What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Deadite]

Amy Adams can do no wrong.

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by Deadite

Amy Adams can do no wrong.

Ooh I bet she could...wait define wrong??

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Deadite

Amy Adams can do no wrong.

I notice she has Disenchanted in pre-production. This i look forward to.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I notice she has Disenchanted in pre-production. This i look forward to.

Me too – I really like Enchanted and find it impossible to watch without a stupid, goofy smile on my face.

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

Me too – I really like Enchanted and find it impossible to watch without a stupid, goofy smile on my face.

That's the booze Nos.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by J Harker

That's the booze Nos.

I've never watched Enchanted whilst being slightly intoxicated – that might make the experience even better – thanks for the tip!

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

I've never watched Enchanted whilst being slightly intoxicated – that might make the experience even better – thanks for the tip!

You're very welcome.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

I've never watched Enchanted whilst being slightly intoxicated – that might make the experience even better – thanks for the tip!

Frankie would be calling it a hallucinatory dream like experience as he bursts into song and sees birds and small rodents doing the house work.

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Frankie would be calling it a hallucinatory dream like experience as he bursts into song and sees birds and small rodents doing the house work.

That's what it's like sober!!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Island of the Fishmen (1979)

Reasonable adventure yarn which is a cross between The Creature from the Black Lagoon and The Island of Doctor Moreau with bits of War Gods of the Deep thrown in for good measure.

Starring Richard Johnson, Joseph Cotton and the lovely Barbara Bach, this is an Italian production from the prolific Sergio Martino. Whilst the afore mentioned are all fine as the villains what the film lacks is a stand out hero because sadly Claudio Cassanelli is no Doug McClure as a shipwreck survivor who ends up on an uncharted island, home to Johnson's Edward Rackham (a descendant of Jack perhaps?) who appears to be using strange marine creatures to help him mine the sunken city of Atlantis of it's treasures. Yes, the plot is absurd in that mad way only Italians can manage and it's not as action packed as you might have hoped but because there's so much to cram in it's always watchable.

The films main disappointment are the fishmen themselves. This film must have had some sort of a budget to get three international stars involved as well as some brilliant sets and island locations, however what it forgot to do was make the fishmen remotely scary. Their 'man in barely movable rubber suit' look is frankly embarrassing. (The Sea Devils from the Doctor Who story of the same name some seven years previous were far more effective.) Any fear and thrills they should have conjured promptly evaporated the moment you actually see them. Witness the scene as one attempts to swim away following an attack. The poor actor just dives head first into a puddle and Martino quickly pans his camera away.

'Cheesy fun' is a phrase many films are labeled with and it certainly fits Island of the Fishmen.