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Curse of the Fly (1965)
A chilling finale to a classic series!
I wasn't too impressed by "Return of the Fly", but it still fascinated me! When I learnt that there was a third one, I was quite intrigued to see it. I just watched it for the first time on DVD, and I was quite impressed on how smart the story was, and even though there is no Human-Fly monster in it (which, to be honest, is a smart approach), I thought it was more clever to base the movie around the Delambre legacy, rather than focus on the whole "man gets gene-spliced with a fly" blah blah blah! To be honest, I was expecting something REALLY dreadfully cheesy, but surprisingly, I loved it! The visuals (especially, the opening credit sequence, very well thought up!), and the originality of it is superbly done! It's got the classic horror movie style down perfectly! True its not as frightening as say... Alien, but, for its time (1960s), the mutant make up and story are very well sorted! TOTALLY UNDERRATED!
Superman (1978)
They Don't Make Movies Like This Anymore!!!
I simply love this film! there's nothing new I can say about the film, as its been praised since its release! everything about it is pure gold! the tone, the performances, the music, anything and everything to do with the making of this masterpiece is genius! no updated material can ever take away the magic! this is the only way to make a Superman film, no cgi needed, its all about tone and character! the effects are just tinker toys to surround the actors and environment. as long as the heart of the mythology is present, nothing else matters! this is the only true live action interpretation of Superman's beginnings, and it only takes one or two re tellings before the it becomes difficult to repeat it! this movie did it perfectly! all characters were cast superbly!
i love the old-fashioned effects, adds bit more rawness, but yet realism to the whole sequence that it makes it fun to watch. cgi just looks tacky. computers cant give the same amount of weight, detail and texture that models create. it just looks more impressive, and looks like the film makers making an effort. i love these effects! films back then are more impressive than most present movies, because of the scope they managed without computer aid.
people complain that the end (turning the world backwards) was unreal and takes away a bit of the magic from the movie, but why should that bother people? like human aliens from a doomed planet wearing a blue, red, yellow suit is more realistic than that? i don't care, i love this film! as you can tell! its all real but yet fanciful
i love the Daily Planet building (exteriors and interiors) it look very real, like it could actually exist! the interiors looked wonderful, you can walk in there and believe it to be fully functional office! unlike the new nostalgic looking Daily Planet in Superman Returns (havent seen the movie obviously), it looks too "movie manufactured".
Christopher Reeve's finally smile at the end of the film is very delightful, hardly anyone smiles now in comic book films anymore(sadly) i love the lighthearted takes on Superman, the more family/kiddy friendly! Superman is everyones hero, young and old...
...what more can i say except *druels*, this movie has become my bible!