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Stargate: Ark of Truth
This film is for the fans of the show, "Stargate SG-1". It picks up the storyline with the same characters from the show, and does a great job doing so. It will not make sense, however, to those who don't know the show as it doesn't bother to fill in the back story of what has been going on, and who the bad guys are, etc.
Acting wise, it is as good as the shows acting was, as it was the same cast (pity no guest appearance by Richard Dean Anderson). This means that it was solid acting, but not on the level of a fair amount of films (albeit better then some I have seen recently). It was, like I said, what was expected though, the characters were still the same from the show, which was important.
The story in the film was good. It wrapped up the arc of the storyline that the tenth season of the show had ended on, and it did a good job wrapping it up. It was a classical story in the Sci-Fi sense of things, as like Screamers, it had a moral message/question to the story that the characters had to debate. So, it was nice that it had more depth then a lot of TV based films.
Visually this was good as well. It had the budget so that they didn't have to skimp on the special effects. There still were giant space battles, like in the TV Show, and elaborate and beautiful locations. This helped the film stay a lot like the show, which was important to do, because this film was made for the fans of the show. If they had been forced to deviate from that, it would have been a bad thing.
Overall this is a film for the fanboys of the show. If you like the show throughout it's whole run, then you will like this film. If you haven't seen the show, you will be lost with this film, and if you watch the show and don't like it, you probably won't find this film all that great. It is an entertaining film for those who like the show, though, and they shouldn't be disappointed by it.
Overall Grade: B
Acting: C+
Story: B+
Audio/Visual: B
This film is for the fans of the show, "Stargate SG-1". It picks up the storyline with the same characters from the show, and does a great job doing so. It will not make sense, however, to those who don't know the show as it doesn't bother to fill in the back story of what has been going on, and who the bad guys are, etc.
Acting wise, it is as good as the shows acting was, as it was the same cast (pity no guest appearance by Richard Dean Anderson). This means that it was solid acting, but not on the level of a fair amount of films (albeit better then some I have seen recently). It was, like I said, what was expected though, the characters were still the same from the show, which was important.
The story in the film was good. It wrapped up the arc of the storyline that the tenth season of the show had ended on, and it did a good job wrapping it up. It was a classical story in the Sci-Fi sense of things, as like Screamers, it had a moral message/question to the story that the characters had to debate. So, it was nice that it had more depth then a lot of TV based films.
Visually this was good as well. It had the budget so that they didn't have to skimp on the special effects. There still were giant space battles, like in the TV Show, and elaborate and beautiful locations. This helped the film stay a lot like the show, which was important to do, because this film was made for the fans of the show. If they had been forced to deviate from that, it would have been a bad thing.
Overall this is a film for the fanboys of the show. If you like the show throughout it's whole run, then you will like this film. If you haven't seen the show, you will be lost with this film, and if you watch the show and don't like it, you probably won't find this film all that great. It is an entertaining film for those who like the show, though, and they shouldn't be disappointed by it.
Overall Grade: B
Acting: C+
Story: B+
Audio/Visual: B