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Out of the fifties 'B' Science-Fiction monster movies, this easily ranks as the best. It Out of the fifties 'B' Science-Fiction monster movies, this easily ranks as the best. It's most notable as the film that ALIEN is an unaccredited remake of, thus giving it a certain historical significance.
The intriguing plot is about the rescue of the only marooned survivor (Col. Carruthers) of an ill-fated expedition to Mars. The authorities, pig-headed as usual, falsely assume that he murdered his fellow crew members, so that he'd have more provisions to survive; hence he is being brought back to Earth to face court-martial for murder. (There is also a somewhat interesting plot reversal here: Most movies of this nature usually begin with the ship leaving Earth, enroute to its otherworld destination, while, in this case, the "story" is believed finished, and begins as the characters take-off from the other planet, returning to Earth). As the rescue ship is leaving Mars, a lurking, ominous shadow is seen in the lower compartment. (A frightening, atmospheric moment, accomplished through sheer economy and simplicity).
Carruthers insists of his innocence to his fellow captors, claiming that his original crew mates were slaughtered by a hostile, unseen presence on the desolute red planet, but three-guesses as to their reaction to his unusual plea. Naturally, he can't prove it, and 50's space authorities were not very alien conscience at the time. (As a side-thought, "unseen menace" may remind you of that highly "original" BLAIR WITCH).
As everyone sacks out, a hapless supporting charactor whose name is at the bottom of the casting list (guess what will happen to him?) hears something in the lower compartment. Despite your futile "don't go down there, you jerk!" pleas, he does just that, and is appropriately killed (more like thoroughly obliterated) by the shadowy figure with insatiable blood lust on its mind. In the victim's case, dereliction of duty and sheer cowardliness would have been the wise decision. The scene is actually well-directed (for a change) and develops much suspense, as the entire film surprisingly does.
The crew finally catches on that they have an unwanted ship crasher on board, and try every possible means at their disposal to eliminate it, but the unknown creature seems to copping an anti-death attitude. Proving to be an even more clever, worthy adversary, 'IT!' also hides out in the ventilation shafts of the ship (now that should ring a bell). Cahn's forceful direction generates considerable tension as the malevolent stowaway works its way up from one level of the confined ship to the next, eventually leaving the remaining characters trapped at the top. The movie's suspense is blunt and right to the point: "IT!' has to kill them or starve, hence they have to kill "IT!" or die. Nothing like those "no two ways about it" choices. Rent it, or check for it on cable if you wish to know the outcome.
For a low-budget quickie, IT! is quite impressive and memorable. The dreaded sense of claustrophobic tension, rendering the characters' helpless entrapment, is highly effective. This is a production in which the limited budget and small sets actually work in favor of the plot's scary ambience. The black & white photography (Yes, it's one of those!) helps to enhance its dark, creepy mood, and the sense of apprehension is quite high. (Modern day color freaks never seem to take that into consideration). The plot is also somewhat cynically ironic: If the creature hadn't stowed away on the ship, Carruthers would have most likely been found guilty of the charges against him.
The intelligent script (see what I mean about "rareity") was penned by noted Science-Fiction author Jerome Bixby (remember Twilight Zone's "It's a Good Life")? The picture's taut editing eliminates any extraneous dross. (ALIEN tended to drag in its first hour with its sophomoric dialogue, and why did it have to include that stupid and ultimately counter-productive sub-plot of Ash being a robot, and further dragging the story down to another big bad conspiracy cliche? UNNECESSARY!!!)
Director Cahn astutely keeps the rubber-suited monster off-screen and in the shadows through-out most of the proceedings, keeping your paranoid imagination on constant alert. Unfortunately, perhaps at the studio's commercial insistance, it is a little over-revealed at the climax, but I haven't claimed this to be the perfect masterpiece. The performances, though nothing award-winning, are nevertheless cool enough so that one becomes sincerely concerned as to their fates. Not many movies in recent times ever come close to achieving that. They can be over-produced from here to eternity, and usually only succeed in being gloriously annoying.
This film's story is not really totally original (what is?), for it is based on A.E. Van Vogt's "VOYAGE OF THE SPACE BEAGLE." All ALIEN fanatics should track down an old used copy to see where the initial influence came from.
