Donald McAlpine is a highly acclaimed, Oscar-nominated Australian cinematographer who has shaped the visual style of iconic films in both Australian cinema and Hollywood across a career spanning over five decades.
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I have seen this movie sometime last year I think. However…
Spoiler
This is science fiction in real life the moon isn’t a giant UFO ran by good AI and under attack from evil AI.
Just turn off the brain and enjoy the movie.
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I have always like this doomsday film better than Armageddon. You remember the one where NASA sends the band Aerosmith to sing an asteroid to sleep. This one is not like that, we have ample time to come up with some plans, we get to see a more real result too, and there are no oil workers.
Frodo was awesome in this movie!
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The tsunami scenes are very good. Also the final scene at the beach.
Of course, every impact film has the same issue, you can’t really film such an impact because it’s so effin bright so no matter how accurate, the VFX are always VFX. You can’t film the sun falling on Earth… with the luminosity of the Sun… and still have the background visible in the same frame. If it’s not blinding, it’s fake. If it’s blinding bright as it should, you can’t see it and your impact sequence just became a bloody flash of light. Pick your poison.
(Same goes for nuclear explosions. The explosion itself lasts 2 or 3 milliseconds, then it’s plasma/air overheated by absorbing x-rays, but as for the victims.. well, you’re here, and 3 milliseconds later you’re in flames and the damn thing still hasn’t fully become a fireball yet but you’re set up for the worst seconds of your life until you die. “Barefoot generation” had to take some artistic licenses to show the destruction of the victims both slower and faster than it was. Also the impressive scene from Terminator 2, although it plays as a nightmare not a real event)
I think most people, who watched it, will agree…
is the worst doomsday movie offender. In this movie alone;
- They hacked the internet.
- They literally built a bullet train to Hell.
- They made a mockery of anything rational, all while being deadpan serious about it.
Watch this one as sort of a MST3K comedy with your friends on beer and pizza night.
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Did you know, all the spiders were 100% real in that film? They had some trouble with the actors being afraid of spiders. They had a lot more issues with getting the spiders to act. They guided them with puffs of compressed air. While the movie was billed as a comedy, I failed to see much comedy, other than John Goodman’s character being a thick headed pest controller.
Enjoy the making of reel.
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No I didn’t. That makes it even worse remembering.
Not sure if I should press Play or not 
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I had seen it many years ago, aired on TV. Also have watched some clips from it on YT, like the attack sequence.
Nevermind the silly AI thumbnail. This is the real deal, BBC’s 1984 Threads.
I remembered that the end was shocking, just not the exact details. Darn effective.
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Based in rural Germany, a girl from the states is sent to live with her father and his new wife and child. The movie is more about family drama than the “horror”, but this fleshes out the characters better and makes for a vivid tale.
This movie is nuts! Quite a negative outlook on our not-so-future society, good sci-fi, engaging story. Great actors.
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@Tharshe_Bloes I loved that movie!
This one is billed as sci-fi / horror, however I would call it more like suspense or mystery. An astronaught returns from orbit after her capsule is attacked by unknown origins. Then she is subjected to an odd quarunteen in a government safe house. Is it all in her head or is there a hidden agenda in the works?
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@Lusty_Lucy_Cybaritic Sounds interesting. I will check it.
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
This one is kind of like “The Fifth Element” with the fast pacing, off the rails sci-fi romance.
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Stanley Kubrick (1928 – 1999) was an American filmmaker and photographer. A prominent figure of the New Hollywood era, Kubrick is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers. His films spanned a number of genres and gained recognition for their attention to detail, innovative cinematography, extensive set design, and dark humor.
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A Clockwork Orange was his best, but the book is better.
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