Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Movie Review: The Fly (1958)

Starring Vincent Price, this movie is a classic.  This movie was entertaining although a bit naïve. 

First off, the science in this movie is non existent.  If the "disintegrator" would merge a fly to a human, it stands to reason that it would merge any and all matter.  Air bubbles in the blood stream comes to mind as well as clothes distributed throughout the body..  The viewer is led to believe that the atoms are arranged in exactly the same manner that they are dissembled.  So there should be no chance of mixing of the genes.

Secondly, if he did mix with the fly it would have been one mass instead of two.  His body would have attacked the fly parts and all would have been good. 

Third, Lets just say that the transposing of parts was feasible.  Then, the fly head should not have enlarged and the human head shouldn't have shrunk.

On to the good. 

This movie keeps your interest.  It starts off as a murder mystery, not who did it, but why.   It was fun though, and I loved the politeness in which the detectives were received.  The classic scene where the fly with the human head is trapped in the web is worth the price of admission.  Like I said, it is a classic and it stars Vincent Price as the brother of the fly.  It should be viewed to complete any movie buffs repertoire.



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