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zingy
College Boy Z
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:40 pm
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 Evolution Evolution Quote: Evolution is a 2001 American science fiction comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and starring David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, Julianne Moore and Ted Levine. In the United States, it was released by DreamWorks and internationally, it was released by Columbia Pictures.
The plot of the film follows college professor Ira Kane (David Duchovny) and geologist Harry Block (Orlando Jones) who investigate a meteor crash in Arizona. They discover that the meteor is harboring extraterrestrial life which is evolving very quickly into large, diverse and outlandish creatures.
Evolution was based on a story by Don Jakoby, who converted it into a screenplay along with David Diamond and David Weissman. The movie was originally written as a serious horror science fiction film, until director Ivan Reitman re-wrote much of the script. Shooting took place in California with an $80 million budget and the film was released in the United States on June 8, 2001. The movie grossed $98,376,292 internationally. Reviews for the film were mostly unfavorable, as the movie review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 42% positive rating.
A short-lived animated series, Alienators: Evolution Continues, that was loosely based on the film was broadcast months after the movie was released. Dissapointing. It wasn't that bad, but I found nothing enjoyable about it, either. C
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Libs
Sbil
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:38 pm
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Location: Arlington, VA
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Horrid. I spent the entire movie feeling sorry for Julianne Moore; I guess everyone needs a paycheck once in a while.
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matatonio
Teh Mexican
Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:56 pm
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Location: In good ol' Mexico
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it was fun, but not that great!
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Johnny Dollar
The Lubitsch Touch
Joined: Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:48 pm
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Not great (or even good) moviemaking, but I thought it was kinda fun. Everyone seems to be in on the joke.
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thompsoncory
Rachel McAdams Fan
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:13 am
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Location: LA / NYC
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Actually pretty funny. It wasn't a great movie at all, but it was entertaining enough.
7/10 (B-)
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Maximus
Hot Fuss
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 10:46 am
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Location: floridaaa
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Tolerable fun.
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Dr. Lecter
You must have big rats
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:28 pm
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Location: Bonn, Germany
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Evolution was a huge disappintment to me since it looked like a movie I'd enjoy a lot. The cast ensemble is great and that makes the whole thing even more disappointing. They got Duchovny, Seann Willaim Scott and Julianne Moore altogether, but still didn't manage to make the movie impressive. The usually hilarious Scott can't really deliver here, Moore seems miscast and Duchovny is the highlight. The effects are neat and the creature design was creative up until the "apes" showed up which were horrible. Overall, the movie tries to be the next Ghostbusters/Men in Black, but it fails miserably in that category. What remains is very stupid summer fun that relies a bit too much on gross jokes at times and should have had more action than the (not working) humor. Very much of a let-down, consdering the premise, the cast and the director.
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DIB2
All Star Poster
Joined: Wed Jun 14, 2006 3:57 am
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Location: Anchorage, AK
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another film thats in my top ten worses films of all time, this movie is so awful
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Squee
Squee
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:01 pm
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Location: Yuppieville
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I thought it was surprisingly funny. 
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Shack
Devil's Advocate
Joined: Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:30 am
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Pretty good, I love the concept of it.
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Chippy
KJ's Leading Pundit
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Re: Evolution B Movie AWESOME-NESS!
One of the most fun movies I've ever seen.
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Thegun
On autopilot for the summer
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Re: Evolution I think the film is pretty solid until the premise gets too big for them. Duchovony and Jones are great together and Moore and Scott play off them good as well. If its third act wasn't so borrowed from other films it would have been much more memorable.
B-/C+
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Kris K
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Re: Evolution I really don't like this film.
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Thegun
On autopilot for the summer
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Re: Evolution Just recently rewatched this, I don't think much has changed. I think this movie actually is pretty solid until the mall scene is over, then it just stops being the film it was. It just switches to autopilot mode. The jokes just stop, the characters move to the side and the action finale is super lame. Kind of a shame because the first 45 minutes were pretty good.
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