{"id":732,"date":"2012-10-10T22:31:50","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T22:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/index.php\/2012\/10\/10\/31oct201211\/"},"modified":"2012-10-10T22:31:50","modified_gmt":"2012-10-10T22:31:50","slug":"31oct201211","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/31oct201211\/","title":{"rendered":"31 Days of Halloween: Day Eleven"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Fly\"The Fly <\/span><\/strong>(1986 – Rated R in the US for Disturbing Content including Grotesque Images, Sci-Fi Violence\/Gore, Strong Sexuality, Nudity and for Language. Basically, a 2 hour party with an inside-out Baboon and watching Brundle-fly eat)<\/span><\/p>\n

Summary (From IMDB):<\/span><\/p>\n

Seth Brundle, a brilliant but eccentric scientist attempts to woo investigative journalist Veronica Quaife by offering her a scoop on his latest research in the field of matter transportation, which against all the expectations of the scientific establishment have proved successful. Up to a point. Brundle thinks he has ironed out the last problem when he successfully transports a living creature, but when he attempts to teleport himself a fly enters one of the transmission booths, and Brundle finds he is a changed man.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

RB Wood’s Rating (out of 5): 3.5 maggot-invested babies<\/span><\/p>\n

Jeff Goldblum is one of my favority wacky actors.  I was introduced to him during the short-lived series Ten Speed and Brown Shoe<\/em> (with Ben Vereen) back in 1980– although I saw Invasion of the Body Snatchers<\/em> (1978) years later. He was perfect as the eccentric Seth Brundle, scientist who invents the teleporter, only to inadvertantly splice his genes with a fly when he tests his invention on himself.  This is a remake of the 1958 classic with David Hedison and Vincent Price, but it’s more than that.  This is a horror story, no doubt.  But it’s a tragic love story at its core, and Geena Davis as Veronica Quaife is fabulous in this role.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Fly2\"<\/p>\n

In watching this years later, my only issue is with David Cronenberg’s direction. I’ve never been a fan of his work, to be honest.  But some of the angle and lighting choices kinda took me out of the story a bit.  But Goldblum always brought me back into it.  Worth it just to watch him act.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tomorrow: You’ll need a bigger boat<\/span><\/p>\n

Peace<\/span><\/p>\n

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