Re: [SGII] Close Encounters Of The Exceedingly Violent Kind

On Mon, 7 Oct 2002 16:31:27 -0400 (EDT), "John Crimmins"
<johncrim@voicenet.com> wrote:

>Eeek!	Haven't seen it yet!  Want to, though, and will as soon as the
video arrives.

It's worth renting. It's an interesting take on alien invasion, and I am
a fan
of M. Night Shyamalan. (Everyone talks about _Sixth Sense_, but I
actually
prefer _Unbreakable_.)

However, I was disappointed with the film, for a number of reasons. The
acting
was very good, and the atmosphere in the film was good. It just didn't
go
where I hoped it would.

Spoiler Space, about the film's aliens

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I didn't think the aliens "worked", when you consider their key weakness
was
"water". You'd think if water was that nasty to them, that the amount of
water
vapour in the air would be at least an irritant, if not lethal. It's
hard to
imagine an alien that could breathe in an oxygen rich atmosphere that
didn't
evolve where water was important to their development. Obviously this is
the
case, as water can hurt the aliens, but that doesn't make sense in light
of
their oxygen ability. Or, if you can buy that, how come these critters
don't
wear suits? You'd think they'd wear suits on Earth, or they'd be in a
great
amount of pain the first time it rained...

I had other issues with the film, particularly the main sub plot. But
I'll
leave it off list. 

Allan Goodall		       agoodall@hyperbear.com
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