I think that Disney probably wanted an easy cash-in two years after STAR WARS. And they made this! It also 'borrows' from 2001 and FORBIDDEN PLANET too.
I think that Disney probably wanted an easy cash-in two years after STAR WARS. And they made this! It also 'borrows' from 2001 and FORBIDDEN PLANET too.
I have a feeling there's a great "making of" documentary for this film... that Disney will never give us
A fast cash grab maybe but there are stories about disagreements between Disney and the director ,where the director had wanted to make a far darker movie.And I still believe the movie suffers from that on the one hand it's quite dark,gothic and adult while on the other hand there is all this kids friendly stuff that feels out of place in this movie I wonder what history would have thought of the Black Hole if Disney had let the director have has way. My hopes were high when at several times plans of a remake were announced but so far nothing...
There are a lot of things to like about The Black Hole. I love the dark tone of the film, and some of the effects were really quite spectacular. It's almost a horror film in some ways. And yes, that score was absolutely fantastic. It really adds great ambiance to the film. Dare I say, I have watched The Black Hole more times than Force Awakens or Last Jedi... combined! And I enjoy The Black Hole more than either of those latter-day Disney sci-fi films.
The worst thing about the film was the end. Did they just run out of money or something? We see the camera spin in slo-mo around each crew member, get a few garbled words, and that’s it? Done! Really? They missed the boat on doing something approaching 2001’s level of psychedelic awesomeness. It’s too bad, because the buildup was very good up to that point, including the Hell scenes.
Svar från tmdb53400018
den 5 april 2017 vid 4:41 PM
Sure. But this movie depressed the hell out of me when I was a child.
Svar från elliotthomas97
den 5 april 2017 vid 4:54 PM
I think that Disney probably wanted an easy cash-in two years after STAR WARS. And they made this! It also 'borrows' from 2001 and FORBIDDEN PLANET too.
Svar från tmdb82469342
den 5 april 2017 vid 5:11 PM
I have a feeling there's a great "making of" documentary for this film... that Disney will never give us
Svar från elliotthomas97
den 5 april 2017 vid 5:14 PM
The two droids were the absolute worst
Svar från tmdb82469342
den 5 april 2017 vid 5:20 PM
You can't be hating on Roddy McDowall
Svar från elliotthomas97
den 5 april 2017 vid 5:24 PM
It didn't have his name on the credits so I'm thinking it was a quick paycheck for him.
Svar från Nexus71
den 12 augusti 2019 vid 6:14 PM
A fast cash grab maybe but there are stories about disagreements between Disney and the director ,where the director had wanted to make a far darker movie.And I still believe the movie suffers from that on the one hand it's quite dark,gothic and adult while on the other hand there is all this kids friendly stuff that feels out of place in this movie I wonder what history would have thought of the Black Hole if Disney had let the director have has way. My hopes were high when at several times plans of a remake were announced but so far nothing...
Svar från catmydogs
den 18 november 2019 vid 10:38 PM
There are a lot of things to like about The Black Hole. I love the dark tone of the film, and some of the effects were really quite spectacular. It's almost a horror film in some ways. And yes, that score was absolutely fantastic. It really adds great ambiance to the film. Dare I say, I have watched The Black Hole more times than Force Awakens or Last Jedi... combined! And I enjoy The Black Hole more than either of those latter-day Disney sci-fi films.
Svar från Philippe LeMarchand
den 19 november 2019 vid 6:16 AM
The score was/is great, but the design of the Cygnus was also worth watching the movie for.
Svar från catmydogs
den 19 december 2019 vid 6:44 PM
The worst thing about the film was the end. Did they just run out of money or something? We see the camera spin in slo-mo around each crew member, get a few garbled words, and that’s it? Done! Really? They missed the boat on doing something approaching 2001’s level of psychedelic awesomeness. It’s too bad, because the buildup was very good up to that point, including the Hell scenes.
Svar från Nexus71
den 24 juni 2020 vid 9:02 AM
something about the production of The Black Hole a sort of making of...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQMWs7IfsyA
Svar från tmdb82469342
den 25 juni 2020 vid 3:48 PM
Nice find!
Svar från Jacinto Cupboard
den 16 februari 2021 vid 7:15 AM
I like a lot of Barry's work. Out of Africa is beautiful.
But I doubt he would be proud of what he did here. The opening theme or overture with its absurd prog rock swoops is laughable.
And that OTT thing near the end with those bombastic ascending chords; it's almost parody.