Anyone like this?


I just this movie I have to say it was very bad. The movie has a fine concept its just that it is badly done. I mean in the first 5 minutes of the movie they develop 2 characters so you know they aren't going to die soon. I also found the fact that although she was going to win a million dollars she still wanted more and at a higher risk. Also I think he would have know she was the hunter right from the start. She did follow him everywhere and her servey was quite dumb and unbelieveble. And they didn't really show how they fell in love. They just talked a little and had sex. When watching the movie though I just kept thinking the end was going to be good, but no that was the worst part of the whole damn thing. I can't even describe how stupid the ending was. I also must say that this was the most frustrating movie I have ever seen. The whole movie I was asking questions like "Why can't I see her boobs?", "Where is the blood", "When is this shitty movie over?", and etc. So if anyone likes this please tell me why, because this movie should not have a 6.9, prob not even a 4.9.

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haha. i just saw this movie tonight. i gotta say, i enjoyed it. one thing i can say in response to your criticisms/frustrations... it's a satire. i don't think it's meant to be taken seriously. this gives the director/cast/etc. a bit of license and leeway. things can be completely over the top and nonsensical (c'mon, a gun-bra?) and the plot doesn't necessarily have to follow any real path. another thing: why are americans in new york speaking italian? i don't think it really matters.

my take on the movie is that it's a funny, dystopic "vision of things to come." comedy is a good way to mask social commentary and make it more palatable for the masses. had they been trying to make a "serious" film, they might have kept the style and left out much of the camp. as for the boobs, well, ursula andress IS a mighty attractive woman, so i share your frustration on that one.

some things i liked about the film: the costumes were pretty badass, the sets and apartments (how the GF dials the phone and asks for five rooms' worth of neo-gothic furniture), the sunsetters, just all around good *beep* packed into this thing. i'm wondering what others thought about it as well. i haven't really been able to find too much info on it. just caught it at the AFI theater.

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Yeah, I think toxicavenger was missing the point about this movie.

It's suppose to be campy...kind of like older Woody Allen movies ("Sleeper").

I really enjoyed the costumes, sets, sense of humour and social commentary.

Marcello Mastroianni was soooooooo sexy, too!

I would love to see more movies like this instead of the usual Hollywood bleep.

Cheers!

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I am sad that anyone wouldn't like this movie. I will admit it's totally awful, but how can you not just adore the costumes and the non sequitur dialogue and two goregeous people trying to kill eachother? It's a family favorite in our clan***

***A tender note: I discovered this movie on VHS at our local independent video store. I brough it home, and my dad couldn't believe it, because it had been my granpa's favorite movie (i had only met him a few times in my life before he died). So i guess I'm genetically predisposed to like it.

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I have the Anchor Bay DVD and is it wrong of me... I think the English dub is a lot better, the voice on the two actors sounds much sexier!

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This is one of those cases of a European film where the English-dubbed version is actually superior. At least we get to hear Ursula's own voice speaking English. In the Italian version that I saw, she has one voice when she's speaking Italian, another voice when she's speaking English -- and neither is her own voice! Go figure.


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So bad an idea that it was just used again in the latest Danny Trejo flick.

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The movie was awesome, take it as more of a "theatre of the absurd" than a thriller, kind of like the '60s Batman in some respects.

"No man is just a number"

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I didn't like it, way too dated



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Maybe you're just too young...

"They sucked his brains out!"

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OMG!! I LOVED this film. It is a total spoof on about a zillion different genres. It is a total cheese-fest. This is a scream a second. They all must have had such a great time making this movie.

Ummm, as far as "why can't I see her boobs" uh yeah, anyway, for those who are not neanderthals ......

It is interesting that he still is her 10th victim in the end, though not in the way defined in the Big Hunt. I thought that was ironic too.

It's never "just a movie."

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Ummm, as far as "why can't I see her boobs" uh yeah, anyway, for those who are not neanderthals .....

Yes, it seems rather infantile that anyone's list of things they don't like about this movie would include "no Ursula Andress boob shots." Especially when you can see her completely naked in plenty of her other films.



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I just finished the movie and loved it. But I am an absolute sucker for 60's/70's movies which depict the future as a sort of dystopia (Logan's Run, Death Race 2000, Clockwork Orange, Rollerball, etc.). The movies create such wonderful constumes and sets but no matter they always look like they are taking place in the 70's; It's fantastic! And there was a certain feel which those movies created which our modern hyper-serious movies could never-reproduce. I would disagree with another poster who says this movie and others like it was a comedy. Nor do I think it was a satire really. I think the directors of the day were able to have more fun with their movies and thus they come off campy. But that is what makes the films great in my opinion. Beyond that I loved the plot. It is not only an intriguing depiction of how we may eventually reconcile our civility with out savagery but it also opens up a debate about whether or not what these people are doing is immoral or unethical. So my guess is you are just not a fan of this style of movie (unless it offers boobs as you mentioned). To each their own.

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I saw it in the theater when it came out, but I was just a kid. It was a romp. I'm going to see it again just to see if Elsa Martinelli was as hot as she was in Hatari.
"They sucked his brains out!"

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For all the jaded slugs on this thread the movie is far better than the short story its based on. Story was written by an American sci/fi writer a thousand years ago and it just sits there. Heigh ho says Anthony Raleigh.

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I thought this film was a great deal of campy'n'cheeky fun. Ursula Andress and Marcello Mastroianni made for extremely attractive and appealing leads. Bonus points for the colorful visuals and that infectiously bubbly'n'bouncy score. 8 out of 10 from me.

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Not a big fan of "campy flicks" but this one was awesome! Can't expect less from Petri.

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Phenomenal music, sets and premise! Needed a little extra to be elevated to an 8 (can't put my finger on what though) but very original film.

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This is a bad movie with a killer crocodile in a swimming pool, a guy with a hook for a hand with a built-in cigarette lighter, a pop art house with Pompeii corpse statues and a herd of sheep in it, a cool Italian 60s soundtrack, Ursula Andress in a pink backless top and pants, and she kills a guy with guns hidden in her metallic bikini top!

How could anyone not like this movie?

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