Pros: Some interesting elements, Ray Harryhausen's effects. Cons: Redux of a lot of other fifties films.
As an avid movie fan, I’m always on the lookout for the latest, greatest blockbuster coming down the pike. Big-budget Sci-fi yarns are always welcome of course, and they can generate great anticipation months and even years before their arrival. That ...
In 1956, in the "Atomic Age" in America, two ideas dominated the military-industrial complex. First of all, we had the best weapons and the toughest soldiers, sailors, and pilots in the world. After all, hadn't just a few years back led the allies in ...
Pros: Great special effects, interesting message... Cons: Unlikeable characters
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers is actually wonderfully done. The special effects are really quite beautiful, especially for 1950s standards, and aliens' pseudo-science is imaginative and even semi-believable. This may be a little disappointing viewed ...
Pros: Exciting, uplifting, and just plain fascinating. Cons: Weak science; also, some aspects have become cliches.
"Independence Day" owes a huge debt to this movie, which was the best of the Cold War-era alien invasion genre. It also was the most archetypal; but the trouble with archetypes is that when seen 50 years later and out of cultural context, they...
Pros: Great special effects, superb scenes of destruction, nasty plot twists. Cons: Strong man, weak woman, plot device is showing its age.
I can remember breathlessly waiting for "Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers" to show on TV, almost 40 years ago, after listening to my extremely young, and younger, brothers and sister describe the preview for the movie that had shown earlier...
Pros: classic Harryhausen effects Cons: aliens not menacing enough
While something of a poor cousin to "War of the Worlds", "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers" does stand up pretty well on it's own merits. Like "War" it tells the tale of aliens invading Earth, one major difference though is...
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