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Horrifyingly bad TV movie

DVD buff | Austin, TX USA | 07/21/2009

(1 out of 5 stars)

"It's unfortunate that Amazon doesn't allow for negative ratings, as this made-for-TV miniseries doesn't even deserve one star.

It's hard to know where to start with this one. First of all, the writing for this movie is atrocious. There are factual errors, logical errors and plot holes so bad that you'd swear they had to have been put there on purpose, because no one would mistakenly write something so wrong.

Then there's the direction. There are some very talented actors in this movie, and yet they act as if they're making a silent movie-era melodrama -- overacting to the extreme, making bizarre facial expressions, etc. Without revealing any spoilers, let's just say that one of the characters dies in the second half of the miniseries, and as he dies his body is wracked with convulsions that look like a stagehand is poking him with an electric cattle prod. It's actually funny. And what's with those unlabeled maps that seem to show the location of one of the scenarios? It's like the CGI department ran out of money and they left in half-finished interstitials.

I guess the most egregious fault with this miniseries, though, is the fact that it is completely BORING. So much of the narrative has nothing to do with anything else that occurs that it feels as if they took a two-hour TV movie and tried to stretch it to four hours by padding it with random unrelated storylines.

Oh, yeah, and the basic premise of this, a giant piece of space rock hurtling toward the Earth, has been done to death already.

So PLEASE don't waste your money on this piece of garbage. Buy DVDs of quality television. Heck, buy DVDs of mediocre television. Just don't reward the producers of this movie by giving them your money."

If you're looking for a remake, don't look here.

The Angry American | Charlotte, NC USA | 10/16/2009

(3 out of 5 stars)

"The 1979 theatrical release "Meteor" has been routinely mentioned among the worst movies of all time. Thankfully, this is not a remake of "Meteor", but more of a reimagining of the same concept moved forward in time 30 years.

The scenario is roughly the same. Earth is facing annihilation as a giant rock hurtles towards it. Scientists and the military join forces to try and stop it. That's where the similarities end. This "Meteor" does not feature the Cold War tension of the Russians; it doesn't have the cool orbiting missile platforms Hercules and Peter the Great; and it doesn't have heart. At least with the first "Meteor", the characters were easier to care about.

This movie includes a fine cast, headlined by Jason Alexander, Christopher Lloyd, Stacy Keach, and Ernie Hudson. And though Maria Sokoloff is easy on the eyes, her character began to grate on me. I kept thinking that Janaya Stephens may have been better suited for the role. And the special effects were pretty good, considering that it would be very difficult for anyone to actually capture what would happen the moment a piece of rock or a swarm of smaller rocks hit Earth.

I give the movie three stars mainly because it isn't that bad for what it is. For someone like me who loves this type of movie, choices (good or bad) are few and far between."

Meteor

Ms. Jm Taylor | England | 10/04/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I had never seen this film before and I am so glad I bought it. Such a rollercoster of a film very exciting right to the very end so much much happens very thrilling I have watched it 3 times so far and I can say I have enjoyed it each time. If you like a good disaster I recommend you buy this film I give it *****."

Spectacularly Horrible

StarrFighter! | 08/09/2009

(2 out of 5 stars)

"I am watching the last 30 min of this TV movie as I type this. It is rare that I come onto a website like this to review anything, but you must know that Meteor is really, REALLY bad. It is poorly written, poorly acted, makes poor use of every cliche plot device, reuses the same poor FX shots a good 30 times over... Heck, I think the once-per-minute faux Google Earth shots add up to 20 minutes of screen time all on their own.

But I say this- I am also enjoying it plenty. It is making me laugh. I recommend a few glasses of wine before watching, however. It did wonders for me, though."