Good movie but grossly overrated

As Good As It Gets

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

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

The Sun suddenly going supernova... hmmm... all life on earth would be completely extinct for about 1000 different reasons by the time it even got close to doing so. The whole concept is completely flawed. If the film had been portrayed intelligently in pieces over a few million years, maybe it might have worked.I'd go so far as to put a "R"/"XXX" rating on this if I could: do not let anyone under 21 see it - it is detrimental to their intelligence, and unlike old 1940s & 50s B films (which are equally as stupid these days), we now know FAR more. What gave these old films their charm was that they didn't know any better at the time, and to their credit, the writers/directors/whatever were trying to push the boundaries and encourage budding new thought.As always, making an obviously idiotic film like this is just retarded and lazy.

Ditto what everyone else said. About halfway through I was tempted to start MST3King this film (my husband & I do this a lot on dumb movies). Plot, acting, scenery and fake Aussie accents have already been well covered. But...what is the deal with Dr (did he get his PhD from one of those schools you see ads for on late-night TV?) Chris Robinson is trying to protect his family? "Whoa! There's a mad rapist/murderer after my womenfolk, and the power went out, so how about I go out into the dark foggy night to start the genny, taking only a handgun and a flashlight so the Evil Convict can see where I am? And for good measure, how about I find the genny and don't bother to peer around to make sure said Evil Guy isn't about to conk me on the head?" And the Evil Guy wasn't the brightest bulb on the string, either. If he really wants the womenfolk, why doesn't he take the gun he just picked up and pop Luke, er, Phony PhD Chris? No, instead he conks him on the head, picks up the gun, and WALKS AWAY! I don't write screenplays, but maybe I oughta try. I could do better than this with a bad hangover.

This is not a very good film and you can criticize the entire picture with all kinds of ideas, but this is just a plain old entertaining film about the sun burning up the sky. The actors all went around in circles doing their thing and I have to praise them for having to cope with such scripts and way out situations. When you see this film you will think all the actors are stepping on each others toes. Dr. Austin Shepard, (Peter Fonda) was a scientist who discovers the horrible facts about what is going to happen to the earth and goes to some remote island and sits and enjoys the sunshine and quite a few fancy drinks. Everyone is looking for Shepard and you begin to wonder if Shepard is anti-social. Try to Enjoy.

SuperNova is an astonishingly cheeseball TV disaster miniseries--not that I expected much more than that. The acting is truly awful, the plot is utterly riddled with clichés. The Spunky Hero (Luke Perry) has to stop the sun from exploding or something like that. Tia Carrere plays his butt-kickin FBI gal pal. But there's no friskiness between these two--he's got a loving wife and adorable daughter at home.Who are in danger from (*gasp*) a RAPIST! The series stupidly segue-ways from an exploding sun to a convicted rapist going after the Loving Wife and the Adorable Daughter.The Adorable Daughter is played by Eliza Bennett, who sadly had to take a stop in this miniseries before she stars in the highly anticipated 2008 fantasy film 'Inkheart,' also starring Brendan Fraser and Paul Bettany. And Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent.You get my point. There are probably people with potential talent here, but is is, of course, wasted in this awful film. Don't pick this one up.