Stealth
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Stealth is pure special effect. There, I wrote a positive sentence about the movie, starring Joshua Lucas, Jessica Biel, and Jamie Foxx, and directed by Rob Cohen. With the first three mentioned, you expect some degree of acting ability to be displayed on-screen…but you might be disappointed. At least with the Fast and the Furious director, you are provided with lots of explosions, but still you probably hoped for more “bang� for your buck. Stealth is Top Gun meets 2001: A Space Odyssey with a spoonful of Short Circuit thrown in, and unfortunately all three of those movies did it better.
Premise: unmanned, “perfect� aircraft struck by lightning turns into a deadly, no-holds-barred fighting machine…that develops a personality and feelings. Foxx must wish he had never left the sets of notable flicks, Ray and Collateral, and my wife thankfully missed Lucas dive-bomb out of his ‘love interest’ position formerly fortified by Sweet Home Alabama. The three ‘live’ pilots have no chemistry with each other, nor do they appear to know what they’re doing when in the cockpit of the fighters. At least the aerial shots look good (my graphic design friend said that the transitions were seamless.) The dialogue would have made George Lucas proud, because it fails to rise above campy and reduces the audience to adolescence. Unfortunately, it lacks overarching themes that the viewer can buy into as meaningful.
Faced with the dangerous threat of the flying trash disposal, the three pilots track it and gradually lose to it. One of the few moments of actual plot-consciousness occurs when “Tin Man� repeats back a conversation held prior by two humans, mimicking Lucas. For those of you who have yet to raise a child or work with a youth—they hear everything, and repeat it! (They are also prone to repeating your actions as well, lending a warning toward practicing what we preach.)
The drone begins to follow out his own ‘wishes,’ further serving as a commentary against the United States as “World Police� and continuing an ongoing commentary that we hear mainly through Foxx. The creation (“Tin Man�) follows through on his own self-preservation, serving as a momentary soap box for the protection of all life, but The Island speaks out for pro-lifers more efficiently. Responsibility for actions is a stretch here but the film definitely was intended to serve some socio-political agenda that I won’t dwell on here.
Finally, and by finally I mean mercifully, the movie reaches the final 15 minutes and probably its most enjoyable section. Presented with the mantra, ‘never abandon your wingman,’ both the drone and Lucas provide self-sacrificial examples and some butt-kicking action. There isn’t much to cheer for here, but the ‘learning’ being done by “Tin Man� shows us that if we believe computers can develop souls…he has one.
—Overview
—Photos
—About this Film
—Photos
—About this Film
Stealth is pure special effect. There, I wrote a positive sentence about the movie, starring Joshua Lucas, Jessica Biel, and Jamie Foxx, and directed by Rob Cohen. With the first three mentioned, you expect some degree of acting ability to be displayed on-screen…but you might be disappointed. At least with the Fast and the Furious director, you are provided with lots of explosions, but still you probably hoped for more “bang� for your buck. Stealth is Top Gun meets 2001: A Space Odyssey with a spoonful of Short Circuit thrown in, and unfortunately all three of those movies did it better.Premise: unmanned, “perfect� aircraft struck by lightning turns into a deadly, no-holds-barred fighting machine…that develops a personality and feelings. Foxx must wish he had never left the sets of notable flicks, Ray and Collateral, and my wife thankfully missed Lucas dive-bomb out of his ‘love interest’ position formerly fortified by Sweet Home Alabama. The three ‘live’ pilots have no chemistry with each other, nor do they appear to know what they’re doing when in the cockpit of the fighters. At least the aerial shots look good (my graphic design friend said that the transitions were seamless.) The dialogue would have made George Lucas proud, because it fails to rise above campy and reduces the audience to adolescence. Unfortunately, it lacks overarching themes that the viewer can buy into as meaningful.Faced with the dangerous threat of the flying trash disposal, the three pilots track it and gradually lose to it. One of the few moments of actual plot-consciousness occurs when “Tin Man� repeats back a conversation held prior by two humans, mimicking Lucas. For those of you who have yet to raise a child or work with a youth—they hear everything, and repeat it! (They are also prone to repeating your actions as well, lending a warning toward practicing what we preach.)The drone begins to follow out his own ‘wishes,’ further serving as a commentary against the United States as “World Police� and continuing an ongoing commentary that we hear mainly through Foxx. The creation (“Tin Man�) follows through on his own self-preservation, serving as a momentary soap box for the protection of all life, but The Island speaks out for pro-lifers more efficiently. Responsibility for actions is a stretch here but the film definitely was intended to serve some socio-political agenda that I won’t dwell on here.
Finally, and by finally I mean mercifully, the movie reaches the final 15 minutes and probably its most enjoyable section. Presented with the mantra, ‘never abandon your wingman,’ both the drone and Lucas provide self-sacrificial examples and some butt-kicking action. There isn’t much to cheer for here, but the ‘learning’ being done by “Tin Man� shows us that if we believe computers can develop souls…he has one.—Overview
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