Oh my gosh. How bad can one movie be? I realize that most of the problems with this movies have to be based in Stephen King's book, but I happen to enjoy his books and find them creepy and intelligent. I've never read this one, though. I guess it did not translate well.
It also felt like two different movies, divided at the one-hour mark. Was this a made-for-TV-movie that was designed to be played over two nights? Since it's impossible to find a starting place, let me just list off some very bad features of this movie:
1. It's really hard to picture 'Balky' as a crazed schizophrenic. It's just not believable. 2. There were too many of those predictable "Let's separate into groups so we can get killed easier" moments. 3. The little blind girl didn't tug at my heart strings. More like pulling nails across a chalk board. What explanation do we have for why she could communicate with Balky, who seemed to be having honestly crazy hallucinations? And why, after she coughed up blood, did it stay cherry red and moist on her lips and not dry up like real blood does? 4. The Langoliers were a disappointment. Not sure what I was expecting, but certainly not Pac-Man on steroids. 5. The animation of the Langoliers, the plane, and the time warp are just so bad in comparison to today's special effects. It's hard to believe that such poor graphics were in use just seven years ago. 6. The lead couple looks like a failed attempt to get Sarah Jessica Parker and Alec Baldwin. 7. The acting is BAD. Awful. Wooden, unbelievable.
Rent this movie for a good torture-fest.
It also felt like two different movies, divided at the one-hour mark. Was this a made-for-TV-movie that was designed to be played over two nights? Since it's impossible to find a starting place, let me just list off some very bad features of this movie:
1. It's really hard to picture 'Balky' as a crazed schizophrenic. It's just not believable. 2. There were too many of those predictable "Let's separate into groups so we can get killed easier" moments. 3. The little blind girl didn't tug at my heart strings. More like pulling nails across a chalk board. What explanation do we have for why she could communicate with Balky, who seemed to be having honestly crazy hallucinations? And why, after she coughed up blood, did it stay cherry red and moist on her lips and not dry up like real blood does? 4. The Langoliers were a disappointment. Not sure what I was expecting, but certainly not Pac-Man on steroids. 5. The animation of the Langoliers, the plane, and the time warp are just so bad in comparison to today's special effects. It's hard to believe that such poor graphics were in use just seven years ago. 6. The lead couple looks like a failed attempt to get Sarah Jessica Parker and Alec Baldwin. 7. The acting is BAD. Awful. Wooden, unbelievable.
Rent this movie for a good torture-fest.