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2.0 out of 5 stars
Revenge Of The Shoddy Sequel,
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This review is from: Creature from the Black Lagoon (DVD)
Dopey followup to Jack Arnold's 1954 3-D classic proves that post-Spielberg/Lucas Hollywood didn't invent the slap-dash sequel. The Gillman is back, captured in the Amazon and installed in a Florida marine park to be degraded as a case study by square-jawed oceanographer John "Mr. Shirley Temple" Agar and his torpedo-bra'd assistant Lori Nelson. who frets over the usual "wimmin's" issues as she aspires to get ahead in a man's world (which means that when required, she drops the jargon in favour of screaming while wearing a white bikini and falling into the nearest body of water). Agar is slightly less convincing here than he was in "The Brain From Planet Arous", where at least his wooden acting could be explained by the fact that his character was an alien brain in human form. Well, ol' Gil eventually escapes from his chlorine prison and goes on a rampage, making off with the first peroxided blonde he sees, which just happens to be Nelson. So Agar leads a team of trigger-happy lawmen to track the creature down and fill him with lead, all for the crime of having been snatched from his natural lair and forced into being a tourist attraction alongside "Flippy" the dolphin. A painless 82 minutes, made watchable by the presence of Bud Westmore's titular beastie, which endures as one of the all-time great monster designs, yet to be outdone by any CG creation. And don't blink or you'll miss Clint Eastwood's (uncredited) bit part as Agar's lab assistant!
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Wave 2 Of Universal's Monster Legacy Collections Arrives!,
By Erik Morton "Erik Morton" (Carmel, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Creature from the Black Lagoon (DVD)
I was expecting quite a bit from the Legacy Collections of DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN, and THE WOLF MAN. But even so, all my expectations were thrown out the window, and then some. They are extraordinary DVDs, and any lover of classic horror would be ashamed not to have picked them up already. (By the way, the best way to do so is to get the box set, complete with three super-cool statuettes of all three monsters. Trust me, it's worth the extra $.) I was hoping (no, praying) that Universal would continue to deliver similar releases from their classic film vault. And now my, and all other monster fans' prayers have been answered. Come October (just in time for Halloween, obviously), three more L.C.s will appear on store shelves, featuring all five MUMMY films, the INVISIBLE MAN series, and, by far my favorite of all, the CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON collection. These have always been my absolute favorite monster movies of old, and to see not only the first one, but both its classic sequels previously unreleased on DVD, get similar treatment is quite exciting. Honestly, if Wave 2 of the L.C.s is half as good as Wave 1, I'll be far more than satisfied. (Oh, and I hope to God that a box set with collectible busts of the Mummy, the Invisible Man, and the Creature will also be available. Woudln't that be heaven . . . . . . . .)
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great movie set,
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this is one series that kept up the standards (unlike dracula or the mummy). This one has to be remade its such a no-brainer, I mean the creature is like as familiar as frankenstein, and how many versions have there been of him? (Too many bad ones I say...)
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