Excellent but underrated film

There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Can't see why this didn't get continued after the pilot

I saw this pilot a while ago when it came out. Afterwards, I noticed that the series is based on a novel by Michel Faber, author of "Under the Skin" (adapted into an interesting art movie).I read "Under the Skin" years ago and enjoyed it. It was an interesting novel: entertaining but interested in discussing big ideas in an accessible manner. I liked it quite a bit, so I picked up "The Book of Strange New Things" (the source material for Oasis).What's the verdict? The novel was very good, but I'm worried about the show. I don't think TV/film should adapt the source material slavishly, but so many plot elements seem to have been removed in the show.-The relationship between the main character in his wife is central to the novel whereas she appears to die in the pilot.-The planet (Oasis) in the novel is humid, with constant rain and an oppressive atmosphere, not a desert. Food is the main concern for the human colonists, not water.-Alien life on the planet is a key element in the novel; the protagonist is brought to Oasis to deal with the aliens, not the humans on the base.Could the series turn out okay? Maybe. But it seems like the more challenging/interesting aspects of the novel have been removed in favor of a more straightforward mystery. That's not a good sign.It's a pity in a way, because I believe the plot of the book would have been suitable for a closer adaptation.

Absolutely loved this pilot. Please pick this up. Best new show I have watched in a while. Richard Madden was a well found gem in the entertainment industry. From Game of Thrones to Medici. I will follow his work. This has an awesome story line that is easy to get involved in. I want more. I want to know what happens next.

Perhaps one of the most underwhelming pilots I have ever seen. Ridiculously shoddy writing meets horridly incompetent and inexperienced direction in this season premier for Amazon Video. I mean, most of the characters are incredibly stock and stereotypical, whose stockness and stereotypicalness are in fact only outdone by the paper thing plot which draws on a plethora of other, superior material. It's just very unengaging, not compelling in the least, and failed to interest on anything more than a superficial level, if even that. The acting is passable but ill fitted to the clichéd and uncreative story which isn't helped by the most clichéd and uncreative visuals. Every scene past is peppered with anti-fun tropes and a poor script makes even the scenes most essential to the plot hard to watch. With that said, the lead is not unlikable and I thought his religion could be something new and fresh, although judging by this first episodes quality I highly doubt it.