Totally agree with Ebert. Sets up an intriguing and fairly original premise then throws it all away by turning into just another cheesy and generic horror flick.
100% agree with you! It's a shame it just turned into some siege movie. Which I don't mind, but I wish they would have put more thought and intelligence into it.
My favorite John Carpenter film, great score by Carpenter and Howarth. This movie is like "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" and "Altered States", combining the 3 elements of: Religion, Science and Horror. Still a hard watch today, very underrated.
One of this movie’s strengths is that it doesn’t tell you too much about the nature of the being, and that’s something I think Rog mischaracterizes here as “not exploring the concept more fully.” I think the setup is what’s boring here: the acting is stilted and the writing is melodramatic. But the last twenty minutes leaves you with some questions: what is happening behind that mirror to that woman who made her sacrifice? Who are the beings who sent that warning dream? This movie is not an all-timer, no, but the things it *doesn’t* say make it feel pretty thrilling at the end. The feeling of the main character at the end-left behind by a loved one literally vanishing from reality-is grim and palpable.
Angry old men, screaming about things they don't like. That's considered a movie review. These days we call it youtubers, with a huge allotment of toys and games behind them screaming about "WOKE!". Still old men and still screaming. Nothing changed :P .
@@speedyboris Same kind of "outrage" grifting. They might not be screaming but the whole "this thing sucks" atmosphere of men trying to talk down to others is quite prevalent here.
