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Absolutely Fantastic

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Powerful science fiction which serves as a dark cautionary tale for our times as well. Well directed and imaginatively written, this is an important film that pulls no punches and makes a statement with raw, stark imagery. The story deals with an effort to bring water to a dying earth by way of a risky space mission. A limited budget causes the special effects to be less than those desired but this does not diminish the power of the motion picture in the least. The script features incredible insights and some sharp dialog indeed. A cast of familiar faces is superb in their respective roles with Stella Staggs as Alice a true standout in a performance that is nothing less than that of a lifetime. The tension is incredible and the pace is frenetic as this saga of our doomed planet unfolds in horrific imagery. The shattering climax is one that will have audiences reeling in their seats and is something not to be missed.

I came across this "movie" on XBox Live for digital rental and from reading the description I thought it would be a nice escape in a SciFi world. Let me tell you I was horribly wrong. This film is extremely difficult to watch from beginning to end.Let me start by saying that I keep an open mind when it comes to independent films and I can look past monetary constraints, but the atmosphere from the get-go is a letdown. I will give praise to the lighting inside the protagonists' ship, it is very suitable for the setting, however the ship itself is a real disappointment. I understand that this film takes place in the near future, but there is no reason characters should be using iPads that are dated even by todays standards. The props throughout this "futuristic" setting just don't work. I just couldn't help but feel like the characters were running through someone's poorly decorated house being used as the set. It's just not convincing.Now that we have that out of the way, let's discuss the acting in the film. It's atrocious. There simply isn't any other way to describe it. It's absolutely atrocious. I just felt absolutely no connection with the characters whatsoever. The acting just felt very forced and didn't flow. Some of the mannerisms are extremely over-exxagerated at times that just destroyed any chance of immersion of the audience into this film.Next, let's discuss the plot of this movie. After the end of this thing, I truly didn't know whether the writer hates women or loves them a little too much. What I mean by this is the way the main character is treated through this film just seemed like it could be a view of an agenda the writer has against women. This woman is later raped in the film "for the benefit of the human race". Let me tell you, it was truly difficult to sit there and watch this 20-something girl raped(who ends up pregnant). It was just in poor taste. However, at the same time I can't help but feel like this writer is trying to play out some kind personal fantasy throughout the movie. The main protagonist originally is a male, but suddenly and mysteriously becomes a woman. The film then focuses on this character dealing with his new womanhood and his religious fanatic of a Lieutenant trying to get her pants because it's god's will. Remember the rape scene I mentioned earlier? Do the math. What really confuses me about this all is the protagonist goes from being a confident, tom-boyish newly transformed woman to a crying, helpless, girly-girl, that is suddenly madly in lover with her life-long friend, in no time at all. It just doesn't add up. I really thought I was watching the writer's personal, disgusting(rape) fetish come to life in this film. The whole way the film played out just made me feel a mix of pure confusion and frankly, awkward.Finally, there may or may not be a religious agenda in this film. I personally don't know if this purely for the sake of the plot or if it is the writer trying to push a religious agenda to the audience. I will admit that it seems like the latter several times throughout the movie. "Paradox Alice" is by far one of the worst and backwards films I have endured in years.The whole thing is just a mess from beginning to end and I can safely say you are better off spending your evenings enjoying a much more intelligent film or even just having a nice stare with the wall. This film truly is an insult in the independent film industry.2/10

The description of this "movie" is very deceptive as it describes itself as being a sci-fi movie. However, other than the location and initial portion of the movie it has very little to actually do with sci-fi. The vast majority of the "movie" is a sermon on how god has a plan for all of us and that you should believe in god and without god there is no salvation and so on. "spoiler alert" <- Site necessityThen the movie continues on to depict violence towards the assumed last remaining woman, an attempt to brainwash her, and finally followed up by an equally distasteful and offensive rape scene, all under the premise that it's okay because it's "god's plan" for them.When there is an absolute necessity for something like a rape scene either because of depiction of true events or because it's absolutely critical then while it may be an overall offensive addition it is there because it's absolutely necessary, and often times film makers will mention it happening and avoid showing it. In this movie is wasn't necessary at all, in fact there were numerous ways that it could have been completely avoided or reworked to be only an attempted rape. The only apparent reason why this scene was added to the movie was to bolster the preaching that god punishes those who don't accept him into their lives. I think it's important to state that I'm not anti-religious, I personally belief that everyone has the right to belief in whatever they want.

Um yeah, where to start...Terrible actingHorrific script ("the guy's got an ego the size of a pork sausage" - whoever wrote that line does realize that pork sausages are quite small, right?!) CGI that looks like it came from an early 90's kids TV show Clichéd concepts stolen from every other sci-fi film you've ever seenA spaceship on an important earth-saving mission that has less crew than a domestic airline flight (4 in total!) A comically bad set - there's wooden shelves in the cockpit! A soundtrack that won't be selling a single track on iTunesMy advice: avoid this B grade mess at all costs, or alternately, get a couple of friends together for a few drinks and then laugh your way through this cringe-worthy debacle.