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Save your money for something good and enjoyable

How sad is this?

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Quite probably one of the greatest Sci Fi movies of all time. I will agree that it doesn't have any men running around in tights with capes, or explosions. But the script is tight and the acting top notch. If you don't like this you don't like real Sci Fi, go ahead and re-watch an Iron-Man or Captain America film, there're all alike anyway.

The science behind "The Andromeda Strain" may be a big crock of hooey, but the people who made it do a good job of at least making it seem credible, which goes a long way toward making the film much more effective as a sci-fi thriller than others of its type.Robert Wise was a good, solid director. He had a distinctly mainstream sensibility as a filmmaker, but his mainstream films were always especially assured and intelligent. He does a great job keeping this talky sci-fi film moving, and it's really creepy, especially in this age when the media is just waiting to pounce on the THE BIG ONE, the deadly virus that's going to emerge and wipe out humanity. The ending to "The Andromeda Strain" is a bit easy -- the virus just evolves to become harmless and floats away in a big cloud -- and comes as a bit of a let down after all of the work the film does to create just an atmosphere of tense dread up to that point. But the rest of the movie is good enough that the limp ending doesn't make the rest of the film feel like a waste of time."The Andromeda Strain" was nominated for two Oscars, one for Best Art Direction (long-time Wise collaborator Boris Leven and William Tuntke) and Best Film Editing (Stuart Gilmore and John W. Holmes), both of which were strongly deserved.Grade: A-

Yeah. OK. I know that The Andromeda Strain (TAS, for short) was only a Sci-Fi movie (or was it more than just that?) - But, with that said, wasn't it just like the American government and their devoted Science/Military team, back in 1970, to send a satellite out into space with the sole purpose of bringing back to Earth an organism (hopefully) deadly enough to use in germ warfare against all of their enemies (especially the Russians)? Like, isn't that just the most awful-minded objective imaginable? And all of those naive, trusting American citizens who solemnly believe that their government really stands for truth, justice and liberty... Ha! What a deluded, laughable joke! Based on Michael Crichton's 1969 novel of the same name, TAS was, without a doubt, one very-Very-VERY (!!) s-l-o-w moving picture. At 130 minutes my interest in caring about whether the Wildfire Team found a way to contain the spread of the deadly virus brought back to Earth, or not, waned to the point where, after the first 45 minutes, I couldn't give a sweet-damn what the heck happened. In fact, I was so bored that I secretly began hoping that all hell would break loose with the "Andromeda" virus. But, damn it, nothing of the sort ever happened.One of the biggest disappointments about this "all-talk/no-action" Sci-Fi/Thriller was that way too much of its budget went into the construction of its science-lab sets. I found that not enough attention was paid to the creation of a really unique-looking micro-organism. All that this thing looked like to me (when magnified by 1500x) was just a run-of-the-mill piece of toxic-green crud.Anyways - I found TAS to be yet another one of those "countdown-to-disaster" movies that, unfortunately, took itself way-way too seriously for its own good. And, that, in turn, left its audience with a potentially promising story that was so cut-n-dry as to be completely void of any genuine thrills & chills.*Trivia note* - Andromeda is the name given to the nearby galaxy that's just beyond Earth's solar system. It also means "to think of man" in Greek.

I have known "Andromeda Strain" my whole life but I can't believe I have never seen the film until now, thank you Roku. Without interruption, I watched this film in HQ with all its glorious technocolor splendor. To me, a film HAS to have great cinematography or I'll not like it - perhaps hate it. Any time a scene is closer that 3 feet it is unnatural (wrong perspective). And, let us get rid of shaky cam forever. Why do I wan to see a film shot on a Iphone. With that said, I loved this movie. It had great sound, camera work, acting and I honestly had no idea how it would end. I found myself trying to figure out the chemistry to save the lives too. Take a trip back to 1971 to enjoy this classic and some popcorn. Long live film.Bonanza