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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Feb 29, 2020 6:16:37 GMT
So I just checked out a new Sci-Fi film called Color Out of Space and it stars Nicolas Cage and Tommy Chong. Wow. This film is really...lets say odd. The film is about a farm family complete with a daughter who practices witchcraft. A meteorite land on their property and makes all kinds of strange things happen including the mom cutting her fingers off, the barn yard animals turning into a big monster like hybrid and having two of the family members being fused together like conjoined twins. This film like a freaked out acid trip with weird lavender colored lights flashing throughout the film. Im not sure what to make of this film. I didnt like it all that much but I have to admit its a unique film. Also we get Cage giving us a few good freak outs that hes famous for. 5/10 Anyone seen or heard of this film?  |
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Post by Prime etc. on Feb 29, 2020 7:09:11 GMT
I read the short story.
I liked the 1965 version DIE MONSTER DIE!
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Post by moviemouth on Feb 29, 2020 7:43:15 GMT
Good idea, badly done.
The tone of the movie is all over the place and it seems to me that the director was more interested in the effects and gore than he was telling a good story.
I'll give credit where credit is do though. The gore effects and body transformation stuff are well done and the score is effective.
5/10
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Post by Deleted on Feb 29, 2020 10:17:38 GMT
Great movie and it stays pretty close to the H.P. Lovecraft story. Color Out Of Space is a cross between Annihilation and The Thing. Jeff Vandermeer, the writer of Annihilation, sure was inspired by Lovecraft's story. Good visuals and acting, great soundtrack. A return to form for Richard Stanley, after his Island of Dr Moreau fiasco. 8/10
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Post by moviemouth on Feb 29, 2020 10:20:37 GMT
Great movie and it stays pretty close to the H.P. Lovecraft story. Color Out Of Space is a cross between Annihilation and The Thing. Jeff Vandermeer, the writer of Annihilation, sure was inspired by Lovecraft's story. Good visuals and acting, great soundtrack. A return to form for Richard Stanley, after his Island of Dr Moreau fiasco. 8/10Interesting. I think Nicolas Cage's performance is awful.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 29, 2020 10:23:05 GMT
Great movie and it stays pretty close to the H.P. Lovecraft story. Color Out Of Space is a cross between Annihilation and The Thing. Jeff Vandermeer, the writer of Annihilation, sure was inspired by Lovecraft's story. Good visuals and acting, great soundtrack. A return to form for Richard Stanley, after his Island of Dr Moreau fiasco. 8/10Interesting. I think Nicolas Cage's performance is awful. I thought he held his craziness back for a long time. He only went full retard at the end of the movie. Then again, I love me some crazy Cage. Loved him in Mom & Dad too.
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Post by moviemouth on Feb 29, 2020 10:26:37 GMT
Interesting. I think Nicolas Cage's performance is awful. I thought he held his craziness back for a long time. He only went full retard at the end of the movie. Then again, I love me some crazy Cage. Loved him in Mom & Dad too. I love crazy Nicolas Cage too, when it fits the context of the movie. All the other actors are playing it straight and he is doing this crazy act that is unintentionally funny. Not just the ending either. Like his little freak outs through the second half of the movie, he seems to be doing this strange Donald Trump impression. Besides those his performance is quite dull. He does a similar thing in Mandy and in that he does it very well. Mom and Dad is a dumb horror comedy, so in that his ridiculous performance works and actually makes the movie better. In Color Out of Space he ruins the movie.
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Post by darksidebeadle on Feb 29, 2020 11:16:30 GMT
I watched half, that was enough
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Feb 29, 2020 11:52:07 GMT
I read the short story. I liked the 1965 version DIE MONSTER DIE! I surprising have not seen that film.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Feb 29, 2020 11:53:29 GMT
Good idea, badly done. The tone of the movie is all over the place and it seems to me that the director was more interested in the effects and gore than he was telling a good story. I'll give credit where credit is do though. The gore effects and body transformation stuff are well done and the score is effective. 5/10 Yeah I admired things like the effects and the score but at the same time I didnt like the film that much. I had such a mixed reaction to this film.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Feb 29, 2020 11:54:00 GMT
I watched half, that was enough The second half is the crazy better half.
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Post by jamesbamesy on Feb 29, 2020 16:05:03 GMT
This movie kind of came out of nowhere. I haven’t watched it yet.
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Post by DarkManX on Feb 29, 2020 17:52:24 GMT
It's alright. There's a lot to be done that doesn't get done. We hear about time and space being distorted, but don't get to see it until the end. The body horror with the wife and the animals was great, but there should have been a lot more of that going on.
