Videodrome
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Movie Reviews of Videodrome
Movie Review: Bad.
Summary: 2 Stars
Probably the worst Cronenberg film I've seen, and I am a fan. An incoherent, pretentious mess. Sorry I wasted my time.Movie Review: Cult
Summary: 2 Stars
I was disapointed when i watched this movie. Nice cover and booklet, but that's all.Movie Review: Snuff, Hallucinations, & Mutations, Oh my!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Rick Baker,
James Woods,
Stomach cavity caches,
Bubbling videotapes,
Bubbling, bullet-rittled bodies,
a uniquely erotic sex-scene,
man morphing with his gun,
assassintion plans,
and a guy who exists entirley on videotapes.
Bizarre doesn't begin to descibe this cinematic anomaly.
There is only one word to descirbe madness such as this.....
....Cronenberg.
MORAL OF THE STORY:
Kill your television!!!!
Movie Review: humorless, yawn.
Summary: 3 Stars
I really wanted to like Videodrome - I'm a Canadian myself and his later work is compelling. I found Videodrome boring, too self-serious, and some of the plot points inconsistent. I can't go into a lot of detail without spoiling some of it, but it involves explaining away one character as a recording when previously in the film, that character was obviously interacting in the real world.
It seems like Videodrome tries hard to make some philosophical point that doesn't really come through ("Long live the new flesh" is catchy but not meaningful). The much touted special effects were also disappointing, though ambitious and unusual. I realize this is all pre-CGI, but when you consider Blade Runner and Star Wars, also pre-CGI, their effects hold up over time while Videodrome's just look a bit silly. The actors do a fine job, but one has the sense that Videodrome's focus is not the actors or the plot but the idea at the center of it about the possibilities of a new technology at the time. Much in the same way that movies about the internet at the beginning of its arrival seem hilarious in their perspectives about what the net could be used for, Videodrome is a consideration of what mysteries lay behind analog video.
Good things? Criterion's print is beautiful and the colors are crisp and clear. Extras are interesting, and the packaging is made to look like an analog tape from the era - perhaps capturing the tongue-in-cheek attitude that the movie would have benefited from.
I recommend Videodrome for people who are compelled to watch ALL the Criterion films, fans of Cronenberg, and special effects junkies. I wouldn't write it off completely, but it's not a strong classic. It's worthwhile primarily because of its position in time and in Cronenberg's career.
Movie Review: Videodrome - Good condition
Summary: 4 Stars
There were no problems with the product when i recieved it, i got it right on time, and overall i was very satisfied. If i order any movies or books or whatever it may be, i will get it from this site.