Twilight Zone - The Movie
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Movie Reviews of Twilight Zone - The Movie
Movie Review: A great anthology!
Summary: 5 Stars
Our film begins with a prologue directed by John Landis ("An American Werewolf in London", "Kentucky Fried Movie" and "Animal House") pair of friends (Dan Ackroyd and Albert Brooks) who play TV trivia in the car as they drive and also a special scaring contest for each other then our stories begin. In the first story directed also directed by John Landis, a racist business man (Vic Morrow) who gets travled back in time to the 1940's, 1950's and 1960's where he becomes the three races he hates the most and becomes the one being hunted. The second story directed by Steven Spielburg is a gentle tale of a special magical old man (Scatman Crothers) that helps a group of senior citizens at a retirement home to make them young again, the third story is directed by Joe Dante ("Gremlins", "The Howling", "Pirahna") about a traveling school teacher (Kathleen Quinlan) that accidently hits but doesn't injure a young boy as he gives him a ride home where he invites him to stay for a while with his strange family and discovers that the boy has magical powers that can alter reality and make wishes come true. And the final story directed by George Miller ("Mad Max") is a terrying story of a nervous airflight passenger (John Lithgow) that sees a strange creature on the wing of the plane trying to destroy the airplane.
A splendid anthology of horror and fantasy stories from four directors and inspired by the classic TV series by Rod Sterling. The stories except the first one are based on classic episodes from the TV series while the first tale is a very original story, this movie got me hooked into watching the classic TV series and is a great anthology movie in it's own right. In fact, this was Vic Morrow's last movie cause he died during filming and the film is narrated by Burgess Merideth, this is a must have for fans of the series and anthology movies like "Creepshow", "Grindhouse", "Heavy Metal", "Cat's Eye", "Dead of Night" etc. This one of my personal favorites since i was a kid.
The DVD contains great picture and sound quality and the only extra is the theatrical trailer.
Movie Review: Well It's About Freaking Time!
Summary: 5 Stars
If the Directors come and do commentaries sans Spielberg or documentaries with Spielberg, maybe they'll give us a good explanation of why it took so freaking long to get this masterpiece out to DVD.
Two Possible Reasons for delay:
Legal issues probably for one thing with Vic Morrow's death caught on film and Jennifer Jason Leigh not wanting that footage on the DVD.
The original negatives have probably deteriorated over the years in the Warner Brother's film vaults and they had to go through so many copies to be restored and get a THX Master.
Possible Commentary Topics:
Some of the actors and actresses that are no longer with us:
Vic Morrow, Scatman Crothers, Bill Quinn, Selma Diamond, in fact, every one in the "Kick the can" story except for Priscilla Pointer and the child counterparts are no longer with us.
John Landis could talk about the "Lieutenant Neidermeyer" reference :-) but also about what went wrong on the set and try to put some rumors to rest.
Jeremy Licht, now a financial planner, could reminisce about working on "It's a Good Life" along with Nancy "Bart Simpson" Cartwright. Everyone from this story is still alive.
It's my opinion that John Lithgow could just do a commentary on "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" all by himself.
But we also need Dan Ackroyd and Albert Brooks to talk about the beginning and the end.
Just wondering, what was the actual title of the first story? "Blind Hatred"?
Movie Review: Underrated
Summary: 5 Stars
I have read reviews saying that people are disappointed because there was no gore, or disappointed because the transfer wasn't to their standards.... GET OVER IT. Twilight Zone the movie is very underrated in my opinion. This movie pays great homage to the TV show produced by Rod Sterling. This film is a fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and I tend to believe that it is done in such a format that most ages can watch it. For a movie to be good it doesn't have to have gore. If a film can make you think differently about a situation then the writer director has accomplished a great job. The first story about the racist having to suffer the lives of those who he discriminated make you think outside the box about racism. The second is a light hearted tale where the elderly have a second chance at being young again, this segment is suitable for all ages. The third installment is just weird but exciting as cartoon elements are weaved into reality by a adolescent. The final tale, although it doesn't show a drop of blood is scary as hell. I recall watching this when I was a kid and I blame that darned gremlin ripping the plane apart to be my reason for hating to travel by aviation. Even to this day the gremlin and plane creep me out. I suggest, buy this, but do note there is not one drop of blood in this film, and although I am a gore hound, this collection is still worth the buy.Movie Review: Come on guys, relax with the comments.......
Summary: 5 Stars
about Kick the Can being too Saccharine sweet and the special effects being outdated. First off, why can't a movie be too sweet? A movie can be too violent, but I don't hear that being complained about too much. The minute a movie shows some type of emotion, Bammm! Everybody jumps on it. I could never figure that out. As for the technology, It's a Good Life was supposed to look cartoonish, so the creatures are cartoon like in appearance. The gremlin on the plane looked very cool and believable. For the people who say this technology isn't believable. Are CGI graphics in movies today believable? To me they aren't. They look like a video game or a cartoon to me when they are supposed to look like real creatures. It's terrible and ruins every movie for me, because while I watch the movie I'm thinking the effects look too fake, I'm not believing this. So I can't see why people are so down with the effects in the TZ movie. I think they were perfectly done and original. So for the people who are down with the effects in TZ, just kick back and relax and enjoy the flick. For those people it may look fake, but that was a time gone by. Unfortunatley for me todays CGI effects will always ruin a movie, because I can always spot it in a movie and know it's a video game not a movie.Movie Review: Good versus bad
Summary: 5 Stars
The movie that was long overdue. It doesn't make the original series look better or worse. And in some cases, an improvement. The gremlin in "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" was far better than the one depicted on the TV version and John Lithgow starts at paranoid and rakes it up. He doesn't start calm and build. Very difficult to do and I admire that.
"It's a Good Life" has so many in-jokes it is not funny. Watch for star cameos, named of towns and references to the original show.
"Kick the Can" is superbly filmed. Spielberg took his time and did this one with love.
I also suggest you buy "The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic" because the 800 plus page book is a P-E-R-F-E-C-T companion to the DVD. You'll learn about the behind-the-scenes filming and that means far more than casual vieweing. It requires multiple viewings. The behind-the-scenes stuff is fun. Both are available on Amazon.