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good back-story, and good acting

Absolutely the worst movie.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Stargate is a 1994 film directed by Roland Emmerich and stars Kurt Russell, James Spader, and Jaye Davidson. The film is distributed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer and produced by Canal+ and Carolco, being labeled as a Sci-Fi Action flick. I've always had this film in mind for movies I wanted to watch, but now since I've seen it, I will document my observations just for you. Stargate tells the story of an ancient teleportation device found in Egypt in 1928 finally being activated in the present day (of 1994). Daniel Jackson (James Spader) and a team of soldiers led by Colonel O'Neil (Kurt Russell) are the first to go into the portal. On the other side, they find themselves in a similar but otherworldly version of Egypt. There, slaves worship their master Ra (Jaye Davidson), who is the God of the Sun.The characters in Stargate are Roland Emmerich stereotypes that all started with this film. You got the nerdy guy (James Spader) who figures out how to start or stop the major event in the plot. There is also the hardened military "badass" (Kurt Russell) that should have some charisma, but this film doesn't . Because Russell in any other movie has likability. Here, he has none. This film disappointed me on plenty of levels. I really like a Egyptian/Desert setting remixed into Science Fiction like such as Dune. The film somewhat explores well. But as an action movie, it's loud, anti- climactic, and lacks to give me any emotions except annoyance and anger. It fails as good action shlock but almost delivers on the setting. And no, I'm not going to watch 10 seasons of SG 1 just so I can see the concept be executed better since it should work as a movie. Stargate just reeks of wasted potential.Stargate as I saw it is an amalgamation for the short lived "Gulf War" and "Desert Storm Ops" of the 1990's. We see imagery of soldiers in the desert being worshipped as gods. The film ends with the Slaves without a master to worship since the American soldiers practically invaded their homeworld. The lesson I got from the film is that big, loud, dumb, and anti-climactic films will do great in the Summer blockbuster range.As I watched Stargate, I realized that it was not for a more critical audience, such as those who read film like we do. But audiences of the lowest common denominators would like it the same way they will like a Michael Bay Transformers film. But those audiences are what give films today the most money. And that to me, is a problem i've had with cinema for a while, seeing as smaller avant-garde films go seemingly unnoticed by a huge audience.Overall, I give Stargate a

The movie that started the whole Stargate franchise, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe. The story is very intriguing and the whole ring concept introduced is extremely fascinating. Jack O'Neill (Kurt Russell) and Daniel Jackson (James Spader) as the two leads work really fine together. Th effects might not live up to today's standard but much better than other 90s movie and the concept and this whole idea behind the Stargate is interested and explored more deeply in the shows.The villain Ra (Jaye Davidson) also show a lot of promise early in the movie but unfortunately he can't live up to promise and was kind of an lackluster villain in the end. The villain is of course not the center piece in this movie, that is of course the Stargate and their journey to Abydos. On Abydos they meet Skaara, Sha'uri and Kasuf, these character has to band together and fight against both time and Ra. The movie isn't fantastic by no means but it's a great starting point for the three series that continue after the movie.Roland Emmerich is not a great director but somehow he didn't screw this one up, sure the first Independence Day is also fine but his other movies have been mediocre at best. David Arnold's score in this movie is very well done and really should be appreciated. It's not the typical sci-fi, action movie you have grown to expect over the year, but Stargate actually has a few layers to it. The whole relationship that both Jack and Daniel make with the inhabitants on Abydos is compelling and adds a lot of emotional impact to the story. Overall a really solid movie that launched the Stargate franchise.Score: 6/10 (Solid)www.filmtvnow.wordpress.com

Like so many other movies this one has been politicized in some of the more negative reviews because...well, I really can't say,I honestly have no clue what Stargate has to do with international politics...at all.Ostensibly it's because it is the American Military meets folks still living like its Ancient Egypt and kill their god that critics are objecting to on IMDb......Forgetting, of course, that their god enslaved them all.I am further to the left than most people I've met and...I just don't buy that this has ANYTHING to do with politics.I think this flick was pitched as "Indiana Jones meets Star Wars" and I am 100% certain that it was made to be Indiana Jones Meets Star Wars.And of course they can't name it that so they called it "Stargate" And I am going to review it like it was meant to be reviewed.This film is Indiana Jones meets Star Wars. It was made to be a hit, in fact, it should have been a far bigger hit than it turned out to be.I mean, just the concept makes me want to watch it all over again...It's the same concept as "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" except they remembered that Indiana Jones has no place in the world of Aliens.In fact I would have even loved the TV show if, you know, all the Alien worlds they visited didn't look a lot like Canada.All you have here is a really fun action adventure sci-fi movie that doesn't try to make any statements. It is just fun.Stop putting politics into pulp trash.

now that the heading is in bold, we can get back to writing in normal letters. This is one of my all time favorite films. Everything in this film makes me appreciate it. From the great acting ensemble. To the amazing CGI that still holds it ground in today's cinema, to the incredible story. With a lot of people saying that it has similarities with Star Trak is just nonsense. While Star Trak is set in space, and deals more of racial sub topics and is more of a political drama based show/ movies. Stargate deals with other planets and Earth, not much in space. and it focus on ancient religion and believes of help from other beings.The story of the rings being used as gate way travel to distant worlds is pretty Awesome, and the film is also very smart on how they achieve communication between all the different species by having them all have some ancient language in common as they all have ancient gods who they fear or believe in.This is an incredibly awesome film, with some really cool action scenes, very well written dialogue and really great acting from Kurt Russell and James Spader