I love this movie so much

Absolutely Fantastic

It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

The abysmal rating this film has is completely undeserved, if you view it in the context of other UFO films of that period and in the context of SF films generally. You cannot tell me that Spielberg and those guys didn't watch this film before they did the big extravaganza, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, three years later. This film has a low budget, and the characters and the plot are poorly developed. It also contains a closing scene that is a pathetic attempt to emulate Kubrick's masterful SF film -- I know, I know. But, it's not in the IMDb 2 range. It deserves more -- not a whole lot more, but a little more. It's a fun film to watch on a Saturday afternoon, if you have nothing else to do and you can manage to keep your expectations suitably low.

There are certain bad movies that have a strangely hypnotic quality to them. Offering a wonderfully wretched and hence oddly winning combination of sincere, yet terrible acting from a game, yet lame no-name cast, dippy dialogue, an alternately funky or moody wonky score, plodding pace, fumbling (mis)direction, a nonsensical script, chintzy (less than) special effects, sporadic instances of the boom microphone dropping into the frame, a heavy-handed theme about believers versus nonbelievers, an insanely groovy theme song called "Between the Attic and the Moon," clumsy mock interviews with ordinary folks who claim to have seen UFOs, a meandering and borderline incomprehensible muddled narrative, grainy cinematography, and, best of all, a gloriously trippy and ridiculous "what the hell?" psychedelic light show conclusion that attempts to recreate the mind-blowing climax of "2001" on a $1.50 dimestore budget, this singularly inept tale of a dedicated field researcher (an endearingly wooden performance by Nick Plakias) who discovers that he's some kind of chosen one whose key purpose in life is to help a bunch of aliens trapped in a lake get back to their home planet through the power of his imagination (!) is often so incredibly cheesy and absurd that all you hardcore aficionados of choice crummy cinema will be in hog heaven while watching it. A deliciously dreadful doozy.

So I was in the mood for a cheesy sci fi movie last night...and I got more than I bargained for. I found this movie on a 50 pack I'd had for awhile and popped it into the ol' DVD player. I remembered I'd tried to watch it before and gave up, but I decided to try again. I noticed the lavish opening credits sequence, with its fancy colors and real music. If I made this film, I would've just used white block letters and stock music to save time. It's obvious the filmmaker wasted his money on the expensive credits sequence, rather than saving it for good actors, non-blurry film, better editing...I think you get the point. The writer has written a fairly intelligent and thought provoking script, but a good script doesn't amount to a hill of beans in a movie with bad lighting, direction, editing... again, I think you get the point. I think this movie attempted to be sort of cerebral sci fi, but only ends up being dull. It would have made a much better book than movie. And boy, the movie looks terrible. At one point, a boom mike enters the shot. And stays there. And stays there. For a minute at least! And the ending! It looked nice considering what movie it was, but one gets the feeling that it was more than "inspired" by "2001: A Space Odyssey". Overall, I think this could've been much better. With a less cheesy title, better acting, etc, etc. Good for non bias sci fi geeks, but to everyone else, it's probably like sitting through a boring Physics class.

"Under the depths of a lake located near a small town, lies a strange alien spacecraft that is unknown to the town's residents. An electronics expert picks up signals emitted by the spacecraft and begins to investigate the source of these mysterious transmissions. The electronics expert hopes to recruit a group of scientists to aid him in investigating the signals, hoping to discover the secrets contained within the alien ship," according to the DVD sleeve's synopsis.Young teaching fellow Nick Plakias (as Alan Grimes) has a startling change-of-life UFO experience. Extra sensory perceptive Cynthia Cline (as Vivian) unfortunately gets swept up in his investigation. "UFO Target Earth" plays like a stretched-out "Outer Limits" episode, with one-tenth of the old show's budget. But, in this case, there IS something wrong with your television set. Brooks Clift (as General Gallagher) appears in a brief, uninteresting role; he was Montgomery Clift's brother. * UFO Target Earth (1974) Michael A. de Gaetano ~ Nick Plakias, Cynthia Cline, Brooks Clift