20. The Fly, 1986
First let’s talk about the original, because I love the 1958 film, it is classy and sophisticated, most people dismiss it thinking it’s just a cheesy b movie, but that would be the sequel, with the piñata head and shit.
The original Fly is great at building suspense and it doesn’t rely on cliches, the scientist doesn’t just becomes a monster, he’s still himself, he doesn’t get instantly mad or anything, it depicts a struggle and… yeah you get the idea, beside I have to talk about the 1986 version.
This one is a gross out special effects fest that goes straight for shock value. It has a great pacing and the take on the subject is waaay different than the original, the main guy (Jeff Goldblum) starts out after the teleportation thinking he has become some kind of a superhero, pure and focused and sharp and shit, like, in his mind he became the greatest human being ever, but to his love interest (played by Geena Davis) he’s simply gone nuts.
It’s still a pretty tragic movie, but I don’t think it delivers the same feeling than the original, like I said, this oe is more about the ‘ahh flesh’, so if you want to enjoy a gory and shocking movie, be sure to give it a watch.
P.S. Originally this was a project for Tim Burton to direct which makes sense because Michael Keaton was offered the role of Seth Brundle, but he declined. So instead we got David Cronenberg, Goldblum as Brundlefly and his girlfriend at the time Geena Davis as… well his girlfriend.
First let’s talk about the original, because I love the 1958 film, it is classy and sophisticated, most people dismiss it thinking it’s just a cheesy b movie, but that would be the sequel, with the piñata head and shit.
The original Fly is great at building suspense and it doesn’t rely on cliches, the scientist doesn’t just becomes a monster, he’s still himself, he doesn’t get instantly mad or anything, it depicts a struggle and… yeah you get the idea, beside I have to talk about the 1986 version.
This one is a gross out special effects fest that goes straight for shock value. It has a great pacing and the take on the subject is waaay different than the original, the main guy (Jeff Goldblum) starts out after the teleportation thinking he has become some kind of a superhero, pure and focused and sharp and shit, like, in his mind he became the greatest human being ever, but to his love interest (played by Geena Davis) he’s simply gone nuts.
It’s still a pretty tragic movie, but I don’t think it delivers the same feeling than the original, like I said, this oe is more about the ‘ahh flesh’, so if you want to enjoy a gory and shocking movie, be sure to give it a watch.
P.S. Originally this was a project for Tim Burton to direct which makes sense because Michael Keaton was offered the role of Seth Brundle, but he declined. So instead we got David Cronenberg, Goldblum as Brundlefly and his girlfriend at the time Geena Davis as… well his girlfriend.
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