I saw the trailers for this movie and I thought it looked intriguing...until I saw Nicolas Cage was in it. Then it automatically looked like it was going to suck.
Now I'm not a pure hater, I used to really like him back in the late 90's...The Rock, Con Air, etc. But around the time Windtalkers came out...I found him to just really project this ego of "I'm the greatest actor I don't even need to act." which continued for every film he was in that I could bear to watch after that. It got to the point where just seeing his face in a movie got to be enough to kill my interest in seeing that movie. I saw this movie for cheap at the video store so I decided to pick it up. I figured what the hell, should at least have some good special effects.
Boy am I disappointed I didn't see this at the theatre. It was excellent, there were quite a few layers to the movie, all around solid performances by the cast (Yes that includes Mr. Cage) great visuals, compelling characters, suspense, drama, emotion, dread, the list goes on. I was most impressed with the film being based on the Ancient Astronaut Theory of which I am fascinated by. And the film does it in a subtle but not "this is fact" kind of way.
So I definitely recommend this film to anyone, even if you don't like Nick Cage, it's worth a look.
Now I'm not a pure hater, I used to really like him back in the late 90's...The Rock, Con Air, etc. But around the time Windtalkers came out...I found him to just really project this ego of "I'm the greatest actor I don't even need to act." which continued for every film he was in that I could bear to watch after that. It got to the point where just seeing his face in a movie got to be enough to kill my interest in seeing that movie. I saw this movie for cheap at the video store so I decided to pick it up. I figured what the hell, should at least have some good special effects.
Boy am I disappointed I didn't see this at the theatre. It was excellent, there were quite a few layers to the movie, all around solid performances by the cast (Yes that includes Mr. Cage) great visuals, compelling characters, suspense, drama, emotion, dread, the list goes on. I was most impressed with the film being based on the Ancient Astronaut Theory of which I am fascinated by. And the film does it in a subtle but not "this is fact" kind of way.
So I definitely recommend this film to anyone, even if you don't like Nick Cage, it's worth a look.