Stargate

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Jabes G @RT41037105 Sep 20, 2026 Movie is amazing and seeing this for the first time is great. Kurt Russel and James Spader here are young and looking handsome. On par acting and the movie setup, prop, and cinematography is good. Overall, I love it. See more Robert P @Superbad Sep 16, 2026 Stargate = a 3.5 star Movie... See more Jens B @Jens97 Sep 2, 2026 The ancient Egyptian setting, the costumes, the score, the set design and of course Kurt Russell give "Stargate" huge potential, which is never fully exploited - typical of films by Roland Emmerich. The predictable script, the slow pace, the unspeakable romance and some rather poorly aged visual effects do quite a bit of damage to the sci-fi desert adventure. And whoever came up with the idea of ​​making James Spader – a man with the charisma of a limp slice of white bread – the main character should be fired from the Stargate. See more Jonathan K @aFIREintheattic Aug 22, 2026 Decent, but it has that feel that there was more material somewhere that got compressed down for runtime. And if this had been based on some outside source, rather than written for the screen, I feel like there would've been a lot more lore and backstory on the aliens. As it is, it's a perfectly fine, maybe slightly subpar 90s sci-fi action adventure movie. Kurt Russell in particular really bringing that 90s cheese. I'd still say it was an entertaining diversion. The language/linguistics part of the script is pretty silly though. The whole movie is plainly far-fetched, but that's the one part where they're trying to bring some realism and credibility into it, and it doesn't land at all. I don't buy that the language came together that easily. Arrival did this so much better, on every level, but especially its handling of linguistics. I can easily see how this movie spawned a whole ten season TV show and spin-offs though; there's a... [continued on letterboxd] See more Jerod S @jeroduptown Aug 17, 2026 Visually epic for its time - Stargate takes you to an egypt like place - but in another dimension. Now the CG is cheesy - but the plot kinda always was. See more Rusty S @RustyShackledford91 Jul 31, 2026 One of the best sci fi films ever made. Incredible performances and interesting concepts that influenced countless other artists over the years. See more Read all reviews

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