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| Wing Commander: The Movie | 
| Category: Movie
Buy New: $2.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  191 reviews
Sales Rank: 2712
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 101 minutes
ASIN: B000I9X6FO
Theatrical Release Date: March 11, 1999
Release Date: September 18, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 My Eight Year Old Niece's Review July 23, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
"Uncle, there's something WRONG with this movie."
I took my niece Lexi along with some of her cousins to see this movie when it first came out in theatres, mostly because it was the only movie that was playing that wasn't rated R. She said the above quote to me towards the end of the movie, and boy, was she on target: There WAS something wrong with Wing Commander - it SUCKED. Bad. Her review was one of the best, most succinct, not to mention funniest movie reviews I've ever heard. Wing Commander isn't even worth the $4.97 Amazon is charging for it, and it's definitely not worth the 100 minutes of your life it will take to watch it.
If you hear a box office flop in the middle of space... May 23, 2007
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
should you watch it? NO! Whatever the guy below me thinks that this movie is the Holy Grail of scifi movies needs to have someone hire a B list celebrity (maybe Freddie Prinze Jr.) to go to his house and slap him in the face with a white glove! How in the world can anyone compare this movie with anything but a paper wieght is beyond me. The plot is as deep as a puddle, the acting... well, Freddie Prinze and Mathew Lillard hahahaha they suck and hollywood was hoping that they would be the next Damon and Afleck combo. Don't get me wrong I think Damon/Afleck suck too.Special effects are good though but nothing impressive considering all the advancement that we have made in that department. Considering that this MOVIE was concieved after a GAME I believe that there should be some continuity and relation to the game. So all you people who say that this is A MOVIE and not a GAME, yeah we know that. I hope that you never find yourself in a position to watch a representation of something you like be bent over backwards. Guess that explains how I feel about the MOVIE. I think that this movie sucks.
First scene using Bullet- time March 14, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The movie is sub-par the plot is very loosly based but then again it is a sci-fi movie. The one plus point is it shows one of the very first applications of bullet time as seen in the matrix, swordfish, etc. It does have a pretty cool effect.
 Wing Commander dvd March 8, 2007
If you played any of the pc/video games than you know how much they left out of this movie. Still, its one of the best "B" movies I've ever bought. I enjoy it every time I watch it.
 A Crusade of Good Taste. The Holy Grail of Science Fiction February 19, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Brilliantly scripted and marvelously acted Sci-Fi movie based on the all-time favorite PC-game. The intense combination of an intergalactic war-story and a classic Shakespearian love-tale makes this movie an adrenaline-pumping tears-jerker of historical proportion. Mankind can traverse the darkest depths of space, it will always bring along its emotions!
The Kilrathi character-depth is the secret of its success, diminishing the personality of Hamlet to a superficial cartoon-character. While the lines spoken by the Kilrathi have the rhythm of a Swiss watch, it is the depth of their meanings that truly fascinates. Only repeated viewing can reveal the many layers of its message. Once discovered, your will agree that this is what takes Wing Commander beyond the level of the greatest classics of Hollywood or even global cinema.
The people of the future will divide human history in the pre-Wing Commander era (or the Dark Age) and the post-Wing Commander era, when humanity finally became enlightened by this masterpiece and its powerful message. At a lower level, you are bound to forget the part of your life that was spent - wasted really - before you could become a wittness yourself to the brillance that is Wing Commander.
Oscars may be awarded for artistry in film-making, only a Nobel Prize (or several) could do justice to the levels of excellence reached by Wing Commander. This production will no-doubt be remembered by the many generations to come as a turning point in movie-making. How many ages hence, shall thsi our lofty scene be acted over? Its message, when correctly interpreted, will influence society as only the Holy Bible may have done before.
Be ready to experience never-felt-before emotions as you watch this hallmark movie over and over again. It will leave its tracks on your soul - tractor-pull deep tracks.
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