Just saw it, sucks major ass. The one thing that pisses me off the most about some movies is when they have improbably stuff that will never happen and/or makes no sense. I know, Sci-Fi stuff is all about that, but most of that is based in either the far future or is fantasy. Stealth is based in the very near future and tries to uses pretty modern technology to explain things. I would be able to forgive the stuff if the movie was good, but it sucked.
It got a 10% at Rottentomatoes, which it deserves, I only saw it because my friends wanted to. This review sums up the movie nicely. "The movie is absolutely consistent -- it's just as wildly improbable at the end as in the beginning."
I want to list all the improbabilities, stuff that makes no sense, and stuff that just annoyed me. Feel free to add some if you like or correct me if I'm wrong. I'm also writing this while half asleep.
-They make the most advanced AI in the world and they stick it in a fighter jet. I can think of 1000s of other uses for that AI.
-IIRC, lightning only strikes the ground or things leading to the ground, not planes in the air.
-They seem to advance WAAY too quickly with their technology. Fighter jets take YEARS to develop, the military in the movie has 3 advanced jets that seem to be the first of their kind, then all of a sudden there is a even newer design that they put immediately into the air and on missions.
-They seemed to go from manned fighter jets straight to completely autonomous ones, what happened to the remote controlled jets (the current UAVs don't count since all the do is drop a few bombs and observe stuff)
-Why would you put a floating refueling station in the air? Do our planes take that many trips around the world to need those? Also, wouldn't that be a great target for enemies to shoot? Wouldn't that thing also need to be floating VERY fast in order to be able to refuel the main characters' plane?
-How does that refueling station float in the air like that? It'a carrying hundreds, if not thousands of gallons of liquid fuel, it would be too heavy.
-How do they explain the situation with the North Koreans? There are mysterious explosions on the N. Korean side of the border, blowing up a whole group of N. Korean soldiers. I think that would be cause for war. It wouldn't be so bad if the stealth plane blew up and there was no trace of Americans there, but they flew American jets over when Jessica Biel and the dude were walking away.
-When the chick was shot down, how was she still communicating with the CO when she was falling down? She didn't seem to have a high powered radio transmitter strapped to her back.
-The squad leader dude disobeyed a direct order and seems very reckless, I really doubt they would put him as the leader in one of the most advanced fighter groups in the world.
-The fighter pilots seem to make a lot of their own decisions in the air. They canceled the attack on the warheads for their own moral reasons. If our military soldiers and pilots were allowed to make their own decisions like that, our chain of command would go to sh!t.
-WTF is up with those computers in teh command center? Why do they have CCFL lights, LEDs, and acrylic cases?
-When the stealth jet is in the hanger, wouldn't shooting a missle at the hanger doors taht close damage the jet too?
-After the battle with the Russians, how can that little piece of debris damage the stealth fighter? You would think a plane that maneuverable would be able to fly around the debris.
Anyway, that's all I can think of for now.
It got a 10% at Rottentomatoes, which it deserves, I only saw it because my friends wanted to. This review sums up the movie nicely. "The movie is absolutely consistent -- it's just as wildly improbable at the end as in the beginning."
I want to list all the improbabilities, stuff that makes no sense, and stuff that just annoyed me. Feel free to add some if you like or correct me if I'm wrong. I'm also writing this while half asleep.
-They make the most advanced AI in the world and they stick it in a fighter jet. I can think of 1000s of other uses for that AI.
-IIRC, lightning only strikes the ground or things leading to the ground, not planes in the air.
-They seem to advance WAAY too quickly with their technology. Fighter jets take YEARS to develop, the military in the movie has 3 advanced jets that seem to be the first of their kind, then all of a sudden there is a even newer design that they put immediately into the air and on missions.
-They seemed to go from manned fighter jets straight to completely autonomous ones, what happened to the remote controlled jets (the current UAVs don't count since all the do is drop a few bombs and observe stuff)
-Why would you put a floating refueling station in the air? Do our planes take that many trips around the world to need those? Also, wouldn't that be a great target for enemies to shoot? Wouldn't that thing also need to be floating VERY fast in order to be able to refuel the main characters' plane?
-How does that refueling station float in the air like that? It'a carrying hundreds, if not thousands of gallons of liquid fuel, it would be too heavy.
-How do they explain the situation with the North Koreans? There are mysterious explosions on the N. Korean side of the border, blowing up a whole group of N. Korean soldiers. I think that would be cause for war. It wouldn't be so bad if the stealth plane blew up and there was no trace of Americans there, but they flew American jets over when Jessica Biel and the dude were walking away.
-When the chick was shot down, how was she still communicating with the CO when she was falling down? She didn't seem to have a high powered radio transmitter strapped to her back.
-The squad leader dude disobeyed a direct order and seems very reckless, I really doubt they would put him as the leader in one of the most advanced fighter groups in the world.
-The fighter pilots seem to make a lot of their own decisions in the air. They canceled the attack on the warheads for their own moral reasons. If our military soldiers and pilots were allowed to make their own decisions like that, our chain of command would go to sh!t.
-WTF is up with those computers in teh command center? Why do they have CCFL lights, LEDs, and acrylic cases?
-When the stealth jet is in the hanger, wouldn't shooting a missle at the hanger doors taht close damage the jet too?
-After the battle with the Russians, how can that little piece of debris damage the stealth fighter? You would think a plane that maneuverable would be able to fly around the debris.
Anyway, that's all I can think of for now.
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