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Movie Review: Where Nothing Can Go Wrong click Go Wrong click Go Wrong
Summary: 5 Stars
"West World" is a great movie. West World is one of three resorts, the others being Roman World and Medieval World.
These three resorts are run by a company named DELOS. It costs guests $1,000 a day to stay at the resort area they choose.
The resorts ar areas each built like replicas of the time period the resort is named for.
The movie was made by MGM. Old sets on the MGM lot that were used in other movies were used in "West World."
The resorts are populated by human looking and human acting robots programed and dressed to behave like someone from the particular time period the resort is named for. They even have robots who bleed when they are killed for example in a gun fight in West World. The way you can tell who is a robot is to look at heir hands. DELOS has not yet perfected the hands of the robots.
The guests who stay at these resorts can play and act out their fantasies of being and living in the time period the resort area is built to ressemble and be like.
Upon arrival, the guests are outfited by DELOS with clothes that are made to ressemble the time period of the resort they have chosen to go to.
The robots are built and programmed to perform a certain function in having and helping the guests to act out their fantasies.
They even have robots built and programmed to have sex.
The stars Richard Benjamin as a lawyer who has gone through a divorce and his friend played by James Brolin who has been to West World before has talked Richard Benjamin into going to West World with him believing that it wil help his friend to get over the divorce or at least forget about it for a while.
Ule Brynner plays this robot gunslinger who is supposed to antagonize guests and goad them into a gunfight which the robot is programmed to lose. He is not supposed to hurt any of the guests. None of the robots are supposed to hurt any of the guests.
A number of the robot models have been designed and built by computers so that even the technicians working and operating the the resorts at the main control center do not know everything about the robots and their construction. They bring in the robots to repair them nd upgrade them with new parts, but they do not know everything about the robots.
Things begin going wrong as a virus that stated out in Roman World then spread to Medieval World and then West World. They have been keeping things under control, but then realize that malfunctions are starting to happen to often.
They decide to call off the other upcoming stays by guests. They decide not to interrupt the current one in progressf ffearing bad publicity. However, the malfunctions continue to increase and the technicians lose control of the robots and computers. The robots rebel and attack and kill the guests.
The gunslinger robot kills James Brolin and then goes after Richard Benjamin. The gunslinger robot has jsut been upgraded with new telescopic and infrared sensors for his visual/eyes and enhanced audio to pickup the slightest sound. A fleeing technician tells Richard Benjamin that the modle robot pursuing him is and will always be one step ahead of him.
I really liked this movie.
There wass even a sequel made to this movie called "Future World" that stared peter Fonda as a newspaper reporter sent there with a fellow reporter who is a liberated woman who is a go getter. She keeps Peter Fonda at a distance.
Future World was open to replace West World because West World was the one selected by the media to spotlight when the robots went out of control in all three worlds in the prior movie.
Yule Brynner reprises his role as the gun slinger, but in a dream sequence. The company technicians show the two reporters this new process they have for putting people to sleep and inducing dreams into their minds while they sleep.
They offer to give them a demonstration. The woman reporter volunteers. It turns out that the computer probes her mind and subconscious while she is asleep and finds that she has this actual inner longing to be dominated by a macho man. She dreams that she is kidnapped by these two men. Enter Yule Brynner as the gun slinger who kicks in the door pulling out both his six-shooters and gunning the two bad guys down.
He unties the woman reporter and then takes her up in his arms and takes her off to a newarby bedroom in the house and throws her on the bed as he joins her with the dreams sequence ending.
The two reporters then later find out that the company that runs the three worlds plan to have dignataries and political leaders come to there three worlds to visit and then replace them with robot copies of them which they will control and have do their bidding.
The sequel "Future World" unfortunately is not available on DVD as of this time.
Movie Review: A CLASSIC OF THE 1970'S
Summary: 5 Stars
I still remember seeing this film for the first time in the theatres. I was all of 10 years old and remember thinking it was such a cool concept. The film was written and directed by Michael Crichton who of course has gone onto become of the most successful writers over the past 25 years with credits such as Jurassic Park, Twister, Disclosure, and many more.
Set in the not too distant future, a high tech amusement park named Delos has been created for adults and populated with life-like and intelligent robots. Three worlds are awaiting wealthy visitors including Roman World, Medieval World, and West World. In these various worlds, guests can live out their wildest fantasies, all helped along by a cast of perfect robots. You can become a king, or frolic in Caligula like fashion in Rome, or become a gunslinger. All the while banks of computers and programmers keep everything running smoothly, unseen to the visitors and perhaps as a subtle dig at Disneyland.
