# "The Core" didn't suck

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-core-didnt-suck/177703>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 27, 2003, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-core-didnt-suck/177703 "2003-05-27T04:16:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-core-didnt-suck/177703/21 "2003-05-27T21:23:25Z")

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I was surprised how much I enjoyed it. Sure, the science was dopey, but that was kind of the point; it was a throwback to the old late-50s / early-60s movies like _Crack Around the World_ and so on. Yeah, the ending was too protracted, as they tried to throw too many twists at the heroes, but I still thought it was fun in exactly the sort of spirit they were aiming for.

Oh, and Stanley Tucci’s hysterical crackup scene, for me, was worth the price of admission. I almost pissed my pants laughing.

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**Author:** ![Delly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Delly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delly)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-core-didnt-suck/177703/22 "2003-05-27T21:38:09Z")

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Science aside… it was a good movie… most people like Armageddon, it was the same thing, instead of going up the way they went in the way… Wasnt a bad movie at all.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-core-didnt-suck/177703/23 "2003-05-27T23:20:15Z")

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> **Waenara:** My previous post was supposed to go after Larry Mudd.

Hey, rereading that, I realize that my post could be taken to suggest that I thought _you_ were a schmuck. I’m guessing it’s unecessary, but I just want to be clear that I was only commenting on the way the spoiler box looked to me, and I didn’t intend to cast aspersions.

I think sometimes cheesy sci-fi/fantasy can be a trancendant joy. _Zardoz_ springs to mind.

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