The acting is mediocre and while the practical effects are good the CGI is terrible.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 29, 2020 18:40:06 GMT
I dug it. Could have been better but I liked everything about it. I appreciate that Nicholas Cage gave the movie the time of day. His name on the ticket could make the difference between obscurity (or not getting made at all) and release.
It started out a touch slow. I'm glad the hydrologist survived. I like Cage, I liked the alien.
My interpretation is this organism survives and feeds off color. It fires up the imagination about what's out there.
I like that Nicholas Cage got so bonkers he would sacrifice his daughter to keep his wife alive just that little bit longer, and perhaps keep doing it with people who stop by.
I liked the ending too. It could have ended on the fade to white, which would imply the loss of all color on the planet (and perhaps Armageddon) but they chose to show only a portion of of the space has been completely robbed of its color, therefore implying it's only just begun?
Yep, I liked it. Could have been better, tighter, but I liked it anyways. Thumbs up.
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Post by moviemouth on Feb 29, 2020 18:54:09 GMT
I dug it. Could have been better but I liked everything about it. I appreciate that Nicholas Cage gave the movie the time of day. His name on the ticket could make the difference between obscurity (or not getting made at all) and release.
It started out a touch slow. I'm glad the hydrologist survived. I like Cage, I liked the alien.
My interpretation is this organism survives and feeds off color. It fires up the imagination about what's out there.
I like that Nicholas Cage got so bonkers he would sacrifice his daughter to keep his wife alive just that little bit longer, and perhaps keep doing it with people who stop by.
I liked the ending too. It could have ended on the fade to white, which would imply the loss of all color on the planet (and perhaps Armageddon) but they chose to show only a portion of of the space has been completely robbed of its color, therefore implying it's only just begun?
Yep, I liked it. Could have been better, tighter, but I liked it anyways. Thumbs up.
Interesting. I didn't come to that conclusion at all and I still don't because the color is already a part of the meteor before it even comes in contact with the stuff around it. I saw it as just being about an entity that transforms and destroys and the color is the radiation that is causing the stuff that is happening. I agree that the point is to fire up the imagination about the unknown in the universe and the movie is effective in that regard.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 29, 2020 19:03:42 GMT
I dug it. Could have been better but I liked everything about it. I appreciate that Nicholas Cage gave the movie the time of day. His name on the ticket could make the difference between obscurity (or not getting made at all) and release.
It started out a touch slow. I'm glad the hydrologist survived. I like Cage, I liked the alien.
My interpretation is this organism survives and feeds off color. It fires up the imagination about what's out there.
I like that Nicholas Cage got so bonkers he would sacrifice his daughter to keep his wife alive just that little bit longer, and perhaps keep doing it with people who stop by.
I liked the ending too. It could have ended on the fade to white, which would imply the loss of all color on the planet (and perhaps Armageddon) but they chose to show only a portion of of the space has been completely robbed of its color, therefore implying it's only just begun?
Yep, I liked it. Could have been better, tighter, but I liked it anyways. Thumbs up.
Interesting. I didn't come to that conclusion at all and I still don't because the color is already a part of the meteor before it even comes in contact with the stuff around it. I saw it as just being about an entity that transforms and destroys and the color is the radiation that is causing the stuff that is happening. I agree that the point is to fire up the imagination about the unknown in the universe and the movie is effective in that regard. It was my prevailing interpretation until I looked it up to be sure, but I never got around to looking it up. I thought it'd be more fun to just wallow in interpretation. I couldn't tell if it sought color or brought color with it. There's the one part where it seems like the shape of the daughters self-mutilation is channeling the force because it's the same shape as a citadel on the planet from which it came, but I don't know if that means the organism is parasitic, bacterial, viral...sentient.
I don't think it's sentient...yet. I mean it's horror right, not even science fiction. There's no moral spin on the organism's right to survive or escaping its home planet. It's not completely clear if it's a form of viral warfare, or the foot soldiers like the first several monsters in Pacific Rim; in theory it's just an organism that exists. It's not even clear to me if it survived; it might have gorged on the color in the are surrounding the farm and ate itself to death. Or it could still be working. 
I never read the story, but that's my interpretation thus far.
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Post by moviemouth on Feb 29, 2020 19:15:14 GMT
Interesting. I didn't come to that conclusion at all and I still don't because the color is already a part of the meteor before it even comes in contact with the stuff around it. I saw it as just being about an entity that transforms and destroys and the color is the radiation that is causing the stuff that is happening. I agree that the point is to fire up the imagination about the unknown in the universe and the movie is effective in that regard. It was my prevailing interpretation until I looked it up to be sure, but I never got around to looking it up. I thought it'd be more fun to just wallow in interpretation. I couldn't tell if it sought color or brought color with it. There's the one part where it seems like the shape of the daughters self-mutilation is channeling the force because it's the same shape as a citadel on the planet from which it came, but I don't know if that means the organism is parasitic, bacterial, viral...sentient.
