Originally posted by gollumprawnI normally don't care for remakes of classic films, but I kinda liked it. The first movie was more of a "big picture" film with the hero being a big shot scientist, whereas they made this one more of a "human interest" story about an average guy and his family. I thought they did a nice job (Tom Cruise is an idiot of course, but if he's in a good movie I don't have a problem saying so).
reading the original story was better than watching the film remake
Originally posted by no1marauderSantized Hollywood endings!
I normally don't care for remakes of classic films, but I kinda liked it. The first movie was more of a "big picture" film with the hero being a big shot scientist, whereas they made this one more of a "human interest" story about an average guy and his family. I thought they did a nice job (Tom Cruise is an idiot of course, but if he's in a good movie I don't have a problem saying so).
What really impressed me when i saw 20 odd minutes of the 50's version a couple of months ago, was just how calmly every one responded to the crises, allowing themselves to be expertly directed by the police on point duty. It was a bit bizarre seeing the cars make an efficient use of the highways with the lanes furthest out moving very rapidly.
As well as the shift in focus from an 'authoritative important men' to an 'ordinary joe' little guy focus in the TC remake, a comparison beween the two movies is interesting from the perspective that each version says less about foreign invasion, or the capacity of the US to assert itself against tyranny, but rather serves as an unintentional snapshot of how Americans saw themselves, where in the 50's the were confident, assured and socially obedient, yet in the naughties they are rattled, dysfunctional and disolve into anarchy at the first sign of significant trouble.
Originally posted by kmax87Was it a US or UK production? I would have thought the British were still functioning under a Blitz mindset so were disciplined etc.
What really impressed me when i saw 20 odd minutes of the 50's version a couple of months ago, was just how calmly every one responded to the crises, allowing themselves to be expertly directed by the police on point duty. It was a bit bizarre seeing the cars make an efficient use of the highways with the lanes furthest out moving very rapidly.
Originally posted by kmax87I'm not sure that the scene in the 50's movie where a crowd of people pillage the trucks, destroying the scientific equipment and samples that were to be used to find the Martian's weaknesses shows a "confident, assured and socially obedient" people.
What really impressed me when i saw 20 odd minutes of the 50's version a couple of months ago, was just how calmly every one responded to the crises, allowing themselves to be expertly directed by the police on point duty. It was a bit bizarre seeing the cars make an efficient use of the highways with the lanes furthest out moving very rapidly.
As well as ...[text shortened]... rattled, dysfunctional and disolve into anarchy at the first sign of significant trouble.
Originally posted by no1marauderno doubt. I would like to watch the whole thing in is entireity, to see the scene that you descibe. I would not be surprised however if the mob are made to look more like superstitious villagers out to stake a vampire, than a wildly disoriented mob willing to kill the occupants of a vehicle that has no chance of advancing any faster than people on foot.
I'm not sure that the scene in the 50's movie where a crowd of people pillage the trucks, destroying the scientific equipment and samples that were to be used to find the Martian's weaknesses shows a "confident, assured and socially obedient" people.
its just that in the initial stages of the alarm being sent out the general pop seem to respond quite admirably and move as directed. No such repeat for vanilla boy.