The Black Hole (1979)

I finally made it through 'The Black Hole', Disney's first attempt to piggy back off the success of 'Star Wars', it didn't work so eventually they had to buy 'Star Wars' (and it still didn't completely work). Very wooden and very slow, some nice special effects, but solid cast generally wasted (though Maximilian Schell seems to be enjoying himself). Surprisingly 'hard' in its sci-fi, not much action until near the end, this is a variant on '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' and classic 'mad scientist' films. WTF ending wants to be '2001: A Space Odyssey'. I was impressed by the high sights the film makers set for themselves, but it ultimately comes off as pale imitation, and very boring. *1/2