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Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

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

Although this movie drags a bit I cannot help giving it a decent rating simply for the idea that giant murderous insects masquerading as human beings have taken over(or perhaps always have been) the municipal governments of nameless North American cities. How can you get better than that? It's just so...true.In this movie (perhaps as in reality) it seems nobody has noticed that the local politicians seem a little emotionless, a little unimaginative, a little impersonal, a little lacking in every human aspect because either people have grown used to them being this way and think it's normal or the ones that protest this end up being liquidated in a way that fertilizes the progress of the proverbial colony.One of the best scenes has citizens from all over the city, who have been directed by various city officials in all manner of public service departments to a tiny room underneath city hall to have their complaints and concerns "addressed" by the ombudsman, sitting there only to realize almost too late that in the next room where they are waiting to be received is a processing station full of dead citizens just like themselves who have been cut up into bloody bits and now reside in large bins as they await further "processing" by the city representatives. This movie has such great ideas and such relevant social commentary on the inhuman nature of politics at even the most local level that it is a shame it doesn't play with this more and instead opts for a survivalist attitude instead of ironic disgust. It clearly shows how people in modern North American cities have become not even disposable resources but a threatening burden to social systems designed to support only certain "types" of people and that popular prejudice nowadays is based more on rejecting challenging attitudes, practical enquiry, and an unwillingness to mindlessly go with the flow than it is on culture, gender or class. The movie plays itself straight, which is admirable given its B- movie roots in regards to giant insects, but comes off rather flat since the protagonists don't apply any criticisms to the rest of the world as it reflects their current predicament. Still, the ideas are there and if you can pluck out the more ironic ones even as the movie glosses, either deliberately or unintentionally, over them "The Final Days of Planet Earth" can be a rewarding experience in the right mindset.Dedicated to people who have had to suffer the many stupidities of the government on any or all levels, and have survived the socially inbred, administratively useless and retarded public service sectors who have helped them be this way, a dedication which applies to everybody who isn't a part of that self-applied and superior- minded specialized type of ignorance and insensitivity, god bless you. Get out your mental bug-spray, put this movie on and start exterminating!

Yes. I was drawn to this film as I thought it would be based on the excellent book "The Last Legends of Earth" by the incomparable A A Attanasio (a story about an alien spider race that feed on pain). It's not though. Boo!I do wonder, however, weather Mr Attanasio is familiar with this movie, or if his lawyers are.. I recommend people buy the book. It will restore your faith in the genre. And who knows, maybe some clever film producer will read it and put the money in to make it into an epic (but risky) film.!Pity, but this could have been so much better. Anyone got any recommendations for epic and intelligent sci-fi movies?

As usual, I seem to be in the minority around here. More so than usual, though, this time. Although this film was a bit confusing in places, its special effects were splendid, its acting fair to quite good … I was pleasantly surprised by how well Daryl Hannah handled her two-persona role, and its story was engrossing. Excellent chase scenes, a nightmarish lab set, fine underground abandoned subway sets (loved those dangling roots!), and pretty good sustaining of tension. Twenty or so years ago, the notion of a pervasive cover-up plot involving governments at all levels would have seemed ridiculous paranoia. Not today, gang! Even though I have had fine experiences with our local police, I follow the national news, and a plot in which the police are armed, dangerous, and menaces to all good people is no longer ridiculous either. Even the inconsiderate ambitions of the aliens were, to this since-the-early-1940s sci-fi fan, quite plausible. In most reviews I make wise cracks, but not this time. Congratulations to cast, crew, computer techs, producer and director! I intend to watch this movie again.

I usually wouldn't comment on a TV movie I saw a week ago, but when I looked up this title and saw all the negative comments, I thought, "Wow!I liked it--guess I'm in a very small group." This miniseries played as one four-hour (with commercials) movie on an independent TV station. I didn't expect a huge blockbuster, so I wasn't disappointed. Given the limits of television as opposed to a movie studio budget, I thought this movie had a lot more character development and pacing than I've come to expect from low-budget sci-fi movies. I think the movie would have been better served if it had focused on the character played by Campbell Scott--not only because I think Mr. Scott is a fine actor, but because I thought the astronaut's plight was more poignant and interesting. I generally like Gil Bellows' acting, but as written, the character he played was cold, charmless, and muted for so much of the film that it made it hard for me to stick with the storyline. Frankly, I stuck with it because I kept hoping the story would explain what happened to Scott's astronaut character. I can agree with a lot of the criticisms of the film--its budget made for more gab than gore; there wasn't a consistent tone; the ending needed to be more fleshed out, but as someone who watches way more sci-fi that I normally would because I'm related to a sci-fi fan, all I can say is that while the movie had problems, it had some characters I could care about, some good actors doing their best, and a few genuinely scary/creepy scenes--that's about all I expect out of a free movie on an independent channel. SPOILER: I was very moved by one of final scenes where the astronaut is reciting the 1969 Mets roster--if you've seen the movie, you'll know what I'm talking about. If the whole film could have sustained that level of acting and emotional involvement, I don't think it would be getting such poor reviews.END OF SPOILER I've seen a lot of movies with bigger stars, bigger budgets, bigger what-have-you that I didn't enjoy nearly as much so I cut this movie a lot of slack. It's a very watchable "B" movie that you can enjoy in the comfort of your living room while munching homemade popcorn. In these times, that's a pretty good thing to be.