Pandorum

I just got back from Pandorum and I gotta say, I really enjoyed it. You can check out the trailer here.

Now, I am not a fan of idiotic films. I especially can't stand sci-fi films that don't even follow the laws of physics (I am looking at you Sunshine.) While it definitely had elements of the typical "crappy video game" sci-fi thriller, Pandorum just seemed to work.

I don't want to say too much about the plot, suffice to say that humanity had ruined Earth and has now sent people out in generation ships to a planet called Tanis to repopulate. During the trip something goes horribly wrong (typically in these types of films, the plot.) The main character then wakes up from hypersleep and finds out he has to reach the nuclear reactor and stop the ship from shutting down. And that's just one tiny portion of what happens in this film.

There are some great special effects. There are some really creepy Resident Evil/Final Fantasy type concepts and there are a couple of nice twists and turns. There are also unnecessary time wasting scenes thrown in just for "excitement" (cannibal crewmen, wtf?) And some even more obvious plot devices. Still, I never felt as if I wanted to put the popcorn bag over my head in disgust.

I wish I could say the same about the trailers. The film, The Fourth Kind, made me want to vomit into my popcorn. I'm sorry but someone please tell me why an super advanced civilization that has mastered time and space would travel millions of light years only to hide out in Alaska disguised as owls and insert anal probes into the local residence? What are the hoping to find? Seriously, other than being an insane Twin peaks rip-off, this POS was made simply to scare people. It has absolutely no basis in reality or logic.

Anyway, enough ranting. Go see Pandorum. Aside of being substantially less stupid the main character looks like Tom Felton. ^.^