I don't understand what you people didn't understand or like about this movie, were you too jaded that Hubbard created $cientology (stupid as it is)? Whats it matter if he did? Its still a GREAT sci-fi story and the plot of the movie makes sense if you sit down and think about it (oh dear GOD, you have to listen and THINK during the movie, it must suck, yep uh huh). Granted I have read the book before I went to see it, but I went with a friend who's never read it and he liked it also. The acting was almost as it should be, I think Travolta could've pulled off Terl's sarcasm a little better, they seemed to come off worse then they actually were. The clunky design was taken from the book also, you have to remember this technology is alien and hasn't been updated for several thousand years (they got fat and lazy mining planets). I didn't like Jonny's actor, but eh he did a pretty good job of playing him anyway, I just wish they actually made him as intellegent as he was in the book, this was only half of what he was in there. The things they cut from the book were understandable considering it was already over 2 hrs, and I thought they did a tasteful job of it all. I just don't get what you people hated about it... *shrug* I thought it was good, and I'm going to buy the DVD when it comes out. Stop whining about that moronic idea of a religeon, look at the movie, and THINK! (all flames will be happily ignored)
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I don't understand what you people didn't understand or like about this movie, were you too jaded that Hubbard created $cientology (stupid as it is)? Whats it matter if he did? Its still a GREAT sci-fi story and the plot of the movie makes sense if you sit down and think about it (oh dear GOD, you have to listen and THINK during the movie, it must suck, yep uh huh). Granted I have read the book before I went to see it, but I went with a friend who's never read it and he liked it also. The acting was almost as it should be, I think Travolta could've pulled off Terl's sarcasm a little better, they seemed to come off worse then they actually were. The clunky design was taken from the book also, you have to remember this technology is alien and hasn't been updated for several thousand years (they got fat and lazy mining planets). I didn't like Jonny's actor, but eh he did a pretty good job of playing him anyway, I just wish they actually made him as intellegent as he was in the book, this was only half of what he was in there. The things they cut from the book were understandable considering it was already over 2 hrs, and I thought they did a tasteful job of it all. I just don't get what you people hated about it... *shrug* I thought it was good, and I'm going to buy the DVD when it comes out. Stop whining about that moronic idea of a religeon, look at the movie, and THINK! (all flames will be happily ignored)