
Raiders of the Lost Ark.
More obnoxious is the constant insults to my intelligence. How did the second sun originate? How can it exist
outside the universe when we know the first sun is the center of the universe? How does this work with two
different suns? Does the newly discovered planet revolve around the first or the second sun? Oh, my brain, it's
melting...
All in all, Stargate is sci-fi junk.