Evolution - Boxed Set

Pros: None that I can really think of
Cons: poor plot, terrible special effects

Last evening my family and I loaded in the car and headed for the drive in movie. For $5 a car load, we went to see Tomb Raider and Evolution. I must say, I am glad for a family of 5 that we only spent $5 on the two, both were terrible but this review...

Pros: Goofy, light and fun. You WILL laugh...if you have a sense of humor.
Cons: A bit gross and crude. Not for very young children.

Hey! This is a really fun movie! It is directed by Ivan Reitman who also did great entertainment films like "Animal House", "Heavy Metal", "Twins", "Ghostbusters", "Kindergarten Cop", "Beethoven" and "Private Parts". With a line-up like that, you have...

Pros: Characters all have that "everyday" feel about them, nice special effects
Cons: A few totally unrelated things happen, prolonging the beginning.

Leave it to a Gen-X'er like me to go recommending this movie to the masses, 'eh? Blame it partly on peer pressure and the fact that my (second) viewing of this movie happened to fall on one of the more exciting days I've had this year.

The...

Pros: Sean William Scott, Orlando Jones
Cons: None really

Evolution stars David Duchovny in a sort of X-Files-ish role as a geologist. Orlando Jones is also a geologist and they both go to investigate a meteor that landed in the desert. This discovery was reported by an aspiring fireman, played by Sean...

Pros: The absurd tone of the film almost makes it critic-proof.
Cons: It isn't critic-proof. In fact, it just plain sucked.

Obviously, director Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters) isn't aiming for a serious science fiction film with Evolution. However, as far as humor goes, he seems to deliberately be aiming for laughs with the lowest common denominator....

Pros: Julianne Moore's potential
Cons: Poor acting, poor script and cheesy special effects.

I wasn’t expecting much from Evolution and sure enough, I didn’t get much. Director Ivan Reitman seems to be trying to generate the same magic he created with Ghostbusters, but unfortunately he falls way short. Evolution drags on with little humor, a...

Pros: Clever in parts, some good performances
Cons: Somewhat dumb and tatty

I can hardly claim to be much chop as a reviewer of movies, especially given the intellectual slicing and dicing much of Hollywood fare has received from the more learned and eloquent writers on this site, but since I have only recently seen this movie I...

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When director Ivan Reitman announced that he was going to be working on another effects laden comedy I got excited, afterall, his Ghostbusters films are among my favorite comedies, yes even number 2, and I was hoping that he would be able to bring ...

Pros: A mellow chemistry between the actors entertains...
Cons: ...in between the predictable CGI displays.

As far as 'popcorn flicks' go, you could certainly do a lot worse. The flick moves along quickly and the entire cast gives it their all, but the project is hampered by its massive effects. We KNOW Hollywood can create slimy aliens ad nauseum, but who...

Pros: Orlando, Seann William Scott, funny creatures.
Cons: Reitman's direction.

Evolution is the same type of film as Men In Black and Ghostbusters. Luckily for Evolution, it's funnier than Men In Black and has better action than Ghostbusters, so I...

Pros: Funny performances.
Cons: Follows the Men In Black/Ghostbusters formula a little too closely.

Ivan Reitman's comedy Evolution is one movie that on the surface would appear not to work. Consider all the elements:

1: It's a comedy about aliens, coming 4 years after the comedies about aliens genre had more or less run its course with Men...

Pros: Orlando Jones is cool.
Cons: Everyone else comes off as "Orlando Jones light", with 50% less phat.

The first time I saw a trailer for this movie, I thought it looked stupid. The 3-eyed smiley face wasn't something I found funny, and it still isn't something that strikes me as being funny, and the first trailer just showed the meteor smashing into...

Pros: Ummm, the previews before the movie weren't that bad.
Cons: Acting, directing, dialogue...basically anything that could be bad is.

I actually hadn't planned on seeing this movie this weekend. I had went to the theater with my wife and my brother (Shawnmfan1, read his epinion as well) to see Swordfish, which was actually a pretty good movie. After that movie finished, we all decided...

Pros: doesn't take itself too seriously, lots of good humor, some decent special effects
Cons: doesn't take itself seriously, can be a bit slow and predictable at times

The first thing that one should know about the movie Evolution is that it was directed by Ivan Reitman[1]. Now, the name Ivan Rietman may not mean anything to you, but let it be known that you know his work. If you follow the link in the foot...

Pros: Main stars work well. Some wonderful and interesting CGI creaters. Novel idea.
Cons: Fairly poor acting from supporting cast. Never really hilarious.

The decision to see Evolution came upon me swiftly today. I had heard nothing about the movie up until today, opening day in Australia. As I sat in KFC Subiaco, during my "lunch" break around 4pm this afternoon (I go to KFC most Thursdays -...