The Day of the Triffids
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Movie Reviews of The Day of the Triffids
Movie Review: Don't Waste Your Money
Summary: 2 Stars
This movie isn't QUITE the bottom of the barrel, but it's close! The premise is interesting and the acting isn't bad, but production quality is often embarrassing (mangy looking "triffids" obviously mounted on carts), the transfer to DVD is worse, and the added footage of the couple trapped in the lighthouse is just incongruous. I'd give it 1.5 stars if that were possible on Amazon. Do yourself a favor and buy the novel (by John Wyndham) instead of this stinker!Movie Review: Day of the Triffids
Summary: 2 Stars
I was very excited to see the movie come out in DVD, but verydisappointed that they did pan and scan on it. It was
filmed in 2.35, so you lost half the movie. The transfer
quality was not that good.
I have it in 2.35 in laser, and hope it will be re-issued at
a later day wide screen.
Movie Review: is there a clean copy of this film around??????
Summary: 2 Stars
The film itself has always been kind of silly but ive always liked it ..but the video and audio quality on this DVD are truly terrible and i had hoped after the terrible quality of the VHS that the DVD would be better but ohhhh well if you have the VHS don't bother to buy the DVD...Movie Review: Triffids Good / DVD Bad
Summary: 1 Stars
The movie itself is an excellent example of a good movie made from a superior Science Fiction book by John Wyndham (although there was no easy end to the menace in the book and there are other key differences). The movie is well executed and tense, with a really great portrayal of a world infested with monster plants that can move and roam the countryside. With most of the population blinded by light from a comet, it is an epic disaster.Part of the joy of DVD is that often, films are shown in better quality than fans have ever been able to see them before(like the great DVD of the movie THEM).
Sadly, this release is a major disappointment. It appears to be a bad transfer from a very, very bad print, very low resolution and lousy focus. Videotape quality at best and Full-Screen only format. Just awful - What a Shame!
Avoid this release and wait for a restored version to come out, which I am hoping will happen if enough fans want it. I can't believe there are no prints of the film better than this muddle. It's quite a let-down...
Movie Review: LOOKING FOR A BAD FILM WITH FEW REDEEMING QUALITIES?
Summary: 1 Stars
This movie is just begging for the folks from "Mystery Science Theatre" to take a seat in the front row. Killer plants from outer space terrorize Earth and dismay movie fans everywhere. How do these plants manage to stay rooted while transversing across Europe? Don't ask but they need not be plants for all their maneuverability. Why not killer frozen TV dinners from outer space? How about terrifying air freshener from Mars? The plants, kind of a cross between walking cactuses and seaweed, are finally lured away by a Spanish ice cream truck with a melody that sounds like the tune from "Close Encounters of The Third Kind" as sung by an out of key doorbell. It gets no better than this for lovers of bad film. Favorite line: As a scientist is dissecting a plant to learn it's origin, he screams in exasperation, "Dammit, I'm not even a botanist!" I howled.