Nightfall (2000)
The people of the planet Aeon, blessed with six suns, have never experienced night. When an archeological excavation uncovers evidence of an ancient catastrophe, all signs point towards the impending darkness of the very first Nightfall. Panic erupts as the suns slowly disappear one by one. Science struggles against superstition as the people race to comprehend the approaching Nightfall... the end of the world as they know it. Based on Isaac Asimov's classic story "Nightfall," voted "The Greatest Science-Fiction Story OF All Time."
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The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.
It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny
Loved Azimov for 45 years. Couldn't BELIEVE how awful a movie could be made from the highest quality material. The worst issue: stunningly horrible acting from the whole ensemble, as if forced emotion and stilted delivery were contagious. I had to stop after ten minutes, tried again the next day, stopped after another ten minutes solely due to the acting. I have loved movies all my life and own 1475 movies. First impression is that this was the worst acting I ever saw in my life.I'm sure there are other areas I could address, but I couldn't get interested enough to carry on. I also looked in this website to see if most people saw that same travesty I did. THEY did too.
I actually rather enjoyed this movie it was delightfully cheesy. It was fun to point out the mistakes and a lot of it made me laugh. I kept saying during the movie that like 90% of the set was cardboard. It is fun to watch B-Movies because of how cheesy they are it's just funny. I know some people are really picky about a book and a film needing to match word for word... well make it yourself then if you aren't satisfied with how someone does something. i never read the book. also this is my first post and comment so excuse me. and of course i always try something myself. if someone tells me something sucks i'll watch it and judge for myself. people should do the same don't take one persons word that something is bad see it for yourself you may like it.
Other then the title and maybe 20 lines of dialog (mostly taken out of context) this screenplay has absolutely no resemblance to the great story Asimov penned. Even most of the characters in the movie are not part of the original story. In addition, the feeling I had after watching it was that it was a high budget student film created by a college film major with the help of some fellow students.It is also obvious that it was filmed in India as almost all the extras and scenery have a definite Indian look and feel, which did not portray an alien world at all, including the poor and inconsistent red filtering effects for ambient light. Getting past the butcher job on the original script, it was a comedic movie and a good candidate for Mystery Science Theater 3000. Yes, it was that bad!
Paraphrasing from the LA Weekly review: Every ten years or so a film comes out by which all bad films shall be judged...this is that film.The film not only has the usual suspects of a bad film (poor story telling, bad acting, bad directing) but as I recall it also suffers from bad sound, lighting, editing, and cinematography. Issac Asimov deserves better for his award winning story. Although we should be able to generate several gigawatts of energy from the amount of revolutions generated from his grave.Finally, if you ever want to know what having a lobotomy is like...watch this film.