Flight to Mars
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Movie Reviews of Flight to Mars
Movie Review: Great movie -- bad transfer.
Summary: 3 Stars
This is yet another great SciFi classic that I first saw as a kid way back in the mid 20th century. I've seen it since on TV and VHS and I was very excited when I heard it was to be realeased on DVD. That excitement was soon dampened when I viewed this DVD. The original image used for transfer is absolutely horrible. There is fading, graining, and many splices that make the film jump and in some spots causes choppy dialog - and those are the minor faults. Almost immediatly after the film begins there appears a very distracting brown smuge directly in the middle of the screen. A very anoying blemish that changes shape and contorts for nearly a third of the movie.Unfortunately, this is the only DVD copy of this film available so I whole-heartedly recommend it as a buy for collectors. Most of the movie looks pretty good, but the defaults really make it a dissapointment. Too bad they couldn't find a better print to copy from. Guess I'll have to keep my VHS edition as a back-up.
Movie Review: Getting Back Home
Summary: 3 Stars
Oscar-winning producer Walter Mirisch stretches what is clearly a low budget as far as it can go, so the astronauts look like they were pulled off a set chronicling air power during World War II for this 1951 Sci-Fi adventure.
A spacecraft crashes onto Mars and the U.S. team is now going to regret things in a big way; the humanoids they meet may not all have universal peace in mind. There is a group of Martians who want to help get the craft repaired and send representatives to Earth to negotiate a relocation plan because their planet is dying. Another group wants to get the craft repaired and use it to invade Earth. Caught between this tug-of-war are the astronauts.
The twist to the typical angle where the aliens get stranded is interesting, but the script's flight plan does travel a familiar path for Sci-Fi films of this era. But the theme of getting back home - no matter the odds - is a timeless one.
Movie Review: Fun movie, lousy transfer
Summary: 3 Stars
Standard 1950's sci-fi fare has a rocket from Earth crash land on Mars. The very human-looking Martians appear to be very friendly and offer to help the humans repair their ship. But the very human Martians plot to keep the humans from leaving so that they can have the rocket to themselves - and invade Earth! I really enjoyed the movie, but be warned - the transfer used for this DVD is abysmal. It is difficult to watch in some spots because of bad scratches and what looks like a hole burned through the film!Movie Review: the print is flawed but the movie is great silly fun
Summary: 3 Stars
first off the print looks kind of bad(maybe because of the age and the lack of care)so don't expect a great print.
now if 50's space cheese is your thing this silly but fun trip to mars is just what you want. set in the year 2000(but still very 50's)this flight finds life and air on mars. the life forms are human and of corse they want to invade earth. you don't find cheese much better than this. sit back and enjoy!!!
Movie Review: Funny stuff
Summary: 3 Stars
Having grown up with this stuff I really enjoyed the nostalgia, Many funny moments, sexy Martian women and great props. a little disapointed in the video and audio breakups, but just happy they could recover what they could.