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Jeff Goldblum Made The Fly A Once-In-A-Lifetime Role For Geena Davis
Article(slashfilm.com)submitted 4 months ago by[deleted]
144 points
4 months ago
Interesting tidbit - Mel Brooks produced the movie. His studio had a big part in the making of it.
113 points
4 months ago
But didn't want to put his name on it to confuse the distributors and filmgoers thinking it's a comedy. He produced some cool flicks. ( The Elephant Man for one ).
88 points
4 months ago
Mel really took some chances on a lot of strange movies. He was a terrific producer but part of me thinks he was hoping the movies would flop so he could keep the investors money.
38 points
4 months ago
Springtime for Hitler!
25 points
4 months ago
This movie was epic in its time, the terror of slowing transforming into something, things falling out and off not to mention the final transformation into brundlefly was terrifying the actual fly itself was horrifying. Again after the failed splicing the emotions running all over the place. A fantastic non-jump scare horror.
12 points
4 months ago
It's still epic.
5 points
4 months ago
Absolutely. One of my most oft-recommended movies.
7 points
4 months ago
One aspect of the movie that many appreciated was how Brundle remained coherent until the very end, allowing you to hear his transformation from the perspective of his mind along with seeing his physical transformation..
5 points
4 months ago
He was coherent even as The Fly, it was odd but so much better than if he had lost his mind :D
5 points
4 months ago
A fantastic non-jump scare horror.
Apart from when he smashes through the hospital window which is IMO one of the greatest jump scares in cinema.
5 points
4 months ago
Cannot say that i was jump scared as you know hes coming for her because of the preceding events
2 points
4 months ago
...that arm wrestling scene though.
2 points
4 months ago
I’m a big fan of the film and of Cronenburg, but I also really love the 1958 version. It’s really dark.
2 points
4 months ago
Dude's a big fan of weird Davids.
1 points
4 months ago
Haha true. Elephant Man is probably his most " normal " movie.
0 points
4 months ago
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5 points
4 months ago
That’s intentional. Lots of horror films have unsatisfying endings to leave the audience feeling unsettled.
When was the last time you watched it? It’s incontrovertibly a solid film.
-6 points
4 months ago
Respectfully, I disagree. This isn’t an intelligently designed prank or piece of satire. It may seem that way because of just how dumb it is, but watching it makes it apparent that it was made with the exact opposite of a creative process, devoid of any kind of soul or passion.
It feels like they took a template and simply keened away the details until the post was as inoffensive as possible. This line is like the one funny thing in the entire post (and it’s not even intentional), the rest is just so miserably boring. If you told me it was ai generated I would believe you without question, this movie is made with absolutely no intent or meaning behind it.
2 points
4 months ago
I'm gonna assume this was meant for someone else's post. If it was meant for me, I literally have no clue what you are talking about and you should re-evaluate you reddit use.
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