We needed to see the characters earlier in order to establish their situations so that later when the ship is fucking with their minds, we understand why that hurts them. Anderson mentioned that he had to cut some out for the sake of gore, but restoring that would not have made the film better. All through EH, I kept feeling as though the film was missing like 50 minutes. Otherwise, it's tacked on and meaningless.Ģ.) Pacing. So at the end when he sacrifices himself to save the remainder of his crew, he completes a character arc. This way, it would be established early on that Miller is seeking redemption for his past failure. His confession should have been what opened up the film like in the form of a voice over. towards the end about the man he couldn't save in a prior doomed mission. In fact, the only good scene is the confession he makes to D.J. It's only at the end that we realize Captain Miller should have been the main guy all along. It's like watching a 90-minute long Nickelodeon commercial for Gak. We jump from one character to another with hardly any background or context. EH is probably the only film I know of that seems to intentionally refuse to pick a primary protagonist. Here's a few things that could have made Event Horizon better:ġ.) Pick a main character. A time when Hollywood decided to basically combine Hellraiser with anything space-related into mindless popcorn fare that gave us such classics as Sphere, Virus, and Alien: Resurrection. Happily, EH remains a relic of the late 90s. Had it come out recently, there's no doubt Hollywood would have attempted to 3-D-ify it in an attempt to separate any wandering lobotomy patients from their hard-earned $15 on the IMAX. ![]() But it could have been a good one worth the Blockbuster price of $3.95 for a two night rental. I don't think Event Horizon could have ever been a great film. Instead, it teeter totters on the edge of that proverbial black hole, into which we find Battlefield Earth. ![]() ![]() This film should have been the Poseidon Adventure of the late 90s, or at least the Alien of the dot-com age. You have a pre-Matrix Laurence Fishburne, a post-Jurassic Park Sam Neil, and a veritable Swiss Army knife actor in Jason Isaacs (seriously, Isaacs has done everything, and he's got a fucking law degree, too). Event Horizon is a film with a really interesting premise, great special effects (for its time) and a great cast, but probably the most poorly executed film with all those attributes since Waterworld.
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