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The cast is almost entirely middle-aged and mad scientists, ruthless businessmen and corrupt officials all play a far greater part in the proceedings than any shark, whether stock footage or rubber.
Val Lewton produced, and he gives the proceedings his customary spooky polish.
Even a TV movie would make the proceedings this dull and confusing.
While we wait for the kid to harden and become "a man", we're treated to fake high drama featuring a weary old cast of character-actors (if ever you want fake drama infused into the proceedings, you get Bo Hopkins or Geoffrey Lewis or Anthony James--this picture has all three).
Mediocre performances in most roles lend a sense of Acting 101 homework to the whole proceedings, events unfold without any build-up and even normally decent actors have lowed their game here.
The simple story is wisely left uncluttered, with no attempts to artificially inflate the proceedings with unnecessary thematic distractions.
Only Maggie Ghynenhaal brightens up the proceedings, but even she can't save it.
The Noir elements (flashback, dark, moody photography, and a sinister, fatalistic edge to the proceedings) raise this melodrama to nearly tragic heights.
What doesn't work is a sharp left turn in the narrative about an hour into the proceedings, with an absolutely unbelievable (and unforgivable) turn of events pitting the robbers against each other.
Peter Weller lends a perfect, dead-pan seriousness to the very 'out there' proceedings, while John Lithgow chews up the scenery as the fiendish Dr. Lizardo.
The dreamy feel to the entire proceedings is wonderful.
Even the supporting cast, excellent as they are, seem to be a bit embarrassed by the proceedings.
There was one point that bothered me about the proceedings, too: early in the preparations for the concert the dead composer's grand piano is delivered by helicopter to the stage of a natural-i.e., uncovered- amphitheater halfway up a mountain.
MacLaine probably felt a little persnickety jabbering would goose the proceedings, yet there's far too much bickering back and forth between she and Cage, and both fall back on their proved shtick (MacLaine certainly on her Aurora Greenway from "Terms of Endearment").
Sex scenes of blatant perversion are piled onto an unclear narrative giving them a gratuitous feeling despite the air of self-importance that pervades the proceedings.
The casting is certainly interesting; these stars must have had a vested interest in the proceedings and felt a great need to be a part of the experience, even if three-dimensional roles weren't exactly waiting for them (Kirk Douglas and Elizabeth Taylor, in particular, are poorly used).
the fast food type environment in which this film is presented, complete with cheesy, fake NBA uniforms, Stadiums that look like your local high school gym, and just a general appearance of lookalikeness that borders on condescending, just adds to the tedious nature of the proceedings.
Not even Mantan can pep up these proceedings - it doesn't make you suffer, nor is it anything to write home about.
Here the cast includes Donald Pleasance as one of the grave robbers, Peter Cushing as the doctor buying their wares and the always wonderful Billie Whitelaw as a tavern girl caught up in the ghoulish proceedings.
Comic relief is provided by the two decorators and supporting afro-carribean cast add flavour to otherwise dull proceedings.
At 98 minutes the film is too long and would benefit tremendously from a ten minute trim, particularly the scenes where various voodoo practioners stop the narrative dead to deliver pages of expository mumbo jumbo in an attempt to give some kind of spiritual context to the proceedings.
Tim Healey has the sense to get despatched early into proceedings but this woeful vehicle for Michael Caine and Edward Fox doesn't let them off so soon.
The influence that this film has had on later crime investigation films such as the magnificent 'LA Confidential' is evident throughout, and that adds yet more credibility to the proceedings.
The murder mystery is interesting enough, and there is a refreshingly un-melodramatic approach to the proceedings (fairly unusual for something shown on Lifetime), but ultimately the story doesn't wash.
Many a good horror film has been based on a plot like this; but The Snake People makes no attempt to make the proceedings interesting, and consequently we end up with a dull, plodding film that made me wish I hadn't started watching it.
But it's the movie's fiercely pronounced and unapologetic element of deep-seated sickness which gives the proceedings an extra rough and scuzzy edge; the mean and morbid atmosphere is so powerfully rendered that it's sure to make you squirm.
His voice-overs during the early days of the French Revolution give the film some much-needed gravitas and it quickly and effectively alters the mood of the entire proceedings.
In fact, the vampires dominate most of the proceedings during the latter stages of the film, while early on there's also excess footage featuring a gypsy couple (who, for plot purposes, unwittingly revive the werewolf which subsequently 'marks' Waldemar Daninsky); however, despite the limited resources at the film-makers' disposal, the Gothic atmosphere is well up to par for the course (though dissipated somewhat by the faded print I watched!).
The incredible landscape and the excellent score only add to the proceedings.
I understand the concept of multiple viewpoints on the proceedings, as well as the rewinding to show us those differences, however, if you are going to do it, only show us what we missed the first time.
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