The Martian Chronicles
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Movie Reviews of The Martian Chronicles
Movie Review: The Martian Chronicles
Summary: 5 Stars
Unfortunately, I was too young and distracted to properly enjoy the full depth of this series when it was first aired on television - a flaw time has since corrected.
There's a certain amount of action, that is, the required amount of shootings and such - but more, it's a real opportunity to actually visit something "different" -something truly "alien" - which does not force our standard solutions on it.
I'd certainly recommend this series to anyone who is willing adventure into the "unknown" - it may not be a walk on the wild side - but it is a walk on Martian soil with no promises of respecting human thinking over alien ritual. Get the popcorn, kick your feet up and let the journey begin.
The ending left me a little unsettled until I actually put myself into the place of the characters involved and asked: "What would I do?" That's when the ending changed from confusion to promise.
Enjoy!
Movie Review: The Martian Chronicles
Summary: 5 Stars
I have never read ray bradbury's book but I have watched the miniseries and enjoyed it. To me it was Sciences Fiction of the times. A bit awkward but for the time it was an up to date movie. There has been advances in movies. Take the andromeda strain, a movie and a mini-series. the mini-series is newer and more up to date but I still like the older one for some of its ideas. Like the farm and the building on the farm. The building hides an underground lab, to get into the lab you have to enter a tool closet and punch a button for the floor as an elevator to star moving. I loved the style of it. The corridors where one big circle in both walking around in the hall and from floor to ceiling circles. Anyway, back to martian Chronicles. There ar no fancy movie effects such as lasers guns or warp engines or any thing that would be considered from the future. But still going to mars and living. a novel Idea.Movie Review: answer to J. C. Urbaniak "jcurbaniak
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an answer to the rants of Mr J. C. Urbaniak "jcurbaniak , who apparently has been living under a rockh and has never heard about the Masterpiece novel: The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, one of the best Sci-Fi writers ever, he, Bradbury wrote a collection of short stories and put them together for publication, this is his Mars, not the real one, a Mars where there is a thin breathable atmosphere, martians, canals and life, yes life, because in the end, We are the martians. As always happens, the movie adaptation does not live up to the expectations risen up by the novel, a novel that moves you to tears, like in the chapter The third expedition, you'll need to have kleenex at hand when reading the poem "There will come soft rains", and you'll feel revitalize when finishing the last paragraph. Go, buy the novel, then return and buy this DVD set as a companion multimedia material.Movie Review: overdue dvd release of an old sci fi classic
Summary: 5 Stars
Anyone brought up on special effects as seen on big blockbusters such as star wars will probably not want to see this old Rock Hudson number. A diamond in the rough, however it is a prime example of a genuine sci fi story, without so much distracting eye candy. Unfortunately the UK video release butchered the original 3 installments into one made for TV movie. The film has an interesting moral perspective and one cannot help but draw parallels with the native Americans. The Martians similarly die from diseases brought over by the Europeans and hastily erected tin cities desecrate the otherwise flawless martian landscape. Sure, most of the budget went to pay Rock Hudson and there's an obvious paucity of special effects, but the story itself narrated in a dispassionate manner will grip you nonetheless, if you are a real science fiction fan that is.Movie Review: A timeless classic of good stories and cheesy special effects
Summary: 5 Stars
I have seen this four times now including its original broadcast on NBC TV in the summer of 1980 when I was 12. Most of its special effects were laughable then and certainly have not stood up to time. But its the Ray Bradbury stories, and the sense of place that make this worth viewing time and again. The score is not John Williams but Stanley Myers and is perfect at evoking the aura of a fictitious and ancient Mars and a future Mars. The casting is nearly perfect as are the sets and locations. Anyone who would like classic Rod Serling Twilight Zones would find some of the same kind of material here. This was of its era as was the Twilight Zone, but I think it will continue to find an audience... at least I hope so.