As long as you're not craving another CGI wind-ding, you may find it worthwhile. Just don't expect the women to be Ripley precursors. This was still the sock-knitting fifties, sad to say.
导演Edward L. Cahn 玩出来的电影,从头到尾都很放松,或者是太放松了,节奏总有点怪,有些情节也太儿戏。对白也不好,细节不如其他那么电视剧智慧,即便如此,《外星恶客》仍然是今年电影最棒的。或者只能怪剩下那些太面货。请千万一定尽量降低期待。重看一遍,感觉这片舞台味真重啊。
总体来说,《外星恶客》的情节还是比较紧凑,比较吸引观众。值得一提的是这部片的结局很出乎人的意料,也让人纠结,人性中的选择或善恶有所讨论,往往陷入危险的人们总是被人性的弱点打败,会引起人们的反思,个人觉得还不错。
评判一部片的好坏,你是要有比较的呀!看了《外星恶客》,本来是想写影评的,碍于专业程度有限,也就只能退而写写观后感了。话说Marshall Thompson Shirley 这几位主演的演技还是很给力的。
很多话憋在心里很久了,也算是《外星恶客》播出后,自己看到一些现象的心路历程的记录吧……我很认可《外星恶客》这部电视剧,主演的表现力,让我难得看了预告片还会有兴趣去看正片。正片内容从我个人角度而言,并不是特别喜欢,在那个我还不懂数据的时候,我是跳副线,拉进度条,快进看完的,不过也是我20多年来难得“看完”的视频了。所以我之所以入坑,再挖深一点来说并不是因为《外星恶客》,只是个契机,让我看了主演的演技后有想要了解荧屏中其他角色演绎以及生活中的性格、想法,而我最终被导演Edward L. Cahn 采访中的真诚以及被他多样角色的诠释所打动,我能感受到这是个有想法,不想被定义的上进努力三观正的人,就此入坑躺平。换句话说,如果不是这部片,哪怕是导演Edward L. Cahn 以前的剧不经意间闯入我的视线,我还是会了解其品性后入坑。又或者说,即使看了,如果品性不是如此,我也不会入坑。
演技,觉得都还好,至少总体不影响观看。相比Marshall Thompson Shirley 表演来说,导演的一些细节很有意思,也不知道导演怎么想的,但是作为观众,我看到了导演的用心。也不知道和导演想的是不是一样,总之我认为这部片子很不错,还有很多镜头切换的地方也很好,就不一一赘述了。导演很用心,很让人满意,唯一一点瑕疵我认为是剧本有些粗糙,但也不排除是因为时间限制等特殊原因。
《外星恶客》这部电影非常值得一看,这里面的镜头艺术简直是太棒了,无论是长远镜头,还是蒙太奇手法都运用的非常到位,尤其是主角最后的那个特写镜头,看的我又激动又感动。
第一次影评献给《外星恶客》,因为这部电影非常对我胃口,很喜欢主演:Marshall Thompson Shirley 等的表演,感觉已经把角色给演神了,希望导演Edward L. Cahn 可以多多拍这样的电视剧。
总的来说这部《外星恶客》还是不错的,整体节奏把握的很好,剧情也不拖沓,让人看着很舒服。值得一提的是这部片的结局很出乎人的意料,也让人纠结,人性中的选择或善恶有所讨论,往往陷入危险的人们总是被人性的弱点打败,会引起人们的反思,个人觉得还不错。
观影之前就听说《外星恶客》是一部解读性很强的片子,看完发现果不其然,仁者见仁。有人说他好有人说他坏,而我认为这部电视剧稍微差了那么一点意思,在我看来演员的演技还不是很到位,如果再能提高一点那就更好了。
目前我心目中的电影年度最佳颁给了《外星恶客》,这是一部从笑点泪点台词配乐到思想都无可挑剔的电影。 很多喜剧的内核,往往是悲剧,《外星恶客》也是这样,用黑色幽默手法讲了一个很悲伤的故事,它海报上写了一句话“讲个笑话,你可别哭”,不好意思,我哭了。
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从《外星恶客》这部电视剧中你明白了什么?我明白了千百年过去了,在中国大陆依然是“好人无用论”,究竟谁是造成了这个现象呢呢?这个电影我个人认为很好,而且在中国大陆也应该有更多这样的优秀电影~~~