First , i have seen the original about 20 times, which is one of my favorite movies. The original was believable and made sense, and the original showed real people ,will real faults. Such as the doctor, who was fatigued and had epilepsy. I felt like i wanted to root for the characters.
Now this version, doesn't follow the novel, doesn't have a believable plot, doesn't even make you feel its believable. This movie just gets worse, and worse the more you watch, its 2 hours too long. Its 4 hours of you thinking, do they think i would believe that? Seriously how the makers of this film though anyone would enjoy it is beyond understanding.
The film experts, are young, and relatively good looking. - not believable The film is ultra politically correct, its not possibly to have a group a people perfectly balance minorities wind up with each other. - not real. Noting there was minorities in the original.
The technology was too much, it was like , lets blind the audience with technology, rather then substance. Its like put flat screens everywhere it will make us look intelligent.
Apparently computers figured out everything, and there was any use for the scientist except just to look smart.. -again real life? The film just drags on , with political subplots, about the personal lives of the characters, which have no purpose in the film. In fact its as if they merged 3 films into one, and hoped it would look right.
I think Michael Crichton, should call for taking this out of print, because it uses his book, and bastardizes it so badly. If this was the my first experience with the writer, i wouldn't seek it out again.
This remake had so much potential, but its one of most disappointing, poorly made, far-fetched, paranoid, and overall not real to the subject movies i have ever seen.
If there is an award for worst remake, then this is a number one candidate.
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