Review - Ferocious Planet

[kriadydragon]

Okay, first off, Syfy really needs to learn how to end their movies. For one, their twist endings always suck. For another, I know how they could have ended it cooler - with the monster rampaging through the streets, Synn taking it down in some cool way followed by him on his boat.

Other than that, compared to most other SyFy shows, it wasn't half bad. Wasn't great, but it didn't make me cringe and want to vomit in frustration. It was wise not to take itself too seriously, and there were competent characters enough to make up for the incompetent ones. Yes, especially Joe's character, who acted how I felt - annoyed with the idiots who were, well, being idiots. It was a mondo relief that his character didn't die. I would have been beyond ticked, not just because I liked his character, but because I hate movies that go out of their way to kill off all the males as though it's a must in horror movies.

Poor John Rhys Davies, killed minutes within the show. I thought his character would end up being the biggest annoyance of them all. Apparently not. I felt bad for the government scientist chick. I mean, yes, what happened to her was her own fault, but, still... I even felt bad for Pointdexter. But nothing screams "red shirts" like the people who won't listen to the military guy trying to keep them alive and the person who only cares about fame and fortune.

The monsters needed to put some pants on. That's all I'll say about them *whistles innocently.*

Overall, I don't think it's a movie I'll buy even with Joe in it, but I wouldn't mind watching it again because Joe! And he doesn't get killed!

Comments

[kayeff.livejournal.com]

I agree, it wasn't as horrible as it could have been! Pretty much the same silly mix of bad CGI, bad science, trope-abuse, silly dialogue, and spotty editing that we've come to expect from SciFi originals.

But I couldn't shake the feeling that I was watching bargainbin!Sheppard without any of Sheppard's smartass charm. Le sad.

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Synn was a very depressed version of Sheppard (reminded me a lot of how Sheppard was in season five, just very tired and jaded, but times two). I pretty much kept wanting to hug him and tell him everything would be all right.

[kayeff.livejournal.com]

Not a single smile or eyebrow-quirk in the whole two hours. JFlan's so terribly expressive, normally... I wonder if they killed puppies on set to keep his face perfectly unhappy for every frame?