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Release Date: 05 August, 2003 Retail Price: $14.98 OUR Price: $7.47 You SAVE: $7.51! Cast: Complete Cast (10 total) |
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It's Peo....a great movie.
Being born in 1973 I missed out on this movie when it was first released. Having grown up a little bit and watching movies like Planet of the Apes, Capricorn One, Duel and so forth during the late 70's very early 80's, I had to search my memory banks on this movie; Soylent Green.
Can't believe I missed out on it all these years. This is a great movie! Heston is in his true form, and I feel gives a better performance here then in Planet of the Apes. Some people will make comments that it is cheesey or the plot is given away in the begenning. Cheesey by today's standards, nah not really. The story and plot are very engaging and this is a movie that can be watched and enjoyed by all generations.
Soylent Green - Pure Fantasy or Potential Reality
My watching this film resulted from a conversation with a friend beginning with politics and spiraling down to the future of our world. The premise of the film was disturbing to say the least. I have never been a true fan of Charleton Heston who in my opinion always has overacted. However, Edward G. Robinson seemed as comfortable playing this character as he has been in the many different roles he has played. His performance was truly heartfelt, bringing to mind the current debate on "ending one's own life with dignity". I shutter to think that this is life as it should be though. But Robinson's character acted on the decision with the counterfeit courage and ultimate hopelessness that accompanied it in such a way that you could very well empathize with him. I found the other actors to be somewhat bland. Perhaps this was acting at that point in time, but some actors can make the most of roles and others cannot. The story line was unique, but the script was lacking. A re-make today by Steven Spielberg might be worthwhile seeing. Perhaps the most striking element I took from this film was an unshakeable chilling and unsettling feeling that this could very well be our world if we do not wake up.
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