Wordiezett So much average

AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

Tobias Burrows It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Anidre_1009 When we talk about science fiction films, few are able to maintain a touch of realism that adds a fascinating taste of suspense to the work. The Andromeda Strain, is one of those few films.When a satellite hits the earth, infected with a lethal alien organism that threatens to destroy humanity, a group of scientists has the task of discovering how to combat such an entity, over time, they will discover that there is much more to fight than the unknown.This is one of my few favorite fictional movies that make me sit on the edge of the chair, paying close attention to every detail, every word, every argument, listening and fascinating as I enter a world of completely incredible science. Few movies are capable of achieving this realism, since sometimes reality is often boring for some. But they are wrong. The reality exceeds fiction. This movie proves it with great magnitudes. Even if the main idea itself may sound fake. It can develop at any moment on our planet, and the only way to fight such a threat is with science.This is where the word '' scientific accuracy '' stands. Since this film has dialogues so perfectly armed that I could not believe it was fiction, I felt myself approaching a world of medicine and viral diseases, an excellent world that teaches me the most brilliant side of humanity.With an incredible suspense, fascinating performances, remarkable scenes, a cinematography that leaves me even terrified at times, this movie is included in the list of the best realistic science fiction films.With the only disadvantage, being slow progress. A bit tedious waiting, but absolutely worth it. Even if the advance may seem slow, the movie is built correctly over time and teaches us the virtue of patience, science and medicine, magnificent fields that become the 3 main elements of this movie.

Hitchcoc LIke so many viewers, I was disappointed with how it ended. Nevertheless, this is a non- stop work of high suspense in a world threatened by a disease that could spell the end for humanity. It is based on a book by the wonderful Michael Crichton (yes, the Jurassic Park guy). It involves a horrible virus that wipes out a small town. Faced with no knowledge of what could have done this, medical people and other scientists are faced with diagnosing the disease and then eradicating it. What follows is a race against time, a race against limitations on science. Usually when researchers look into something, they have a body of knowledge to guide their ways. Suffice it to say. This is a really good movie. I'm sorry that some reviewers would give this a one based on the fact that it was slow moving. Not enough explosions or alien invaders I guess.

meritcoba For sure, the Andromeda Strain has an interesting premise! The inhabitants of a village in the middle of nowhere all die where they stand, but for a newborn and an oldster. The suspect? An alien microscopic life form carried to earth by a returning satellite. Thus a group of scientists is put together, more or less under duress, to investigate events. First at ground zero and later in an underground secret lab somewhere in a desert in Nevada. But after this promising start the movie makers forgot something. Shouldn't they put a timer on the whole thing? Granted they do that, but very late into the movie and even at that point they forget to inform group of investigators until even later because they scientists are incommunicado with the rest of the world. So the drama that is for the grab is lost and what conflicts arise never lead to anything serious that you would expect when disparate people have to work under pressure to save the world from extinction. This missed opportunity is born out by little mistakes, such as the fact that the men all are clean shaven even after days of hard work. In fact the whole movie looks crispy and clean. There is even drama fully cooked and ready when some members start to suspect that the alien life form might have something to do with biological warfare. But that moment of tension sizzle out to nothing. Another conflict arises when the scientists advocate to nuke the village, but the politicians hesitate. But it is hardly an issue that impacts the plot. While it should have as it leads up to a twist in the movie. The movie focuses on the scientific investigation using instruments that look hopelessly dated nowadays. A sizable part of the movie has the team go through a sixteen hour decontamination procedure involving a slow descend through five levels of the underground lab that ought to impress the viewers. And I would agree such painstaking thoroughness is impressive and a pain to watch to. And we then see them do the meticulously scientific research for another big part of the movie, which is again an awesome testimonial to the scientific method, but at times feels as exciting as watching paint dry. Blinking computer screens with unintelligible numbers don't do it for me. It is boring.The b rate actors are unable to add to the tension arch which doesn't mean they do a bad job, but they are just not able to amend for the lack of drama like a Henry Fonda can. He can make any dull line of conversation seem interesting but the actors that are billed here aren't up to it. At times the actors looked nailed to the ground, standing up erect and delivering their lines in an almost monotone voice. So now I really saw what wooden acting looks like. All in all the movie is still watchable while you are doing something else as well. For once this might be a movie that actually might do a lot better when remade. I suspect the novel by Crichton is still good material. Just add some more dialog and drama. All ready to go.

evanston_dad The science behind "The Andromeda Strain" may be a big crock of hooey, but the people who made it do a good job of at least making it seem credible, which goes a long way toward making the film much more effective as a sci-fi thriller than others of its type.Robert Wise was a good, solid director. He had a distinctly mainstream sensibility as a filmmaker, but his mainstream films were always especially assured and intelligent. He does a great job keeping this talky sci-fi film moving, and it's really creepy, especially in this age when the media is just waiting to pounce on the THE BIG ONE, the deadly virus that's going to emerge and wipe out humanity. The ending to "The Andromeda Strain" is a bit easy -- the virus just evolves to become harmless and floats away in a big cloud -- and comes as a bit of a let down after all of the work the film does to create just an atmosphere of tense dread up to that point. But the rest of the movie is good enough that the limp ending doesn't make the rest of the film feel like a waste of time."The Andromeda Strain" was nominated for two Oscars, one for Best Art Direction (long-time Wise collaborator Boris Leven and William Tuntke) and Best Film Editing (Stuart Gilmore and John W. Holmes), both of which were strongly deserved.Grade: A-