Somehow,years later,this Creature remains iconic;
-great suit
-terrifying features
-creepy claws
-open mouth which defies description !
-black & white quite effective
-Julia,Denning & Carlson a fine core of actors
-Paiva a hoot
-music is tops
-lovely water scenes
-all in all does not require a remake
most important, by today's "standards" is to list what this film does NOT have:
-no god-awful "look at what I can do, ain't I way cool, notice me dammit" CGI
-no "let's sell it on a CD" obnoxious soundtrack so loud that it drowns out the dialog
-no screenplay where the writer is speaking in his own voice for every single character, trying so hard to talk cool, desperately trying to be the one to come up with the "go ahead, make my day" that people start quoting.
-no rotating the camera 360 degrees or jiggling the camera or zooming in on the actors lips while actors are talking, to disguise the fact that the above-mentioned dialogue is awful.
-Actors in a single scene are allowed to speak for more than 15 seconds without an edit, camera jiggle, pan, pyrotechnic explosion, or inexplicable "whoompf!" sound effect.
What made this original film so good was that it was made in an era when audiences still had an attention-span.
Incredibly, THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, often dismissed as juvenile and tacky, shares something in common on IMDB with GIGI, the 1958 winner of 9 Academy Awards - both films currently have a 6.9 rating!!!
"In my case, self-absorption is completely justified."
I don't want to see a remake of this either. I would buy a colourised version if one ever became available.
I would like to see that eerie slimy green of the Gillman that I imagine. I wish Universal would have speculated a bit more and made this one in colour.
The creature is part of the package. Out of all of them I felt this one told a complete story, kept the audience interest and explored him every way they could. Now that they are connecting I wonder how they'll switch it up. I like the mummy idea, but so far all I can figure is he will be a wild creature with evil intentions instead of a netreul animal.
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