Paul Magne Haakonsen
I happened to find this movie by sheer random luck and decided to give it a go, despite the fact that I didn't really have any hopes for it, given the fact that it did seem to be one of those awful Sci-Fi movies just from the presentation on the cover.And I will say, now that I have watched it, that it could have been worse. "The Millennium Bug" actually turned out to be a semi-enjoyable movie, which was a nice surprise. And what made it so was perhaps a combination of the way-out-there storyline and some of the colorful characters; here I am thinking of the folks living isolated out in the forest, of course."The Millennium Bug" is not a movie that boasts any kind of impressive special effects or CGI, not in the least. The effects in the movie were, from what I reckon, all physical effects, meaning that they didn't resort to using CGI. And that is in itself an impressive feat, as some people cling on to the old school type of effects. But compared to other movies from 2011, then "The Millennium Bug" is hopelessly outdated.And while we are on the special effects, then I will say that the creature effects were actually good enough, despite the fact that the humongous creature looked like something taken straight from a child's drawing.This is hardly a movie that you will pick up and watch for a second or third time. Once you have seen it the first time, that is basically all you need. This movie just simply doesn't have the contents to support more than a single viewing."The Millennium Bug" had some good moments here and there, and in my opinion it was mainly some of the quirky characters that salvaged the movie and made it sort of watchable and semi-enjoyable.All in all, then "The Millennium Bug" scores a less than mediocre rating from me, landing on a four out of ten stars.
nrage40
............. I have to admit that I had fun watching it. I know the acting isn't the best, the story's dumb and the monsters kinda ridiculous but I found found some of it to be funny at times.The hillbilly/ backwoods family was so over the top ridiculous that for me it held this together a bit especially the oldest brother. Of course as dumb as the monster looked I still enjoyed the 80's feel to it and as far as I'm concerned, there's nothing wrong with 1980's horror because that's when horror was fun. Give this a chance if you like 1980's movies with a bit of black comedy thrown in the middle, you'll probably like this......I did.
mr4449
Great B movie SALUTE!! I have missed this format of movie making , CGI has gotten old and too expected in a flick. This is hands on monster model making and blood and gore. ...a lot of good old fashioned hands on work was put into this flick. I didn't know what to expect from this rare find of a flick!! This obviously took hard work and dedication to an old way of movie making not practiced for a long time due to digital taking everything over. the digital world is fine when used properly and it has its place. Great blood and gore effects through the whole movie!! John Charles Meyer kicks ass in his character does the rest of the cast!!
bjjnedan
I don't know what to say about this. Well, too start, it's about a family that is spending Y2K camping or whatever. Obviously they get abducted by an inbred hick family. And, the abductors and abductees are all prey for a monster of some sort.Independent movie or not, this movie is very stupid. I don't know what else to say. The acting is terrible. The effects are terrible. Every single thing about this movie is horrible. I set very low standards for this PoS because I know it's an independent flick. I never expect much from those. But..., even with my expectations being nonexistent, this stupid thing was horrible. This movie looks like it was a joke. It almost seems like it was made to mock someone. I don't know who, but someone. I don't think that anybody, writers, director, actors, absolutely anybody involved with making this thing took it seriously. If that were the case, it's still pretty f***ing horrible.
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