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Seeing Is Believing
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>Before you spend any money on this abomination go to the official Pendragonpictures website and take a look for yourself at some stills from the movie. If you're still not convinced follow the link to the "StuffoHowStuffWorks" site to see the offical trailer. Yes - Pendragon's site is so cheap they can't even afford to host a preview for their own movie! Use the link entitled "CLICK HERE for all trailers" as the link they've set up to take you to the "Full Theatrical Trailer" doesn't even work (both Pendragon and Stuffo messed this one up). Watch the "final" theatrical trailer, theatrical trailer, "Message from the Cast" and teaser trailer. If watching these don't convince you how awful this thing really is then you must be as out-of-touch with reality as the people who made it. <
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>It's an authentic period piece of garbage.

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I Loved this Movie for All the Wrong Reasons!
Okay everyone. Sorry for the disjointed review but I wanted you all to know what I thought while it was still fresh in my mind. So here it is: I loved this movie. If Hines makes all of his films like this, I will glady shell out the dough. <
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>The movie is a failure on so many levels (CGI, editing, & acting) There is a lot of jerkiness throughout the film. Sometimes I thought .. wow this looks great ..and then another effect appears to ruin it The acting was dreadful. The music I actually like a lot! Anyways, on with the highlights... <
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>Here's why I loved the film... <
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>Plastic moustaches! LOL <
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>When the cylinder lid falls off - it just slides straight down in the funniest way. Moreoever, when the alien "pops" out and "glides" across the cylinder...the effect looks like something from Sesame Street (who btw mastered this effect years ago) <
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>The CGI and puppet Fighting machines are hilarious. I love it when it chases the narrator... I've seen better puppets and in Team America (**** Ya!) Apparently when a fighting machine is walking and its feet pounds the earth a *suction cup* sound is made ?! <
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>Houses burning... I loved it.. it's a real movie again (almost) and then the train crashes after the bridge is destroyed... oh no! The trolley from Mr Roger's Neighbourhood! <
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>There is CGI everywhere...hell, I think the actual DVD is part CGI! CGI red weed..apparently leftover props from Yellow Submarine. I loved the dancing skeletons!!! If this shot was not shown as a slowed down effect it may have been more convincing ..except for the CGI flames that always burn straight up! LOL I did love the sound of the heat ray and the fact that you don't see a beam of any kind. <
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>When they are riding in the cart ... look what's hanging on the side ... it's the robot from MSTK3000!! LOL <
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>I was sad to see the cart die so quickly..it would have been hilarous to keep that going...being attacked by machines that were not to scale! The CGI or puppets was hilarious. Some scenes look right out of a childrens puppet show as the cart goes down the road. And I loved it when the cart whizzes out of control, breaks and rolls down the hill with total disregard for the laws of physics. <
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>The Thunderchild battle ... playtime in the bathtub is more like it!! Awesome and hilarious! I've never seen an unarmed warship driving against the current with such hilarity! It sinks just like those little plastic subs we used to play with in the tub that propel themselves with baking soda <
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>On the plus side, comedy flicks these days are made so cheaply and I am not fond of watching them in the theaer. But Hines has made a quality one here. <
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>The acting is bad .. really bad sometimes. When Oglivy was locked in the shed, and trying to talk his way out, I thought i was watching a Monty Python sketch. It's funny, but when no dialogue is spoken, the movie seems incredibly better ... just with the soundtrack ( I loved the music), and for a while, you forget you are watching this MSTK3000 wonder .. but then someone says something and and you are snapped back into reality. <
>The Curate scene was hilarious. I understand what Timbo was trying to do but how many times do we have to watch them fight over bread? I get it ...he's hungry and losing his sanity. But I could not help thinking the Curate was a lot like Luke Skywalker ...a whiny brat I would hope none of the actors used their real names in the credits! <
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>This movie is long, people. really long. It should have said SCREENPLAY by H.G. Wells. That's how long it is. It took me all day to get through it! The narrator as he walks the earth (LOL) reminded me again of Monty Python .. I expected a monster to jump out and eat him or something OR I couldnt help think the whole time, "I bet something really important is going on right now...why are we following this guy??!" <
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>It really appears to be Hines' honest intention to have made a good film, which is nice ... but it doesn't make the movie an ounce credible .. just more hilarous. It would have been funny only for a while if Hines made this turkey intentionally. If only Timbo had swallowed his pride and asked 20 years ago, "Hey man, could I have a loan to make a student film? He may have been noticed as a man wih vision. But instead, he waited ... waited until about 20 years later and then asks investors, "Hey man, can I have some money to make a film? and then proceeds to make his student film from 20 years ago that he just couldn't let go of. Then he tries to pass it off as legitimate and say there is room for both his version and Speilberg's. I don't think Speilberg will be too worried. <
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>The only way we call could trully love this film as Hines wanted is for someone to go back in time and drop it off on the BBC's doorstep around <
>1974. If they had released this in the 70s.. i would have said, "This movie is awesome!" No wonder the die hards and fanatics are pissed LOL <
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>Bonus - Walk to you drop Drinking Game <
>When the narrator walks the earth, have a drink. Last man walking wins. <
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Hi, I'm Tom Cruise! Yes, THAT Tom Cruise!
And I've got nothing better to do with my time than sit at home on the internet telling people not to see a cheapjack ripoff that isn't even going to theaters. Gee, but me and Katie have been busy writing all these negative Amazon reviews by ourselves in between publicising our movies and demonizing psychiatry, but somehow we managed it because our lives wouldn't be complete if we let a struggling amateur auteur like `Timbo' Hines get away with releasing a film he made for $25 and change that is obviously so much better than Steve and my efforts that we just can't sleep nights. We may be going into 3000 screens this week, but he's in WalMart, and that's got us running scared, I can tell you! <
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>All we've got is a proper budget, an award-winning scriptwriter and actors and crew who know their jobs. How can we hope to compete with a badly shot on video straight-to-DVD $10 disc with no-one you've ever heard of, shot entirely on location in a couple of fields in Washington with CGI horses and cows? We can't. That's why everybody who has ever given this movie a bad review here is obviously me trying to put the little guy down. Seriously. That's why you should ignore every review from someone who didn't like it and only believe the good ones, that don't sound anything alike and obviously weren't written by the people who made the film to sucker you out of $10. Just don't ask why we're putting so much effort into beating up on Timbo's film while we're leaving the other modern-day version with C. Thomas Howell completely alone even though it's much closer to our version. <
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