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Post by kolchak92 on Mar 20, 2021 1:55:48 GMT
What a strange movie, and kind of an outlier in John Carpenter's filmography. I feel like he was trying to do another Starman, but it just didn't quite work.
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Post by jcush on Mar 20, 2021 2:00:58 GMT
I'd call it the start of Carpenter's downfall. It's okay.
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Post by Marv on Mar 20, 2021 2:02:55 GMT
Despite enjoying Chevy Chase and John Carpenter...I never really liked this movie.
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Post by petrolino on Mar 20, 2021 2:31:14 GMT
I'm a big John Carpenter fan but don't like this movie, despite some excellent special effects work. Proof is that I don't own a dvd copy and have no intention to, which is an oddity a I have the majority of the director's theatrical works on dvd.
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Post by moviemouth on Mar 20, 2021 2:39:50 GMT
Yeah, it doesn't work for me. I think the romance angle falls completely flat and the second half just doesn't go anywhere interesting. I do like the creative casting of Chevy Chase, and Sam Neill is good as the villain. One of John Carpenter's worst movies imo.
5/10
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Post by sostie on Mar 20, 2021 2:45:22 GMT
It's an enjoyable film. Carpenter is my favourite director, but not even he could do one of the best sci-fi novels I have read justice. Another novel that would now be perfect for a TV adaptation
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Post by movielover on Mar 20, 2021 2:54:24 GMT
I’m in the minority, but I really like it. I thought Carpenter came up with a lot of creative visuals to show the downside of invisibility.
I found the movie to be suspenseful and fun. Sam Neil was a good villain. Making it a comedy and casting Chevy Chase as the lead may not have been my first choice, but I still thought that aspect of it worked out fine. Unlike other posters, I did enjoy the romance between Chase and Hannah, as well as the comedy that took place in the beach house. I love the climactic scene at the end as well.
I think it’s one of Carpenter’s most entertaining movies and it’s one of my favorites by him. 8/10
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Post by ck100 on Mar 20, 2021 3:10:21 GMT
Leonard Maltin Movie Guide Review:
Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) - 2 out of 4 stars
"Clever (but endless) special effects are the star of this stale, paper-thin dud. Chase plays a securities analyst who's rendered invisible after an accident, and finds himself involved in a by-the-numbers spy scenario."
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Post by ck100 on Mar 20, 2021 3:12:45 GMT
From IMDB trivia:
"John Carpenter has stated that this is his least favorite of all the films he's directed, and is the film he "hates thinking about the most". One reason was because of the constant studio interference that didn't allow Carpenter much creative freedom. Carpenter also called Chevy Chase "a director's worst nightmare" and "nearly impossible to direct", also saying the same about Daryl Hannah. According to Carpenter, Chase would complain non-stop about the film's tone and hated wearing the special effects, often prematurely removing his makeup and ruining hours of filming. At one point, Carpenter broke a clipboard in half over his knee in a fit of rage when Chase removed his makeup mid-take. Carpenter said that Chase and Hannah were "immune to any punishment from the studio, and they knew it, so they walked over me and everyone else on set and essentially told us we'd be replaced if we had any problem with them...it was like working with your boss's snooty children who would tattle on you if you didn't bend to their every will." Despite this, Carpenter ended up bonding and seeking comfort in Sam Neill over the troubling production and the two became close friends, with Neill agreeing to work with Carpenter again on In The Mouth Of Madness."
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Mar 20, 2021 3:59:07 GMT
8/10 I really liked it.
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Post by moviemouth on Mar 20, 2021 6:12:41 GMT
From IMDB trivia: "John Carpenter has stated that this is his least favorite of all the films he's directed, and is the film he "hates thinking about the most". One reason was because of the constant studio interference that didn't allow Carpenter much creative freedom. Carpenter also called Chevy Chase "a director's worst nightmare" and "nearly impossible to direct", also saying the same about Daryl Hannah. According to Carpenter, Chase would complain non-stop about the film's tone and hated wearing the special effects, often prematurely removing his makeup and ruining hours of filming. At one point, Carpenter broke a clipboard in half over his knee in a fit of rage when Chase removed his makeup mid-take. Carpenter said that Chase and Hannah were "immune to any punishment from the studio, and they knew it, so they walked over me and everyone else on set and essentially told us we'd be replaced if we had any problem with them...it was like working with your boss's snooty children who would tattle on you if you didn't bend to their every will." Despite this, Carpenter ended up bonding and seeking comfort in Sam Neill over the troubling production and the two became close friends, with Neill agreeing to work with Carpenter again on In The Mouth Of Madness." This really pisses me off. Chevy Chase is a notorious POS, so that part doesn't surprise me. I didn't realize Chevy Chase had so much clout in 1992. What happened to John Carpenter after 1988? I assume that "They Live" bombed at the Box Office or something.
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Post by Mulder and Scully on Mar 20, 2021 18:00:14 GMT
I liked it.
Chevy Chase was inspired casting and it was a nice change of pace for him. The special effects were great and Sam Neil as the ruthless David Jenkins.
Such an underrated movie.
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Post by kolchak92 on Mar 20, 2021 19:03:49 GMT
I liked it. Chevy Chase was inspired casting and it was a nice change of pace for him. The special effects were great and Sam Neil as the ruthless David Jenkins. Such an underrated movie. Sam Neill was a good villain, yeah.
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Post by Prime etc. on Mar 20, 2021 19:28:00 GMT
Sam Neill was all I remember about it.
Carpenter seemed to work best in lower budgets.
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Post by ck100 on Mar 20, 2021 22:14:25 GMT
Carpenter seems like he was just a hired hand on this film.
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Post by kolchak92 on Mar 21, 2021 0:05:18 GMT
Carpenter seems like he was just a hired hand on this film. Well Ivan Reitman and Richard Donner were both attached to direct it before Carpenter eventually took the job.
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Post by theravenking on Mar 21, 2021 15:22:17 GMT
It's an enjoyable film. Carpenter is my favourite director, but not even he could do one of the best sci-fi novels I have read justice. Another novel that would now be perfect for a TV adaptation I've yet to watch the movie. I've heard so many bad things about it, that I'm in no particular hurry.
The book is amazing, probably the best "invisible person" tale ever. I have the movie-tie-in version with Darryl Hannah and the (invisible) Chase on the cover, and originally I didn't expect much of this, thinking it would be just some hack-job. I was completely blown away though. Shame the author, Harry F. Saint, never wrote another book. I read somewhere that he earned so much from selling the movie rights that he could afford to retire to Southern France.
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