waynekpetty

By this stage of my life, I've seen thousands of movies and I can still say this movie is still one of the 10 best I've seen. Especially considering it was produced in 1964 /1965 without todays technology. When considering the cinematography, acting, story line and overall dynamics of the story... WOW don't know how it could get any better; in my mind anyway. I don't understand how or why it only has an overall rating of 7.9 on IMDb (majority of votes at 7/10) and not even in the top 150 movies list. In all fairness though, probably 90% of the viewing audience today hasn't even seen it Well, times have changed and SiFi and fantasy seem to be more popular now.

With todays technology and talent.. this one just didn't cut it. While I felt the lead role Daniel Kaluuya's played was done pretty well, Keke Palmer's female lead roll was too scripted and forced.. as if the first take filming shoot was put in as "good enough". Not to mention some of the "cheezy" lines that was in the dialog. I can't comment on the "special effects" without creating "spoilers" that I don't want to introduce into my comments. Sorry but, NOPE should have been my response when given the option to watch this one. .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Perhaps it was just the theater I saw this in but, one thing really stood-out as "an issue" worth comment in review. Though the movie had a good story line, good acting etc., etc., what killed it for me was the music soundtrack which was WAY to overpowering. To the point that I could not even hear a good portion of the voice soundtrack. I didn't even know what was being said half the time. The attempt to dramatize the action, the music would blare to the point that much of the audience was putting their hands over their ears as it became actually painful. That being said, the story line and the acting combined with the nicely delivered technical "explanation of theory" made for a thought provoking, entertaining experience.