While I was trying to watch the premiere of this on Turner Classic Movies, someone walked by and asked, "Is that 'Space Balls'?" When I said "No, it's 'The Black Hole," they replied, "Wow, that looks incredibly bad." And it is. Incredibly. Bad.
I remember the big buildup of publicity when this was originally released, but even from the ads I thought the robots just looked too dumb and the actors too wooden. So when I heard the bad reviews from others I passed it up (in favor of trying to sneak in to see 'Alien'?). Now that I've finally seen it, I realize that I've wasted a bit more than an hour and a half of my life that I'll never get back.
Yes, it was cool to see that glowing space field of stars that no one has ever really done that way again. And some of the effects and models were pretty cool (though some were pretty bad). But the pluses are so far outweighed by the painful minuses that it's not even enjoyable in a campy way.
The best part is the John Barry score, but even it sounds half-hearted. The often poorly-staged action scenes are not helped when the music that's turned up to heighten the effect sounds too much like a funeral march.
I remember the big buildup of publicity when this was originally released, but even from the ads I thought the robots just looked too dumb and the actors too wooden. So when I heard the bad reviews from others I passed it up (in favor of trying to sneak in to see 'Alien'?). Now that I've finally seen it, I realize that I've wasted a bit more than an hour and a half of my life that I'll never get back.
Yes, it was cool to see that glowing space field of stars that no one has ever really done that way again. And some of the effects and models were pretty cool (though some were pretty bad). But the pluses are so far outweighed by the painful minuses that it's not even enjoyable in a campy way.
The best part is the John Barry score, but even it sounds half-hearted. The often poorly-staged action scenes are not helped when the music that's turned up to heighten the effect sounds too much like a funeral march.
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