I can't imagine anyone not liking this film. Maybe it's too simple for some. It's a horror film based on a true story, so that makes it interesting. The fact that our mothman is only seen in subtle glimpses adds to the sense of suspense, and this movie has it in spades. You'll never look at a moth (or a smudge) the same way again. Richard Gere is effective in the lead role and every other character is filled out, even Alan Bates' tormented Leek. Laura Finney is powerful and endearing, and anchors the plot somewhat. Which is good, because Richard Gere is really spinning out. And why not? I would if I ended up hundreds of klicks away from home with disturbing visions and events piling up.
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Event Horizon
(1997)
It sucks.
14 September 2004
Do not see this film. You will be disappointed. The direction is laughable. The make-up is pathetic. Even Sam Neill sucks. The story has some merit but the execution of this film obscures any merit in it. There are various moments during this catastrophe when you will wish you'd stopped watching but I guess you keep thinking something might develop. But nothing good ever does. There are better sci-fi flicks out there that are a lot more obscure than this load of garbage- which our local (Adelaide, Australia) daily-rag flick-reviewer gave four stars! Stan James, hang your head in shame. I wouldn't watch this movie again unless I was forced to, Clockwork Orange-style.
The Omega Man
(1971)
Great flick
14 September 2004
This movie rocks, right from the opening scene where our hero leaps from his car and sprays mutants with a machine gun, to the final frame where... but enough of that. A great flick, one in a line of Charlton Heston post-apocalyptic movies. If you like this you'll love Soylent Green and, of course, the first two Apes films. Heston's like John Wayne in space. Nobody does it better. In this one disease-ravaged mutants stand in for the hippies- that fixes up society's problem with the riff raff, and Charlton has an inter-racial relationship. So there are mixed messages. Charlton Heston chews the scenery in every frame. Oh well, damn you all to hell.
quite mind-blowing
10 September 2004
Planet Of The Apes is the only stand-alone movie in the series, which is comprised of five films, but Beneath The Planet Of The Apes is the best. As well as continuing the raw action of the first movie, it enters into topical territory, the apes examined as a microcosm of society, with all its class distinctions; gorillas, orangutans and chimpanzees. Then there's what happens later, and that's a whole new story. As in the first flick, the makeup is superb. Kim Hunter and Roddy MacDowall are under a lot of that makeup and they are a tag-team, to great comic effect. James Franciscus carries Heston's torch comfortably. Heston makes his last appearance in the series, and it must be said that some of the spark left with him. But then there's Nova... Quite mind-blowing.
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