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Actors: Freddie Prinze Jr, Saffron Burrows
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Wing Commander |
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Freddie Prinze Jr plays the key role in saving the Terran Confederacy from the alien Kilrathi. With the exception of the main title music, this movie fails completely at every step. Good for laughs, but not serious watching.
--Artemis, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Wing Commander |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 60%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Coming of age
Yes
he'll/she'll become:
- great warrior
Invasion from human defender POV?
- overt invasion (very visible of monsters/aliens)
War and Invasion
Yes
Major kinds of combat:
- spaceship battles
- laser battles
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- military pilot
Age:
- a teen
Has special powers?
Yes
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/medium straight
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type
- very skinny (female)
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an entire race
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Setting
Spaceship setting:
- one or two man fighter/scoutship
- futuristic human warship
Takes place in spaceship?
Yes
In Space?
- black hole
- asteroid
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Tone of movie
- boring
Comedy or somewhat funny movie?
Yes
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Kinds of F/X
- exploding bombs
- exploding spaceships
- exotic spaceships
- exotic aliens
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
Is this movie based on a
- video game
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