Comments on: Mission To Mars (2000)

By: Gordon

Gordon — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 11:09:36 +0000

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By: Guts3d

Guts3d — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:01:16 +0000

I wonder what the sfx guys that did that are doing to top it? That reminded me of the first shot of the planet Tattooine from “Star Wars”.

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:03:30 +0000

I had the same experience in the movie theater. In fact, that amazing space walk kept me from being pissed off that I spent money to see the movie.

By: Guts3d

Guts3d — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:45:12 +0000

The space walk on the big screen at the local movie multiplex was breathtaking, I wanted to watch it over and over again. I couldn’t find the remote, however. It looks great on my high def tv, but the experience pales in comparison.

By: Doug McKeown

Doug McKeown — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:48:54 +0000

This review makes me feel superior. When this picture came out, I somehow managed to intuit (good word, Mr. Ledden) that the mediocre movie about Mars I had just seen, “Red Planet,” had been better made, so I never went to the lesser. Good for me. Of course, I now have to Netflix the thing only to see the space walk scene on my new giant TV screen, such was the appeal of its description above. Fun review!!

By: Randy Landers

Randy Landers — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:37:44 +0000

My son has two movies which he sums up as “This is what the Hollywood-types really believe.” This is one of them. (The other is INDY 4.)

Overall, I thought it was the stupidest movie I saw that year. We saw it with my sister-in-law who couldn’t believe I didn’t find it uplifting and enthralling. “It had hope. It had positive role models.” My answer: it was all talk, and as the reviewer noted: so light on plot that it could be used on s’mores instead of marshmellows. We don’t learn by a character’s actions. We learn EVERYTHING by what other characters (including the teary-eyed Martian) by what is said or shown.

That’s bad writing, period.

By: guts3d

guts3d — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:12:28 +0000

Nice send up! I remember watching this on DVD with the family and my youngest daughter summed it up well: ” Oh, cheer the hell up! “. It was excruciatingly sad, with a sprinkling of boring tedium to mix it up. I did enjoy the space walk as well. Top notch review, Sean!

By: oneeye

oneeye — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:04:14 +0000

Ah yes, I remember this movie well. And while the review pretty much nails how slow and boring this movie is, it did serve a purpose. It made Red Planet with Val Kilmer look way better than it would have, had it not been released the same year as Mission to Mars. I wonder if anyone can explain how this snooze-fest got Nasa’s endorsement, as evidenced by the official logo in the film, while the Red Planet movie did not.