The Beyond (2018)

Just what I expected

Expected more

As Good As It Gets

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

This is a very hard review because i loved the movie, its an 6 to me but they ripped everything out of other movies. i give it a 7 overall but a 1 for originality The layout of the scenes the cinematography everything made me feel like the only thing that would have made it more real would have been neil degrasse tyson and knowing it came right out of an episode of Nova. except the CGI; that wasnt blended with the film very well, but it was a lot better than any SyFy channel movie. acting made me feel like they were actually interviewing real people for most of the movie, there were scenes that brought back the cheap movie feel but the actors did an A+ job on making the viewer feel like it was all real interviews. the wife even asked what i was watching and if the interviews were real.so i will get right down to it..... i am shocked and appauled that the film makers have not been sued and forced to remove the movie. why you ask it only mimics other movies... no it downright completely rips them off. here are at least 5 films i can see it directly steals plot, audio, scenes and so much more contact from. 1) Contact 1997 - fantastic film with jodi foster. Beyond stole, the frequency waves that were being transmitted by the aliens, all the way down to almost being the same audio used in the movie (it is different though). and they dont even hide it. Blacking out and waking up after going through the worm hole on another planet. Contact used a sunny beach, beyond used what looks like the cliffs in Scotland. Contact had jodi foster meeting her father on said planet, a pleasing way for the alien race to meet earthlings. Beyond used another astronaut that was thought to be dead. The alien in Beyond said it was there time, as did Contact, but also said they werent ready for everything. they were only letting earth know someone was out there. they even had them leave the scene in the exact same way!! The Alien left in a blurry scenematic 2) Interstellar 2014 - another fantastic film with Matthew McConaughey. The landing ship clip when they sent people to Earth 2 looks exactly like the ones when landing on Interstellar. the ships rocks twist into landing "legs" The wormhole scenes about light and particles coming into the ship, straight out of Interstellar. The planet the synth landed on could easily be seen as a total rip off of the planets that Matthew McConaughey and crew landed on. 3 & 4)Arrival 2016 and possibly The Day The Earth Stood Still 2008 the balls of alien material how they appeared all over the earth and the way they moved and flowed and appeared liquefied is right out of The Day The Earth Stood. the way the military gathered around the spheres and fired on them can be seen in many movies but made me immediately feel like they stole it from The Day The Earth Stood and Arrival. 5) Another Earth 2011 w/ Brit Marling - in Beyond other planets formed out of no where, well, they claimed the debris left over after the alien material left formed the planets, but the key rip off here is another earth appeared right beside our earth, this time though it was empty.That and the blatant rip offs from Contact where the two biggest most frustrating and cheap shots within the movie, anyone involved in this movie and anyone who has seen it should have immediately spotted this and the makers and actors should have been ashamed they made such a rip off movie. yes we can say well the Scary Movie series did the same thing, but it was done willfully and they didnt hide it. The film doesnt admit it, tries hiding it by changing certain things, and any scifi lover should be calling this filmaker out as a complete and total fraud with absolutely no vision.over all i kept my eyes on the tv, it was a great movie, worth watching, not becuase it in and of itself was good, it wasnt but because they blended so many scenes from other scifi movies in to make this one. But it is really, really hard not to sit there and say its not a complete rip off of multiple movies.

Just Really Good Movie To Watch...............................

A little 2001:, a little Contact with a dash of Interstellar and Arrival. The Beyond tells a story about how we as a species might react to the discovery or confirmation of intelligent life. Its not the the typical Hollywood fare. The Beyond paints a picture of how we could interact with another life form and the kinds of technologies we would need to develop to do so. The documentary style works for me because it seems like how it might happen. Its not about action or lasers or the hero that saves the day. The action in this movie is the wormhole and the formation of new planets. The heros in this film are scientist and astronauts. People who put their lives on the line to pioneer new discoveries. To me, its a smart movie that won't work for everyone but it sure worked for me.

I was drawn in to the mystery and curiosity the film develops. It does it quite well with it's documentary style interviews. Some actors are better than others here, but nothing upsets the immersion and interest. The Beyond reveals the truth of events in a decent enough surprise. But then it adds another event which feels rather weak and tacked on. The whole film feels very dreamy and superficial at times, but hangs in there thanks to the documentary style which adds some reality aspects. It's not a bad film by all means, but it's build up peaks at delivering something with impact, depth and substance. Instead it goes on rather weak ideals and a suggested helping hand which could lead some viewers to feel rather disappointed.