I remember watching this movie as a kid and got really excited. I wanted to watch it again, but I completely forgot the name and could therefore never find it. It just got recommended to me on Netflix and all I gotta say is I had dogshit taste as a kid.
So bad it's good is exactly why this movie is worthy of a watch and rewatch. I love this flick. Not because it's accurate but because it's charming.
Out of every disaster films ever made, The Core is one of the dumbest, and if it hadn't been for the fact that I'm partial to these kinds of films, I probably would have hated this.
Well... I DON'T hate this. I actually like it!!
I have no idea why, other than the fact that disaster films are a guilty pleasure of mine, and I end up liking most of them, no matter how bad they really are. I might also be weird. You pick...
Something's disrupted the Earth's magnetic field, so the only logical response is to strap a few nukes to a fancy train, staff it with a crack team of handsome scientists and fire it into the ground. This is a curious one, because despite such a ruthlessly stupid premise, The Core does an awful lot right.
It's stacked with a surprisingly well-equipped cast, for one, with Aaron Eckhart channeling his best bottled blonde beefcake as the project lead and Hilary Swank (just a year prior to winning an Oscar) sliding into an effortless role as a fiery astronaut-turned-pilot. Character actors Bruce Greenwood and Stanley Tucci fill out the roster with equally over-achieving support roles. It's a showy, pseudo-scientific team adventure, not unlike Jules Verne's journeys a century-plus prior, and there's plenty of harmless fun to be had with that type of premise. The big set pieces are imaginative and well-realized, if completely unbelievable and convenient. The plot takes risks and makes real sacrifices, even if most of those seem misguided, happenstance, superfluous and/or preventable.
The Core's biggest problem is its urge to spell everything out in a wave of absurd, hand-wavey scientific jargon that draws attention to its own fundamental shortcomings. Rather than leaving the particulars of the ship's breakneck development and construction to a mere montage, for example, it makes a point of telling us the government threw a whole lot of money at it. As if funding were the only real hurdle, the glistening key to immediate, unlimited scientific progress. It does this constantly, spelling things out where no explanation was really necessary and then flubbing all the answers. There's a feeling of insecurity behind all that, like it's apologizing for its own identity, which makes it extra-ripe for criticism. Beneath all the existential anxiety and self-loathing, tucked away in shame, is a surprisingly well-made film. Fluffy and silly, sure, but also tight and effective. In the end, though, it's a case of one step forward for every two steps back.
It’s so bad, it’s good. ‘Nuff said. The end.
The Thirty Seconds to Mars recording at the end was of such bad quality it ruined the whole movie.
So unrealistic, a bit of a cliche. Basically, it's so bad that you'll love it (and probably see it more than once, just like everyone else has). xD
Not the dumbest. But quite intriguing.
Take it with two pinch of salt rather than one.
The kung-fu of this movie isn't very good, but you can use it for killing time. ;)
Yeah yeah yeah, it's a junky disaster movie and the effects are pretty awful by today's standards, but I still love this silly flick. Maybe I'm just an easy lay for these kinds of movies, but I find myself laughing along and cheering with every set-up. The cast and their chemistry is great.
This is so incredibly bad, love it!
Silly sci-fi nonsense with dated CGI.
It's so cheesy but I love it 100% a guilty pleasure for me
I'm not exactly and expert in the field of physics and geography, but anyone with some sense can tell that the plot of this film makes no sense. However, if you can forget about that (which, I'll admit, is hard from time to time), it's enjoyable. Nice CGI, not too showy but likeable enough, nice cast... Stanley Tucci was fun as the arrogant scientist, Hilary Swank is always good, but this time my favorite was Aaron Eckhart; to be convincible with this script, is pretty impressive; plus, he managed to win my sympathy for his character. Cool.
Like with every other movie that has a doomsday scenario plot, this has more entertainment than scientific value. And it comes with all the cliches and logical issues. If you can´t except that, do not watch. It is that simple.
the core of the earth is stopped, I still like it, I like it when people group together to do something
Great B-movie if you love science fiction movies grab your chance.
You won't be disappointed. To boldly go where no man has gone before.
Don't take it seriously...
Just watch the impossibilities pile up and enjoy the ride!
Shout by Alice HawkeVIP OG 12BlockedParent2012-02-15T22:00:14Z— updated 2023-12-03T13:12:16Z
I love it because it's so bad