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Post by moviemouth on Jul 11, 2021 1:33:27 GMT
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Post by Prime etc. on Jul 11, 2021 1:35:19 GMT
Although Laughton defined the role I saw the 1977 film in a drive-in and Lancaster was memorable.
Actually that reminds me I need to make a topic thread in the Classics board.
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 11, 2021 1:37:47 GMT
Although Laughton defined the role I saw the 1977 film in a drive-in and Lancaster was memorable. Actually that reminds me I need to make a topic thread in the Classics board. I don't care for Lancaster as Dr. Moreau and I can't stand Michael York as an actor. I also think the make-up is unconvincing. Say what you want about the 1996 movie, but the make-up is fantastic and terrifying. I'm watching the 1932 version for the first time right now.
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Post by kolchak92 on Jul 11, 2021 2:24:48 GMT
Haven't seen the 1996 one, but I prefer the 1933 version over 1977. Charles Laughton was amazing as Moreau and brought such an offbeat, sinister quality to the whole thing. Lancaster just...didn't seem odd enough or particularly crazy for that matter. With Lancaster, it just felt more like he was stranded on the island so he decided to do those experiments out of boredom or something.
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Post by jcush on Jul 11, 2021 2:27:49 GMT
Only seen Island of Lost Souls, so can't vote on this one.
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Post by Prime etc. on Jul 11, 2021 2:31:35 GMT
I like when Lancaster says: "What is the law?"
I haven't watched it a while.
I don't mind Michael York. He was the first Logan and on the Muppets after all.
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Post by vegalyra on Jul 11, 2021 2:37:57 GMT
The 1932 version is the better film but I have a sympathetic fondness for the '96 version. Kilmer did everything he could to salvage it. I watched the '77 version once and it didn't really do much for me.  |
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 11, 2021 2:47:56 GMT
The 1932 version is the better film but I have a sympathetic fondness for the '96 version. Kilmer did everything he could to salvage it. I watched the '77 version once and it didn't really do much for me. I don't like the 1996 version overall (though there are things I like a lot about it), but it isn't as bad as it's reputation imo. The movie is bizarre. 
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Post by phantomparticle on Jul 11, 2021 2:58:28 GMT
With The Island of Lost Souls and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Paramount showed they could top the horror films of Universal. The Island of Lost Souls is drenched with a suffocating atmosphere of dread. Laughton leaps off the cliff in his vivid portrayal of the sadistic/demented Moreau, one moment mutilating a helpless animal to suit his insane theories and the next leering at the prospect of a sexual encounter between Lota, his panther woman, and a human being. The scene in which Moreau's warped creations approach the camera emitting a cacophony of animal grunts, squeals and roars is the stuff of true nightmares. Bela Lugosi, almost unrecognizable under a mountain of animal hair, delivers one of the best performances of his career. "You made us things, part man, part beast, things" he cries to Moreau and his voice breaks with anguish. In comparison, the 1977 remake is a flat travelogue. Lancaster's bland portrayal has no dramatic flair. Michael York is not much better. Barbara Carrera lacks the exotic sexuality of Kathleen Burke. And nothing in the movie is as spine chilling as the scene in which Laughton is cornered in his laboratory and vivisected by his tortured "lost souls."
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 11, 2021 3:13:57 GMT
1932
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Post by politicidal on Jul 11, 2021 12:21:12 GMT
1977.
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