Transcendence (2014)

[Leonidas King]

One of the biggest box office bombs in the history of 2014 films

[Addi-blu-ction]

Originally Posted by Leonidas_King

One of the biggest box office bombs in the history of 2014 films

It's only May

[twardyyy]

Yeah, I hate that it got a bad rep because I ended up liking it. It definitely wasn't the best movie of 2014, but it wasn't a complete crapfest either. What people fail to realize is that it's a science fiction movie. It's not supposed to be this movie based on real events or even something that could conceivably happen -- although it wouldn't surprise me if something like that did happen many, many years from now. It didn't disappoint me, mainly because I didn't have extraordinarily high expectations going into it. It was a good movie and it did it's job. It blended a solid storyline with drama and some action and it had you questioning things at the end, especially our future as a society and what it actually means to be "self-aware".

What I believe happened is that this movie was supposed to be one of the biggest hits of 2014 and it was built up as something it was never gonna be.

Point is.... I enjoyed it and I will be buying when it hits the street 3-4 months from now. And I'm just hoping that, somewhere around the world, they make a fancy steelbook so I can add it to my collection.

So, to the OP, would I recommend this for your viewing? Yes. Yes I would. It was a solid movie and it has a good all-around cast with Depp, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany, Cillian Murphy and Morgan Freeman. I can't say that it's for everybody, but it's a good movie to watch if you're a Sci-Fi fan.

[Leonidas King]

Originally Posted by Addi-blu-ction

It's only May

It don't matter. It still counts

[nagysaudio]

This was a solid 1/10 movie for me.

[mikey horror]

Why don't we just call this what it is. A remake of The Lawnmower man.

[kiltymchaggis]

Originally Posted by mikey horror

Looks to me like its a remake of Lawnmower man.

That's exactly what I said when I saw the first trailer.

[2awesome4apossum]

You should definitely check it out. I went in totally uninterested in the premise (the trailers looked stupid IMO), but came out loving it. I can't understand how it got a 19% on RottenTomatoes, when a boring gigglefest like RoboCop was more than twice that.

I agree that it feels like a "fall drama." And I have no idea what WB was thinking, spending $100 million on this.

[mrr1]

Originally Posted by mikey horror

Why don't we just call this what it is. A remake of The Lawnmower man.

Indeed. And somehow they remade that crappy movie into an even worse one. That's a special kind of talent, right there.

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by nagysaudio

This was a solid 1/10 movie for me.

Normally I would respond this way to a "nagy-post", but that was pretty damn funny!


A shame this movie did so poorly. I was(and still am I guess) looking forward to seeing this.