Evolution (2001) is a comedy/sci-fi movie about four scientists trying to stop the invasion of an unknown rapidly-evolving single-celled organism.
In this post I will be reviewing the DVD copy of this movie. This is more about the film's details rather than the actual plot.
Duration: 1h 37 mins
Genre: Comedy/Sci-Fi
Age rating: PG
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| Evolution's selection menu has 4 sections including "special features" which has behind the scenes footage. |
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| The disc features subtitles in 16 languages. I watched the movie with English subtitles turned on, and I noticed a lot of lines were paraphrased rather than directly transcribed. I later realized there was another subtitle option called "English Captions" which I assume is more accurate. The listed options in the VLC player's menu don't distinguish between the two. |
Scenes that stood out to me
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| [07:50] A conversation occurs where Harry says he's part of an organization, and Ira rightfully doubts him. Harry then implies the organization's lack of existence by saying he "signed up over the internet". It's funny looking back to when this was a sketchy thing to do, when nowadays most titles and jobs require online sign-ups. |
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| [12:56] I'm generally an insect and critter fan, but the way these organisms rapidly multiplied and filled the screen gave me the heebie jeebies. |
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| [1:14:27] A nice shot with cool outfits. I've also noticed that movie sets nowadays don't have as much clutter and "character" as this movie does. I wonder if this is a common thing in old vs. new movies, or if it's just a coincidence. |
Overall, it wasn't a bad movie, but I was left with a lot of questions. What happened to the student Nadine? Did she pursue her dreams? What role does Wayne play other than the first witness? What made Dr Allison switch sides other than her implied romantic feelings for Ira? And if this new species managed to evoleve from a single-celled organism to a primate in a matter of days, wouldn't that make it a more powerful species than humans? Like most alien movies, the foreign creature is assumed to be evil just for exhibiting traits of a predator. Was their eradication unfair? Was there a reason to fight back, or should co-existing, like we do with wild animals, have been the answer?
Finally, here are shots of some of the cool devices I spotted in the movie.
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| [15:38] Unidentified flat screen monitor |
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| [32:00] CRT computer |
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| [34:45] Flatscreens and CRTs. Looks like they use the flatscreens for common office stuff and the CRTs for more things that require more computer power. |
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| [34:51] A closer look at the flatscreen from the previous shot shows it's a Hitachi CML181 18.1" S-IPS Flat Panel. This is the most frequently seen monitor throughout the movie. |
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| [1:26:16] A flip phone that I tried and failed to identify. My guess is some type of Motorola. |
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| This camera was shown in the behind-the-scenes footage. I originally thought it was a Panavision Panaflex Gold (1976), but I later found out the listed cameras used for this movie were Panavision Panaflex Millennium XL (1999) and Panavision Panaflex Platinum (1986), so it's likely one of those. |
End of review.
