‘The Invasion… (…Of The Body Snatchers)’

 

Last night I went to see the new film that stars Nicole Kidman called ‘The Invasion’ and even though the film has had some average reviews in the press, I though it was good. I liked it as it had just the right amount of ‘gore’ for me and was not too full of over-elaborate science fiction terms. I thought that the film kept up a good pace throughout and did not become boring, even though at points it seemed slightly ‘over-edited’.

 

I think the film was directed by the person who did ‘Downfall’ and so I was wondering if a longer ‘art-house’ film was submitted by him to test screening and then re-cut by somebody else to make it go much faster. I think the film ‘American History X’ also had similar problems between the vision of the director and what the studio wanted, so maybe this is what happened here as well.

 

I have not seen any of the other of the ‘Body Snatcher’ films, so I cannot to compare this film with them, though I am under the impression that some of these will be regarded as ‘Sci-Fi’ classics.

 

Even though ‘The Invasion’ has some good points at the end, I am uncertain to whether the point of the film was to make other social observations as a masked ‘satire’ or to be just the thrill-ride that it is. I believe that the first version of ‘Invasion of Body Snatchers’ was an analogy for the effect of communist thinking on the American way, and if a similar point is trying to be made about religion or politics I think it misses the mark.

 

I will give this film about 3.5 out of 5.

 

‘The Invasion… (…Of The Body Snatchers)’

 

I have not seen any of the other of the ‘Body Snatcher’ films, so I cannot to compare this film with them, though I am under the impression that some of these will be regarded as ‘Sci-Fi’ classics.

 

I will give this film about 3.5 out of 5.

 

I haven't seen this newest version so I couldn't possibly comment. The original however, just has to be the best (although I quite liked the first remake with Donald Sutherland).

 

The original was directed by the fabulous Don Siegel (director of Dirty Harry and quite a few other Eastwood films. He also directed the brilliant Charlie Varrick starring Walter Matthau). It had suspense, scariness, bloody good acting, and surprisingly .... given the subject matter ... humour!

 

Norma

Edited November 9, 200717 yr by Norma_Snockers

I saw absolutely no point whatsoever in yet another remake of this sci-fi classic to be honest.... The classic original was obviously concerned with the then neuroses of the day - Communism. The '70s remake was however very interesting, as its subtexts and themes were not to do with communism, but rather the danger of the individual identity becoming submerged within ANY religious or political ideology, the third, unfairly neglected early 90s film by Abel Ferrara actually took on board some of the conspiracy theories of the day, presenting the armed forces as being the villains....

 

However, this film just seems to be trying to retread Phil Kaufman's '70s remake, and not really at all effectively.... With all the possibilities in a post-9/11 world, they chose to merely do a remake of a remake.... Missed opportunity or what....?

it was alright to watch and kill time nothing spesh.