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I had to watch this film. There was a sense of inevitability about that, but I put it off for quite a while until recently.

It took me while to work out what it was I actually thought about the film. So here’s what I think.

I don’t think that this film was meant for me. Although I do think it was meant for people who loved the first Tron. This was a film that was made for children and if I was a child again I’m sure I’d have enjoyed it more, but I wanted to enjoy it as an adult and I’d expected it to be a film which worked on more than one level. Sadly it didn’t.

I did enjoy it though, although for me one of the best things about it was the soundtrack, but more about that in another post.

So, in a way I wasn’t disappointed at all. It was what I expected on the whole, but in some ways I think it was a missed opportunity.

I hadn’t seen this film in years and years, and yet I think it stands the test of time. For me one of the most significant things about it is it’s soundtrack which is quite unique and in some ways reminds me of the themes in ‘Planet of the Apes’.

Andromeda Strain is a great story although in some ways a very simple story, but executed in this film in a very slow and explanatory fashion which wouldn’t work in a film today, but I think is exactly what it needed to get the message out.

It makes sense although it is very technical at times and has almost no action at all.

It is still a great sci-fi film, of that there’s no doubt.