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I appreciate it for being an unconventional alien arrival sci-fi film, and once I realised what happened it was very moving.
But ultimately it is not something I'd probably watch again, or not for a very, very long time.
That's a good theory and entirely plausable. However it was caused by more mundane types of problems.
The film's production company ACI went bankrupt after completion and Fox's original plan to release it was dropped due to their own corporate shake-ups at the time.
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I found Carla's fearless attitude quite surprising at times. For example, staying in the house night after night, having that hot bath, going back in to get the keys during the attack, etc. If it was me I would have been terrified and expected something to happen like that every day.
But then again, I am not her.
He was a bit annoying but I felt he was probably a very accomplished professional on his own field and that he most likely had a lot of success in treating psychological problems in the past. Given the rarity of what it really was, he strongly believed it was another psychological problem and had probably developed a bit of an emotional attachment too, as he admired her for being on her own, working, managing her kids, etc.
Haha, good point. Obviously a very confused entity.
I kept waiting for something worse to happen during this scene, so I guess it served to give a bit of tension. It was shown to have some harmful effect on her son earlier.
On the other hand, I tend to think of a supa nova or the Chevy Nova when I heard/see the word.
For me it was his roles in Real Men and Skin Deep which I loved.
Real Men is also a favourite of mine for Jim Belushi.
Mac & Me was even more like it, with added McDonald's Special Sauce.
I love this film and it is my favourite Richard Gere film. I was about 12 when I saw it at the cinema and it left a lasting appreciation of corrupt cop films.
The one thing I always wished this film had was an instrumental soundtrack available which included that incredibly emotional synthesizer piece from the nightclub dream sequence and a proper long car chase.
I can understand 'Samantha' coming back to life due to some kind of effect from the chip, but the robot coming out of her body was too silly and I thought it was just a fun ending or another dream sequence, and that we'll never know.
I was sad and was surprised that Paul wasn't more upset about it and trying to fix it up. I think the next scene showed him smiling at dinner and moving on. Just seemed like an incredible, one-of-a-kind AI system he developed and was so proud of, and like a member of his family.
Sorry, I do not remember this line of dialogue.
I remember watching Schindler's List years ago and it didn't have the same impact as EFS had on me, so I agree.
I was surprised also, after seeing the film recently. It could be a retrospective decision, as movie posters are sometimes changed over time to market a film on a star's popularity/appeal to make the film more successful. But I agree, Rutger is a great actor and completely different in style to Alan but Alan is far more prominent in the story.
There's a bit of criticism about how the film tries to be funny but isn't, and I can see the elements which lead to this opinion (eg. the sewer scenes) but there were a few gags which I loved. The ghetto blaster gag on the train was one of them.