another sunday, another cheap and tacky movie
now, don't get me wrong, i loved the book but the movie bears about as much relationship to it as instant cofee bears to a full strength espresso.
in the book, john wyndamn seemed more interested in how society fell apart and then reformed-the film cops out by suggesting that normality will be resumed. also, in the film you can kill triffids with sea water..
howard keel makes a manly lead, but you keep expecting him to burst into a chorus of "oh, what beautiful morning". the alcoholic scientest (a character not in the book) is badly written, several characters (such as the original love interest) are omitted and the most enjoyable bits are trying to spot the wires and wheels that transport the triffids around.
there is apparently, a new version that will be released later this year.
for now, i'm going to go back to reading the book
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outof interest, what did you think of the remake of War of Worlds? I felt that it mostly stayed true to the spirit of the book even though teh plot was mostly discarded. Basically the movie was Tom and family running away. I felt a little cheated by the bit where Tom takes on the Tripod but mainly because it was inconsistent with the tone of the movie. That said, I liked teh weird sense of anticlimax when the aliens caught a cold and died.
ReplyDeletei haven't actually seen it-there is always something better to do when it's on.
ReplyDeletei do vaguely remeber the george pal version, though. and, of course, i have the album