Saw this movie in a mall way back when, when malls were cutting up screens into long, thin, small screens to charge less for lesser quality movies. Back then, you had to learn to tune out the sound(s) coming from the other side of the movie wall. Anyway, this film was bad - BAD - sorry, but that's the truth.
"Back then, you had to learn to tune out the sound(s) coming from the other side of the movie wall."
LOL!
"yikes" is right. this thing is unwatchable (and i wanted to see it as a kid but didn't- thank god- my young brain might never have recovered!).
shareunwatchable, that is harsh.
Its not bad, just had zero budget and amateur cast '& crew!!!
yeah I saw this on a movie channel back in the early 80's and thought it was ok. I saw the last 15 minutes on hbo last night and this movie is mind-numbingly BAD! the 2 robots dont seem to be in love at all and them trying to act with the little robot which looks terrible was stupid. this movie needs rifftrax treatment!
shareI just saw this movie for the first time tonight, on HBO. This is one of the most bizarre movies I've seen in my life, honestly. The movie is just awful, but for the life of me I couldn't stop watching. I've seen bad movies before, and the typical response in seeing a bad movie is just to want to turn the movie off, but because this movie was so weird and offbeat and bizarre, for some reason I was compelled to keep watching the movie. I can sure see Andy Kaufman's sensibilities in this movie, that's for sure.
If Andy Kaufman's goal was to make a bizarre "comedy" that doesn't make you laugh once and makes you feel like you were on some weird hallucinogenic headtrip, he succeeded.
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I couldn't help but be aware of John Williams' score throughout the film. And it immediately made me think of his famous score for Star Wars. No, it doesn't sound anything like that film, but for a different reason. George Lucas said he always wanted a classical film score for Star Wars, as since he was presenting a strange, alien world with fantastical visuals and environments, he felt he needed a classical score to give the film a sense of warmth and familiarity. So while watching Heartbeeps, I couldn't help but think that the filmmakers felt they needed the same thing here, what with the film centering on a bunch of oddball robots. And they must of figured, who else are they going to hire to compose the film but John Williams himself? The film score itself is good, but for some reason the rich, warm classical score placed over this bizarre movie even made it feel more trippy, in a way.
shareI don't get the sensibilities of calling this film Bizarre. Bizarre how? Like different from reality? Yeah it is sci fi. BUT it is very traditional; It is right in line with traditional Hollywood movies, with it's story arc -- boy meets girl, are attracted, go on road trip, fall in love, form family, are threatened by others trying to tear them apart, fight an enemy, suffer a loss (their batteries run down), then are reunited.
It follows classic old fashioned Hollywood storylines and themes. Today's films which are chock full of fart jokes drug jokes sex jokes with no time to rest might seem bizarre to people of 1980. Try a film that is enjoyed as a classic like the 1980s' "Silver Steak." It has plenty of "slow" places that people of today would shake their heads at.
It DOES have a bizarre quality to it imo, and it's nothing to do with the plot, absence of sex jokes etc there's just something quite creepy and unsettling about it, I can't quite put my finger on what it is exactly, It has a stiff, dated, awkward, bleak vibe.
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