Post by kingkoopa on Jun 14, 2019 13:50:13 GMT
I don't rank by numbers, but "Tremors" would be up there with what I'd consider to be a close to perfect movie.
As others have said, it doesn't try to be anything other than what it is. It's just fun. On a technical level, the sets and practical effects are great, even by today's standards. There is a particular shot during Reba MacIntyre and Michael Gross's basement shout out that pans from actor to miniatures. Tending to notice miniatures (watch the Bat Plane crash in 1989 again), I'm seldom fooled, but this particular shot was honestly the most convincing I've ever seen in any movie. The fact that it happened in a B-movie with some heart and fun behind it was totally out of the blue.
This movie could have been bad, with crappy looking monster effects and overblown action. Instead it had a great cast of likeable characters and a simple premise (no special forces choppers flying in or something crazy). If it were made today, it would be something like "Alien Vs Predator" with way too many explosions and relying on creature effects over its human characters.
In many ways, I think this movie is a clinic on how to properly do a monster movie. While I've seen 'better' movies in different genres, "Tremors" was executed about as well as it could have been. The writing also, is very exceptional for a B movie. Rather than monster fodder, the majority of the characters were very fleshed out and seemed like real people...which is probably the best part for me.
All in all, I think this is a great movie. Sort of absurd premise, but a very well made, constructed, and thought out movie.
The VHS cover with a totally different monster has always bugged me though...
As others have said, it doesn't try to be anything other than what it is. It's just fun. On a technical level, the sets and practical effects are great, even by today's standards. There is a particular shot during Reba MacIntyre and Michael Gross's basement shout out that pans from actor to miniatures. Tending to notice miniatures (watch the Bat Plane crash in 1989 again), I'm seldom fooled, but this particular shot was honestly the most convincing I've ever seen in any movie. The fact that it happened in a B-movie with some heart and fun behind it was totally out of the blue.
This movie could have been bad, with crappy looking monster effects and overblown action. Instead it had a great cast of likeable characters and a simple premise (no special forces choppers flying in or something crazy). If it were made today, it would be something like "Alien Vs Predator" with way too many explosions and relying on creature effects over its human characters.
In many ways, I think this movie is a clinic on how to properly do a monster movie. While I've seen 'better' movies in different genres, "Tremors" was executed about as well as it could have been. The writing also, is very exceptional for a B movie. Rather than monster fodder, the majority of the characters were very fleshed out and seemed like real people...which is probably the best part for me.
All in all, I think this is a great movie. Sort of absurd premise, but a very well made, constructed, and thought out movie.
The VHS cover with a totally different monster has always bugged me though...