The Core

Draco · 31-03-2003 10:57am #1

Ah, I've been looking forward to this for a while. I love dodgy sci-fi disaster movies where something utterly ridiculous happens and then an even more ridiculous plan is created to solve it.

The premise of the Core is that the Earths core has stopped spinning and this is causing all manners of strange and dangerous things to go on. If the core isn't restarted, natural disasters will escalate and humanity is doomed. So what do they do? Build a ship to travel to the centre of the earth and detonate nukes to start the core spinning again. What utterly fantastic lunacy!

Okay so some of the science was a bit ropey and I'm not even going to get started on the computer bits lest I start frothing at the mouth, but with a film like this you do need to give it alot of leeway.

The dialog was snappy enough with enough amusing lines to keep me amused through out. The characters interacted well enough even if they were a bit stereotypical.

Overall, I enjoyed it but it's not a movie everyone is going to like.

ciano · 31-03-2003 11:21am

Went to see it last night, and have to say that it wasnt too bad. Its defo a flic that you can just sit back and enjoy, and dont think think too much!!

Mr E · 31-03-2003 11:29am

Extremely far-fetched, but good fun. Stanley Tucci stole the show and provided most of the humour (his last line is priceless!). Special effects above average (the destruction of

Rome and San Francisco

were very well done, but I get the impression that bits were cut out - maybe extras for the DVD?). Characters were good, but like Draco said, very clichéd. Having said that, you end up caring about them and caring about what happens to them.

Oh, and it has a great score too......

- Dave.

Tyrrial · 04-04-2003 11:18am

saw the add, and it really doesn't look like my cup of tea....
that reminds me..... i'm going tp go make a fresh cup!

daveirl · 04-04-2003 6:36pm

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aine · 04-04-2003 9:55pm

ah but dave, it could happen! it really could......in the same way that everything that happened in armageddon could totally happen!!

Zukustious · 05-04-2003 12:25am

I saw the trailer for the movie and it looked like crap!

A paticularly cheesy line was: The only way out, is in!

Oh, wow! With a line like that the movie must be great, the writers must be geniuses!

Excuse my sarcasm. I suppose I shouldn't judge seeing as I haven't seen it but I made the same prediction about Triple X. That was the worst movie I've ever seen.

aine · 05-04-2003 6:06pm

i gotta agree with xXx...maybe not THE worst....on the other hand nothing worse springs to mind!!!

sceptre · 05-04-2003 7:03pm

Originally posted by aine
i gotta agree with xXx...maybe not THE worst....on the other hand nothing worse springs to mind!!!

Pish and tosh

Off the top of my head (as they say):
Fair Game, The Haunting, 13 Ghosts (original and remake)
Or in action flick mode:
Tomorrow Never Dies

That's before I even mention monstrosities like Police Academy 7.

oneweb · 09-04-2003 10:47pm

Dire.

Turns out there are six extractor fans in the ceiling of the screen I saw it in. There's also six glass light fittings, a manky smudge in the middle of the screen, and the fantastic Dolby Surround kept switching to the front right speaker (solely) for one/two seconds every odd minute :mad:

The bit where

they have 12 minutes before the end of their lives, and they're just sitting back waiting to die

just made the whole script a joke IMO!

Billed as a thriller, more of a comedy really. Not a very funny one at that.

Sloth · 13-04-2003 5:21pm

Saw it last week. Thought it was pretty good but yeah, it's instantly forgettable hokum. I also thought that smarmy scientist guy (I presume thats who Stanley Tucci plays) was great, it's nice to have someone who isn't willing to give up their life to save the world.
I also thought the bit in

giant crystal cave was great, especially when it begin to collapse all around them. The ending was pretty satisfying too, there was something oddly gratifying to see those dead people get the recognition for what they did

Lyconix · 13-04-2003 10:49pm

Early on in the film when I saw

the space shuttle coming down

, I knew I was in for something special.

I thought it was excellent. Some bits seemed rushed but since it was a fairly long film as it was, they obviously had to speed things up in some pieces.

There were plenty of memorable bits in the film (such as the bit involving the

shuttle

, and the

crystal cavern.

)

Saruman · 14-04-2003 9:36am

Saw a few weeks back, i liked.. it was Armageddon without Liv Tyler! I enjoyed it... good fun... never win an award but good fun all the same!

Sloth · 14-04-2003 12:16pm

Mmm well I might win a special effects one, some of those scenes were pretty damn incredible especially the one Lyconix mentioned, ooooh when the they saw those bridges for the first time........

The Core

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