well and i have see it twice now . i be sure that say something . the one thing that i tell myself a i go into the theater be this isn not the game . too many people be expect mark hammil and or biff from back to the future and and be miff that the movie do not include them and or anyone that look like them . so far and i haven not hear anyone say complain that val kilmer or george clooney do not look like michael keaton while the portrayal of their character be a different story . i will admit and the movie have a cookie cutter plot . young guy doesn not realize his potential and young guy be mock and best friend stand up for him and young guy save the day . that and and the standard have someone how love and loses and and someone who fall in love at the end . but and then again and how many movie have be make that have a cookie cutter plot . i be quite impressed with the acting . i will admit and i haven not be a big fan of the teen slasher movie and so this be my first experience at see a lot of these guy . the young blair be portray exactly a i would have expect and not too sure of himself and too willing to scurry into a corner rather than face confrontation . maniac be great while much good than the poor portrayal in the last 3 iteration of the video game . i mean and let face it and maniac character be completely re do in wc3 and to make him exactly like biff . and paladin be excellent . not anything like the paladin of the game ( it take a while to get use to a non scottish paladin ) and but a very good and dark and but fatherly figure . the effect be incredible and especially when you consider the ( relatively ) meager budget the film be do on . yeah and the navcom look like a car battery and and the kilrathi be lack . actually and i wouldn not be surprise if the original intent be to not show the kilrathi at all while someone decide this would be too artistic of a move and and create some cheesy look alien at the last minute . my favorite aspect of the movie and though and be how it abandon the standard everything be bright and pretty and technological in sci fi . the ship be beat on . the cruiser look like they have to be hold together with bail wire . the bridge of the vessel be dark and cramped and and simple . the ship shoot bullet and rather give u bright and technical laser beam . also and humanity wasn not portray a be perfect while there be faction and and racism and and everything else that we experience on earth today . i be just wait for the dvd .