Stargate is a 1994 film directed by Roland Emmerich and stars

Kurt Russell, James Spader, and Jaye Davidson. The film is distributed
by Metro Goldwyn Mayer and produced by Canal+ and Carolco, being
labeled as a Sci-Fi Action flick. Ive always had this film in mind for
movies I wanted to watch, but now since Ive seen it, I will document
my observations just for you.

Stargate tells the story of an ancient teleportation device

found in Egypt in 1928 finally being activated in the present day (of
1994). Daniel Jackson (James Spader) and a team of soldiers led by
Colonel O'Neil (Kurt Russell) are the first to go into the portal. On the
other side, they find themselves in a similar but otherworldly version of
Egypt. There, slaves worship their master Ra (Jaye Davidson), who is
the God of the Sun.
 The characters in Stargate are Roland Emmerich stereotypes
that all started with this film. You got the nerdy guy (James Spader)
who figures out how to start or stop the major event in the plot. There
is also the hardened military badass (Kurt Russell) that should have

some charisma, but this film doesnt . Because Russell in any other
movie has likability. Here, he has none.
 This film disappointed me on plenty of levels. I really like
a Egyptian/Desert setting remixed into Science Fiction like such as
Dune. The film somewhat explores well. But as an action movie, its
loud, anti-climactic, and lacks to give me any emotions except
annoyance and anger. It fails as good action shlock but almost delivers
on the setting. And no, Im not going to watch 10 seasons of SG 1 just

so I can see the concept be executed better since it should work as a

movie. Stargate just reeks of wasted potential.
 Stargate as I saw it is an amalgamation for the short lived
Gulf War and Desert Storm Ops of the 1990s. We see imagery of
soldiers in the desert being worshipped as gods. The film ends with the
Slaves without a master to worship since the American soldiers
practically invaded their homeworld. The lesson I got from the film is

that big, loud, dumb, and anti-climactic films will do great in the
Summer blockbuster range.
 As I watched Stargate, I realized that it was not for a more
critical audience, such as those who read film like we do. But audiences
of the lowest common denominators would like it the same way they
will like a Michael Bay Transformers film. But those audiences are what
give films today the most money. And that to me, is a problem ive had

with cinema for a while, seeing as smaller avant-garde films go

seemingly unnoticed by a huge audience.
 Overall, I give Stargate a

Neon Infinity is an alias used by Film Studies student Caleb

Beal. He is a Sophomore with no current job. But he is looking to start a
club revolving around watching movies. He really likes to delve into
forms of escapism such as movies, games, music, or art in general.