Peter Martin (Richard benjamin) and John Blane (James Brolin) are a couple of buddies who decide to take on Westworld. Blane has been there before and quickly shows Martin around the very realistic western setting. The two engage in bar fights and seduce women (robots who can perform sexually) and even have duels with a robotic gunslinger played by Yul Brynner, who looks like he just stepped out of The Magnificent Seven.
Soon things begin to go awry. The robots begin to act strangely. First it's minor things such as female robots refusing the sexual advances of male guests but things then get much worse as the robots begin to not only hurt, but kill the guests! Soon Martin finds himself being stalked by the robotic Brynner as Brynner cooly commands him to "Draw!" Brynner's relentless pursuit of Martin and near indestructibility seem very familiar and it is pretty evident that James Cameron was inspired by this when he created "The Terminator"
Benjamin was never a great actor although he played his role as the terrified park patron quite well. Brynner is the real star with his nearly total lack of dialog and his glare that makes you freeze in terror. For a movie made in 1973 they did a resonable job of recreating a digitized look through the eyes of a robot that was quite unique in it's day. Also the robots look fairly authentic, especially when their faces are removed and you see the mass of wires and circuits behind them.
Dated by today's standards this was a fun movie and nice to see pop up on TV every now and then.
Movie Review: man in black
Summary: 5 Stars
i was one of the first people in the world to see "WESTWORLD" when it came to the theatre (1973). didn't realize this til years later when i bought the dvd. the one with the 8 page booklet (not the cheaper priced dvd)
in it they say it was released in 4 major cities one week prior to the films actual release. i was on vacation with family when i was a kid and was fortunate enough to get to see it. was a great movie to see in the theatre.
we we're in Lakewood, OH at the "WESTGATE MALL". i remember the main character being chased by a gunslinger. for those of you who don't know the character Yul Brynner played in the movie was based on his "MAGNIFICENT SEVEN" portrayal (the man in black).
even when he's shot, burned. he never breaks character and is still wearing his hat! this is a movie on Murphy's Law: anything that can go wrong will go wrong. from start to finish it is a great movie.
if i'd complain at all is that we don't see more of "MEDIEVIL" or "ROMAN" world. the movie wasn't about those parts of the "AMUSEMENT PARK". pre-JARRRASIC PARK. we are focused with "WESTWORLD" an amusement park of the "OLD WEST". where you can be a sheriff. have a shoot-out, rob a bank, or have sex with the prostitues at the whore house.
if you can think it the park will make it come true for you. thing is you better be ready to pay for the price of the admittion, WITH YOUR LIFE!!!
enjoy
CMH
Movie Review: Even Just A Little Imagination On Your Part And This Is A Great Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Yul Brynner gives a bone-chilling superb performance as the bad guy who just won't go away. The sets are as good as any 1973 western film ever put together and then some, since this is meant to double as a sci-fi film too. Richard Benjamin and James Brolin play a couple of unsuspecting saps who are our two visiting tourists who just want to have fun, and find out computer technology doesn't always do what you tell it to do. Who ever would have thought a western theme movie would have Nurse Chapel from the original Star Trek series (Majel Barrett) playing in it as a saloon madame. But then I guess if Dick Van Patten can end up being the town Sheriff then why not? What a hoot. You'll be mesmerized by the story, dazzled by special effects that are amazing for over 36 years ago's efforts, and no doubt at first wish you could find a place to vacation at like Westworld - that is until the movie shares the dangerous possibilities when things go horribly wrong with the robotics characters. This movie was in my VHS collection and is now in my DVD collection. Beginning to end, I like this movie and none of the sequels ever measured up anywhere even close to the impact Westworld had on its viewers. I saw this movie years ago, and am happy to say I recommend it still today with a big enthusiastic smile and give it a nod. Buy it.Movie Review: One Of My Top 5 Favorites
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this film. Strangely enough, Andromeda Strain is also in my top 5. I can watch these movies over and over. Brolin and Benjamin are teriffic in this film. Its amusing to see Benjamin in a role like this after you have seen him in Catch 22. Also a top 5 film. LOL It must have been so much fun making this film. LEt me say that Yul Brynner completely steals the film. He is such a presence. True, he does not have many lines, but it is all in his expressions. His subtle reactions are brilliant. The glint he gets in his eyes is also priceless. He was a truly gifted actor, and he is sorely missed. I find myself rooting for him in this, but he always gets the acid in the face and set on fire at the end. LOL So much for alternative endings. I hear rumors that they want to remake this. This disgusts me. They completely destroyed Stepford Wives, and turned it into a mockery. The original was frightening. This was a pile of jokey politically correct crap. Hollywood sucked out its soul, and they will do the same to Westworld. This is very difficult to find nowadays, and I actually found a DVD copy at a Sam Goody. Renting it can also be frustrating. My Blockbuster and Hollywood video didnt have it, and the clerks didnt even know what it was. I should have smacked them. Grab this. Treasure it.