LostInWoods1990
Good music. Good times. Good action. I like the naval theme. Classic cheesy sci-fi romp. Have fun. Don't take it too seriously. This movie is way underrated. I've watched it many times & it never gets old! I like the actors and acting despite any goofs or factual errors. The cat aliens are a little bit goofy however they're bad ass in their own right. Classic late 90's movie! The warp jumps are fun. The battles are pretty cool with their dog fighting and air craft carrier style combat in space with other vessels such as crusiers, destroyers plus a com-ship! The space freighter the Diligent is pretty sweet in it's own right. The tension between characters was palpable when they argue over blood feuds. Freddie Prince Jr. and Matthew Lillard were actually pretty good in this and of course Saffron Burrows and that guy with the accent, Tcheky Karyo! He's the most bad ass of all! Even the supporting characters and extras played their parts well!
Python Hyena
Wing Commander (1999): Dir: Chris Roberts / Cast: Freddie Prinze Jr., Saffron Burrows, Matthew Lillard, Tchehy Karyo, Ginny Holder: One of the stupidest contraptions ever put to film. It is one of those fleet movies with commanders, lieutenants, Naval officers, etc. Title refers to the limited resources to being human and undertaking challenges such as flying. Freddie Prinze Jr. stars as a half breed whose father was a Naval officer and his mother was a Pilgrim. His only memory of them is through a cross necklace that he wears for good luck. It obviously doesn't work because if it did then he would be in a different movie. Director Chris Roberts is as bad as the screenwriter is with ideas. I have seen children create better art just by throwing a bowl of cheerios against the wall. I have seen paper airplanes with greater credibility than the air crafts presented here. Prinze Jr. leads the horrible casting as this half wit pilot. Matthew Lillard plays his idiotic best friend. Saffron Burrows plays the obvious romantic tease that has the personality of sheet metal. Tcheky Karyo shows up to yell commands and apparently look mean doing it. Ginny Holder plays a character who dies when the leads screw up. She can consider herself fortunate that she didn't have to subject herself to this crap longer. This film is an insult to the senses it eventually numbs. It is a flimsy Top Gun rip-off with all of the excitement of indigestion. Score: 1 / 10
cornerhorn
I have seen this movie 6 times and am about to watch it again tonight. This is along the quality of Serenity, another movie that seems rated less than it deserved. People, this is not Star Wars, or Star Trek! It's better in many ways. How did IMDb get this down to a 3.8? It used to be ranked over 6.5 and I see movies that are horrible ranked above 7. What are people smoking these days? I have 1400 movies, 200 of the top 250, and I am 46, been around a long while seen over 10000 movies. I know good when I see it. This movie is great! Has romance, action, suspense, plot is thick, story is plausible, and it resonates with real life. Good effects, not a B movie, has top actors. What more can you ask for out of Sci Fi? You will never see this remade and if it did get a remake, it would not be as well done, not unless they spent millions then it would top Iron Man in that case. Don't think you could make a Marvel Character out of anyone in this movie, but maybe find a bad guy for the Avengers to fight? Maybe. I rank this a solid 7!
stekare
Ten years after the Wing Commander released, it is still the best sci-fi movie ever made!It would have been fun with a renewal of this film for the story is great and I think it would be a hit movie.I like everything in this film from the actors to the effects and story. Given when the film was made, it is clearly the best film I've seen in the last 10 years! i would like to see more films and series like Wing Commander and Space above and beyond to come in the future! I hope that the film industry is listening to us sci-fi enthusiasts! But no more Steven Spielberg series because he destroys everything he does.
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