I don't think it's sentient...yet. I mean it's horror right, not even science fiction. There's no moral spin on the organism's right to survive or escaping its home planet. It's not completely clear if it's a form of viral warfare, or the foot soldiers like the first several monsters in Pacific Rim; in theory it's just an organism that exists. It's not even clear to me if it survived; it might have gorged on the color in the are surrounding the farm and ate itself to death. Or it could still be working.
I never read the story, but that's my interpretation thus far.
You are overthinking it imo. I don't think it is anything but some kind of space organism or something like that. For me it isn't important what it is, but what it is capable of. I didn't like the movie (in large part because I didn't care at all about the people it is happening to), but I like the idea. I'm planning to read the short story soon.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 29, 2020 19:26:58 GMT
It was my prevailing interpretation until I looked it up to be sure, but I never got around to looking it up. I thought it'd be more fun to just wallow in interpretation. I couldn't tell if it sought color or brought color with it. There's the one part where it seems like the shape of the daughters self-mutilation is channeling the force because it's the same shape as a citadel on the planet from which it came, but I don't know if that means the organism is parasitic, bacterial, viral...sentient.
I don't think it's sentient...yet. I mean it's horror right, not even science fiction. There's no moral spin on the organism's right to survive or escaping its home planet. It's not completely clear if it's a form of viral warfare, or the foot soldiers like the first several monsters in Pacific Rim; in theory it's just an organism that exists. It's not even clear to me if it survived; it might have gorged on the color in the are surrounding the farm and ate itself to death. Or it could still be working.
I never read the story, but that's my interpretation thus far.
You are overthinking it imo. I don't think it is anything but some kind of space organism or something like that. For me it isn't important what it is, but what it is capable of. I didn't like the movie (in large part because I didn't care at all about the people it is happening to), but I like the idea. I'm planning to read the short story soon. The coolest stories make me think about the world before and after, and tease me by only showing me a portion of the journey. I think the last thing I'd want to see is a sequel or a prequel. The cool thing in my opinion about a creature/bacteria/force like this is it beckons no logic or explanation, at least not one pinned down by science. I'd say this fits squarely into the horror genre.
Some of the best horror movies I know (this not being one of them, I dug it but you know, it's not like The Exorcist or anything) is whatever supernatural horror thing is happening is incidental. The real story's with the family. The space stuff is just a catalyst for their relationship.
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Feb 29, 2020 19:32:48 GMT
...Then ya'll need to see Mandy, Nic Cage's other weird recent movie that's already out on dvd. Its trippy.
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Post by moviemouth on Feb 29, 2020 19:43:16 GMT
You are overthinking it imo. I don't think it is anything but some kind of space organism or something like that. For me it isn't important what it is, but what it is capable of. I didn't like the movie (in large part because I didn't care at all about the people it is happening to), but I like the idea. I'm planning to read the short story soon. The coolest stories make me think about the world before and after, and tease me by only showing me a portion of the journey. I think the last thing I'd want to see is a sequel or a prequel. The cool thing in my opinion about a creature/bacteria/force like this is it beckons no logic or explanation, at least not one pinned down by science. I'd say this fits squarely into the horror genre.
Some of the best horror movies I know (this not being one of them, I dug it but you know, it's not like The Exorcist or anything) is whatever supernatural horror thing is happening is incidental. The real story's with the family. The space stuff is just a catalyst for their relationship.
Which is the exact reason the movie falls flat. The family situation doesn't work at all in the movie because it didn't well establish them beforehand and the performances aren't very convincing. I also felt they acted way too casual about what was happening and didn't seem to be anywhere near disturbed enough by what is happening to them, at least not in a way I think is convincing. It touches on it at some parts, but not nearly enough imo. Even when the wife cuts her fingers off, Nicolas Cage doesn't act like this is a big deal and even stops to talk to the kids before leaving. There is the stuff with the daughter being into witchcraft or something along those lines that is only mentioned a couple times early in the movie and then never mentioned again. It is sci-fi horror imo. Equal parts. For me the movie and movies like it are about the fragility of the human mind and the human body and how easily we could be wiped out of existence and how terrifying that thought is. How there are unknown things in the world that are beyond are comprehension that existed long before us and will exist long after us. This seems to be a common theme with H.P. Lovecraft.
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