'Twilight Zone: The Movie' - High-Def Digest review

[jed]

Peter's review of the 'Twilight Zone: The Movie' is up. He was
pleasantly surprised by this HD DVD, finding both the audio and the
video first-rate for a catalog title.

Full review here:
http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/1021/...ethemovie.html

[eastx]

I love this movie. I've had it preordered for a while now.
It's a shame that tragedy lies behind it, but the reviewer's judgment is definitely clouded by that.

[Arkadin]

Glad a review is finally up for this. watched it last week and thought the pq was quite uneven. Strangely enough I thought the last part looked the worst, while I have read other reviews saying the quality improves throughout. For me I thought the first segment looked the best along with the 3rd segment. weird. I really think having a large plasma or lcd (which I don't) can make these dvds look far worse sometimes than what I see on my much smaller hd crt. interesting review nonetheless.

[ben1080p]

Giving this a rent. They need to get the whole Twighlight Zone collection on HDDVD..that would be awesome.

[Arkadin]

That would be the greatest ever!! my all-time favorite tv show. never have been a fan of the movie at all. It's ok.

[cooltobeyou]

Originally Posted by eastx

I love this movie. I've had it preordered for a while now.
It's a shame that tragedy lies behind it, but the reviewer's judgment is definitely clouded by that.

I agree with this post. Twilight Zone the Movie is a highly entertaining anthology flick, especially considering that I can think of very few anthology movies that are actually successful in their attempts to entertain me.

Reading this review, it does seem like Peter dwells on the deaths of the actors much more than reviewing the film for the piece of art that it is. Sure, the death of the three actors was truly a tragedy, but its not as if this is the first, nor sadly the last time that a tragedy like this will strike.

Authors/musicians/film makers do in fact die in the process of creating their art from time to time. Sure, its makes the end product thats released after the artist's death a little more difficult to embrace at first...but after a while you need to just let it go (especially 24 years on) and just figure out a way to appreciate the art for what it is and not be distracted by the mythos that surround it.

I got my copy of Twilight Zone the Movie in the mail the other day, and I watched it for the first time in about seven years. IMO, the Vic Morrow segment of the film is very strong, entertaining, and loaded with interesting metaphors. I'm surely not going to skip this segment when I watch the film, as I actually see it as one of the strongest links in the film. Aside from the performances, Spielberg's "Kick the Can" segment is fairly irrelevant and easily skippable in this day and age. Meanwhile, the last two segments are both winners and they still creep me out ever so slightly

[Bruuce]

Originally Posted by cooltobeyou

I agree with this post. Twilight Zone the Movie is a highly entertaining anthology flick, especially considering that I can think of very few anthology movies that are actually successful in their attempts to entertain me.

Reading this review, it does seem like Peter dwells on the deaths of the actors much more than reviewing the film for the piece of art that it is. Sure, the death of the three actors was truly a tragedy, but its not as if this is the first, nor sadly the last time that a tragedy like this will strike.

Authors/musicians/film makers do in fact die in the process of creating their art from time to time. Sure, its makes the end product thats released after the artist's death a little more difficult to embrace at first...but after a while you need to just let it go (especially 24 years on) and just figure out a way to appreciate the art for what it is and not be distracted by the mythos that surround it.

I got my copy of Twilight Zone the Movie in the mail the other day, and I watched it for the first time in about seven years. IMO, the Vic Morrow segment of the film is very strong, entertaining, and loaded with interesting metaphors. I'm surely not going to skip this segment when I watch the film, as I actually see it as one of the strongest links in the film. Aside from the performances, Spielberg's "Kick the Can" segment is fairly irrelevant and easily skippable in this day and age. Meanwhile, the last two segments are both winners and they still creep me out ever so slightly

I agree with just about everything you said. The 3rd segment (I forget what it's called) scared me pretty good when I watched it again on Blu-ray. It looks like someone
is having a seriously bad trip heh.

[mr.W]

has one of my all time favorite openings then it bogs down then comes right up i would like to get this one.it is a little hard not to think about what happened but it 's never stopped me from watching it. hell i think about what happened when i watch bad news bears and fast times at ridgemont high.

[Spideybat]

I think Peter did a spot on job in his review.

[Atomic Age]

Peter has a bit of the chronology of the Twilight Zone accident and the production of the movie wrong.

According to Ron LaBrecque's book Special Effects about the accident, John Landis' episode had actually completed shooting and a rough cut had been finished. The scene in question was not in the original script but was in fact added to soften the character played by Vic Morrow. I believe all the other segments had already been completed also. Morrow was actually called back to shoot this additional scene some weeks after they had wrapped principal photography on the episode.

So the episode that we see in the film is what was originally planned. The ending of it is not confusing because they couldn't finish it, thats the way it was written.

Doug

[eastx]

It's not a bad ending, even though I usually like happier endings. Did they describe how the new ending would have gone?

[Atomic Age]

Originally Posted by eastx

It's not a bad ending, even though I usually like happier endings. Did they describe how the new ending would have gone?

There was no new ending. The Helicopter scene would have gone in the Vietnam sequence in the middle of the film. The intention was to make Vic Morrow's character more sympathetic by having him help the two Vietnamese children. This story always ended with Morrow in the train car being taken off to a concentration camp.

Doug

[Southpaw]

I hadn't seen this movie in several years before watching it last night. To me, the Kick the Can segment is just boring. Thought that way when I was a kid...still think that way today.
I like all the other three. To me, the Vic Morrow segment is my fave even under the circumstances. I liked #4 next and #3 almost as much. Loved the ending to #4 and #3 was just okay.
Good movie though.

[olyscott8]

Yeah this review dwelled on the deaths far too much for my liking. This is a great film and a serious critique wouldn't shunn the Morrow segment due to his sad death. I'm sure Morrow would not have wanted this! Like another poster pointed out, there are deaths in the movie industy on many occasions, some to stars and others to stunt men and other staff. If your going to review a film, review the film as it stands and also get all your facts right first.

Yes it was a sad disaster but in life we move on. The reviewer here acted like he was involved in the whole incident and felt the loss personally. I'm sure this wasn't the case and therefore i think he should get a grip and chill out a bit.

Will the reviewer not watch the films listed on this website for the same reasons.

listverse.com/movies/top-10-tragic-movie-set-deaths/[/url]

Lighten up man!...life's too short!...accidents happen!