Dark Star (1974)
Low-budget story of four astronauts in deep space, whose mission is to destroy unstable planets in star systems which are to be colonised... (imdb)
Genres: Comedy, Sci-fi, Suspense/Thriller
Country: USA
Directed By: John Carpenter
Written By: Dan O'Bannon, John Carpenter
Starring: Brian Narelle, Cal Kuniholm, Dre Pahich, Dan O'Bannon, John Carpenter, Nick Castle, Adam Beckenbaugh, Cookie Knapp, Joe Saunders, Alan Sheretz, Miles Watkins
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| Jul 04 | kevin_51784 | 80 68% |
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| Jun 25 | knives | 64 23% |
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| Jun 20 |  |
amerigo | 70 27% |
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Cartoonishly awful effects stand out in this micro-budget tongue-in-cheek satire. Sure, it does have some charm in its amateur novelty, but it's often a bit of a slog. There are scenes that are overshadowed by jokes that fall flat because they resemble the kind of humor you'd see in a high school video production class. But on the other hand, there are moments of delightful absurdity straight out of the corpus of Philip K Dick's work. A very mixed bag this.
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jbissell | 65 25% |
| Jun 13 | D Lightman | 70 70% |
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NathanBates | 60 35% |
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I just can't explain why I like this movie, because the writing is pretty clunky and the special effects really aren't so special. But there's a cleverness to it, perhaps because of (or even in spite of) the limited budget.
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| Jan 26 | TheDude774 | 70 15% |
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#6 Direction - 2.5/2.5 Sound/Editing - 2.5/2.5 Acting - 1/2.5 Writing - 1/2.5"
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| Oct 02, 2019 | dracular | 60 53% |
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Velvet Crowe | 72 78% |
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I hope that whenever or if ever we find aliens in space, they'll be bouncy balls with feet. Imagine how underwhelming that'd be?
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jobsbronson | 13 66% |
| Oct 28, 2018 | Dressing | 65 71% |
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ribcage | 53 28% |
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Dark Star is a mash-up of 2001, Philip K Dick, Alien, Douglas Adams thrown into a blender, poured into a glass with an extra twenty minutes (mostly of Dan O’bannon chasing a beach ball in a short, weird comedy version of Alien). I recommend it for fans of its creators, but it is strongly a rough draft museum piece.
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alien'ın yazarıyla carpenter'ın uğraşacakları temalara dair iyi bir öncül film olarak beliriyor. düşük bütçesini her haliyle -dönem koşullarına göre dahi- belli ediyor ama bu bir potansiyel tartışması eşliğinde olmuyor, zira üzerine eğildiği temaları gayet yeterli biçimde işliyor.
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rklenseth | 60 38% |
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rosenritter | 9 95% |
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Makes 2001 look like Dark Star.
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| Nov 01, 2016 | jerrywarton | 78 90% |
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| Oct 19, 2016 | Jason616 | 65 9% |
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Esse filme é maravilhoso!
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| Sep 04, 2016 | noeda | 70 23% |
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| Jul 12, 2016 | ribtin | 64 36% |
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now it's time to go sleepy bye you worthless piece of garbage! i love this nonsense, it's basically proto-COMPUTER CHESS.
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BadCosmonaut | 7 87% |
| Jul 09, 2016 |  |
backwardsuit | 71 52% |
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Fun but you may need some good will towards its low-budget indie spirit to get along with it. As creative as it is amateurish in places and can't help but feel like a student short film extended for a feature release. Despite its many flaws (pace, tone, structure) I still find it very compelling & laudable. Basically some kind of prolonged absurdist gag on workplace safety and morale in a dehumanizingly mechanical futuristic context with more genre awareness than probably necessary.
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Okkervil | 61 54% |
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There are loads of problems with this that I can't be arsed to detail, and in all honesty I'm not the biggest Carpenter fan. But 'Dark Star' really makes the most of itself in its last half to become something that despite it's faults is undeniably enjoyable. Definitely conceptually interesting if nothing else.
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| Jun 07, 2016 | GARN | 71 83% |
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| Jun 02, 2016 | marcinvg | 70 61% |
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| May 29, 2016 | Stricken157 | 33 9% |
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VengefulKBM | 80 75% |
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This movie is a BLAST to watch. It's both really funny in a wacky sort of way, and surprisingly clever. The acting talent and production values are obviously limited, but considering this was a student film, it's pretty top-notch. And I love the random alien subplot. It may be obvious padding, but it's extremely entertaining obvious padding.
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| Nov 08, 2015 | thewink | 75 16% |
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Maaxwell | 60 40% |
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Dark Star is admirably original and sporadically witty but its idle pace prevents it from being consistently entertaining. The ultra-low budget means that the film has serious aesthetic limitations, but the cheap sets and effects make it a more memorable experience, most notably in the case of the "beach ball" alien.
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| Oct 20, 2015 |  |
whitelighter | 52 6% |
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ronthedog | 78 35% |
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More than slightly crazy parody of sci-fi genre. Would be very naff indeed if it didn't send itself up alongside everything else.
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thereeldeal | 55 21% |
| Sep 04, 2015 | mikerog12 | 80 66% |
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| Aug 08, 2015 | false10 | 70 45% |
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