Twilight Zone - The Movie
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Movie Reviews of Twilight Zone - The Movie
Movie Review: Good Release of a Fun FIlm
Summary: 4 Stars
Even though this is the film where the traggic accident with the late Vic Morrow occured - it still had the big screen flavor of the classic series.
Divided into four stories with a book-end open and close, Joe Danta, John Landis, George Miller and Steven Spielberg each direct their stories of magic, fun and the world only known best as Rod Serling's THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
My favorite story is called "Kick The Can" and stars the late Scatman Crothers as a man with a mission - a mission that makes all those who haved lived a full live realize how special their life really is. This one has a heart and sole and is touched with that Spielbergian Magic that only he can do.
Joe Danta directed "It's A good Life" which is a direct remake of the orginal series episode where a young boy controls his 'world' around him until he realizes through a stranger who mistakenly is visiting - that life is better when life happens on its own and is not whimmed up at the blink of an eye!
George Miller gets to direct another famous episode made popular by WIllaim Shatner origionally - now starring John Lithgow as the "Terror At 20,000 Feet" unravells it scarry tale aboard an airplane that may or may not have an extra passenger - but only Lithgow knows!
John Landis directed the late VIc Morrow final performance in a bizzar story of the Nazi's world and entering a surreal enviornment where everyone is treated exactly like you treat others. Evil, harsh and recist!Subtle but directly pointing at the dark side that is in each of us!
The book-ends are with Dan Akroyd and Albert Brooks - you have to see it to get the enourmous amount black comedy of the sequence. It will make you laugh - but you may jump a little! Boo!
Great production value - and although the DVD doesn't have any extra's - its still a good film at a good price. I liked watching it.....a lot! 3-27-09
Movie Review: A Mixed Blessing
Summary: 4 Stars
While I'm thrilled that this movie has finally made it to DVD, I must admit a substantial feeling of disappointment at the lack of bonus materials included. I mean, COME ON!!....with all the talent involved both in front and behind the camera, they couldn't even spring for a commentary from one single individual involved? It just doesn't seem right. This WAS an event movie when released in the Summer of 1983, not to discount the tragic events that occured in the John Landis-directed segment. All I'm saying is that it would have been nice to have some reminiscences from a few selected cast members and especially the directors...Spielberg, Landis, Joe Dante ["Gremilins"] and George Miller ["Mad Max" and "The Road Warrior"]...each of who were a hot commodity and at the top of their game at the time the movie was made).
All griping aside, the movie remains a fun tribute to the classic TV show and is very much in keeping with the spirit of Rod Serling's vision.
Movie Review: Almost 25 years later, and this is all we get?
Summary: 4 Stars
This was a decent film. Four decent stories. I'm glad to see that it finally came out on DVD, but since we've waited so long for this DVD to come out, you would think this delay was caused because they wanted to put together some kind of documentary before releasing it. But there are no special features whatsoever on this DVD.
I was hoping that we would, at least, get to see the Vic Morrow story since he died while filming this movie back in 1983. Plus maybe a good documentary on Rod Serling and all that inspired the making of this film. All us classic Twilight Zone fans would have expected that. No mastering effort was put toward improving on the DVD either. I've seen better mastered DVD's selling for less than ten dollars. Well, I guess it's better than nothing.
Movie Review: 4 stories into 4 sentences.
Summary: 4 Stars
Story one.
One day you'll get yours.
Story 2.
Old people can still party!
Story 3.
Like a acid trip into cartoon land.
Story 4.
There's... something on the WING!
Yup... I watched a few Zone episdoes and i loved every single one of them. My favorite one would have to be the episode with the STOP WATCH. ;)
anyways good movie. interesting stories. Needed a better intro. And by that mean change the actor that plays the driver. Annoying curley headed guy.
Im just saying...just throwing this out there...but if they were to remake the Twilight Zone episodes and put them into a movie like this... I think we would be scared honestly...on my TO DO LIST! "REMAKE A TWILIGHT ZONE EPISODE."
Movie Review: Want to see something really scary?
Summary: 4 Stars
Two men traveling on the dark road open the scenario to this episodic flick. They are without audio "entertainment", and must improvise with trivia television theme song imitating. Funny intro to amusing tale of four previously done Twilight Zone television episodes, and may, or may not please the devout fans of Rod Serling series. This movie takes elaborate liberties, but it takes the general premises and makes it their own ironic scary fable. My favorite was the boy with unschooled magical powers in need of the teacher he found by chance in smalltown cafe. The second is John Lithgow's extreme give it his all paranoic performance in the final episode. One note to anyone who does not like this movie, it's an iconic gem whether you like it or not.