{"id":199,"date":"2002-10-09T00:33:18","date_gmt":"2002-10-09T03:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=199"},"modified":"2002-10-09T00:33:18","modified_gmt":"2002-10-09T03:33:18","slug":"the-astronauts-wife-1999","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=199","title":{"rendered":"The Astronaut’s Wife (1999)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I<\/span> noticed this movie last night when checking the TV timetables. Johnny Depp it said. And a bit of Sci-Fi and horror.<\/p>\n

Anyways, The Astronaut’s Wife<\/a> is
\na mix of a horror and sci-fi. The story is intriguing: two
\nastronauts lose contact for 2 minutes, are rescued and sent to earth.
\nThe wifes of them notice strange things. Guess what: they get pregnant.
\nOne commits suicide. A lot of relatives get killed. A fired <\/em>scientist too (guess why?). Johnny gets killed. Wife survives and delivers her babies (of course). Whoa. Babies? <\/em>Yes: twins. You know, it can’t get more evil than that<\/em>.
\nI mean: aliens and twins are pretty interchangable, you know what I
\nmean? And then the movie ends. We can only hope there won’t be a
\n‘The Astronaut’s Wife part II’.<\/p>\n

Director Ravich plays a lot with the colours of the scenes, and only
\nthose snapshots of the environment are interesting: lots of blue
\ncoloured shots, from NASA rooms to appartments. Charlize Theron (you
\nknow the one that played the evil half-sister in ‘The Devil’s Advocate)
\ndoes a fair job: apparantly it was her first leading character role.
\nSurprise appearance by Donna Murphy (StarTrek Insurrection), who
\nalas kills herself (I wonder why a good actress [BroadWay] like
\nher doesn’t try to get better roles? She appears to be a wonderful
\nsinger). And Johnny Depp? He does better in other movies. <\/p>\n

If you want to get scared for a half an hour and enjoy watching
\narty-blue-decors, go ahead. If you’re a fan of mrs. Murphy, cut out the
\nfirst 20 minutes (or was that less?) and burn the rest. In other
\ncases, rent Rosemary’s Baby. I’ve heard that Ravich was heavily
\ninspired by that one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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