独眼巨人博士
quot;Dr. Cyclops" is known as one of the better "early sci-fi" films, made in '39 and released in 1940. (It is also in color.) But while the story has potential and there are some good moments, this is a very confused film.   The plot is simple - crazy mad scientist on some remote island can shrink animals, and wants to try it on humans. He manages this on a scientific team that came to check things out. They get angry, and the crazy scientist eventually gets really angry because his new shrunken subjects won't cooperate.   The thing is, the film doesn't seem to know if it wants to be a thriller, or a goofy movie. Dr. Cyclops (never called that but referenced to a Cyclops after one lens in his glasses breaks) looks cool in his "30's style sci-fi helmet" as he performs experiments and can be chilling at times. But there is so much "Disney-style goofy music" going on that it is hard to take anything seriously. The music belongs in a family comedy for the most part, and is played when the shrunken people do things like try to survive, and creep around the floor. Add that a few of them have pretty gruesome deaths and that just adds to the confusing atmosphere.   The FX aren't so bad but nothing special. The giant sets built are pretty impressive though. There is a scene where little fires are tossed at a real crocodile's head which probably made animal activists angry.   It also takes a long time for anything to really happen. This movie could have been done in a nice tight half-hour. Good for a viewing, but you probably won't watch again. The performance of the guy who plays Dr. Cyclops is definitely the main attraction.
哥鲁达
本片讲述考古学家皮埃尔博士在一次探险中偶然遇上了传说中的史前生物———怪兽哥鲁达。而博士也在这次遭遇中离奇失踪了。美丽的李娜是皮埃尔博士的女儿、法泰混血儿,同时也是一位出色的考古学家,她与身负消灭怪兽、保护市民使命的少校坚一直在为证明怪兽存在和搜捕怪兽、解救教授而努力,两人在接触的过程中相互产生爱慕。由于政府和军队的介入和各怀心思,使得这场科学考古掺和了蹊跷的政治因素而变得更加扑朔迷离,引人入胜……   这部片子既应用了很多国外的高科技,又与泰国国内的传说相结合,以大场面、全球性题材为卖点,可以见出近年泰国电影在制作上向着好莱坞风格靠拢的趋向。   耗资2.6亿,泰国有史以来最大规模科幻动作巨片,超人气演员阵容最大组合。影片让科幻元素和异国风情完美结合,又与泰国国内的传说相结合,使用了大量枪械、炸药、反坦克炮等现代化武器,极具制作上的大气。电脑科技制作上也投入了大量人力物力,可以媲美好莱坞科幻巨片《哥斯拉》,而在故事情节上又与《007》有几分神似,以英雄美女、大场面、全球性题材为卖点,不愧为今年泰国第一大片。   导演自荐:《哥鲁达》这部片子的产生,来源于一个很简单的想法,就是想拍一部令泰国人看了之后感到很刺激很紧张的有关怪兽的影片。事实上在此之前已经有这样一部片子了,我寻遍了古代小说中出现的怪兽,很多怪兽都很漂亮,又令人感到恐惧,并不亚于外国电影中出现的怪兽,所以我也很难作出选择。于是我拜访了一些行家,他们的想法是,如果能找到一种怪兽,人们似曾相识,非常敬畏它,把它当神来对待,但是它又非常恐怖,当这样的东西出现的时候,你是选择向它靠近还是立刻逃命?于是就有了我们这部片子。根据剧情的需要,这只怪兽必须被人们奉若神灵,而且非常恐怖,哥鲁达这只怪兽正好符合我们的要求,它既受尊敬又令人恐惧,人们很难分辨出它到底是神还是来自古代的像恐龙一样的怪兽。
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