Many of the reviews have already talked about lazy direction and glaring mistakes... IE: Joley Richardsons Character meeting the other heroes and proclaiming "I thought I was the only one" within 2 minutes of the shows big event... And yeah! Thats a fair pick up...
...But realistically, would you really have sat there for 4 hours to watch the two main characters scramble about trying to find another person who could see among a world full of the blind? Of Course you wouldn't! So we have "Artistic License". Eddie Izzard surviving the plane crash... About as real as Katie Price's Boobs... But hey! Its menat to be TV!!! There is room for a bit of "No Way" Stuff...
The show has some good moments of tension - though it does bear heavy on the "Eco Friendly" line for a while. And where the original story had the Triffids drop from space, here they are natives to Zaire where our capitalist society messes with them and so the film acts as a warning against GM as well... That for me was a spoil point - I am an eco warrior but even I get sick of it being rammed down peoples throats! Do not be fooled by a big name cast list either - Many of the characters are indeed very throw away.
As for the end... If you have read the original books, heard the Radio Play or seen the original series, the end will not really be much of a surprise...
Ignore the very Hollywood reviews, and watch with a typically open minded attitude. Over all the film is a reasonable adaption and well worth a watch. Some good action moments even if the Triffids are obviously rubbery (Adds to the shows Charm for me!) An Excellent watch if a little Flawed... But so was Avatar and many Holloywood Winners so be sensible and lok at it for what it is.
NB: IF I hear one more person moan about Eddie Izzards Character preserving his own wretched life instead of asking what was going on - I WILL SCREAM! We do not know what we would do if we found out we had mere minutes before death... So stop being bloody pedantic!
...But realistically, would you really have sat there for 4 hours to watch the two main characters scramble about trying to find another person who could see among a world full of the blind? Of Course you wouldn't! So we have "Artistic License". Eddie Izzard surviving the plane crash... About as real as Katie Price's Boobs... But hey! Its menat to be TV!!! There is room for a bit of "No Way" Stuff...
The show has some good moments of tension - though it does bear heavy on the "Eco Friendly" line for a while. And where the original story had the Triffids drop from space, here they are natives to Zaire where our capitalist society messes with them and so the film acts as a warning against GM as well... That for me was a spoil point - I am an eco warrior but even I get sick of it being rammed down peoples throats! Do not be fooled by a big name cast list either - Many of the characters are indeed very throw away.
As for the end... If you have read the original books, heard the Radio Play or seen the original series, the end will not really be much of a surprise...
Ignore the very Hollywood reviews, and watch with a typically open minded attitude. Over all the film is a reasonable adaption and well worth a watch. Some good action moments even if the Triffids are obviously rubbery (Adds to the shows Charm for me!) An Excellent watch if a little Flawed... But so was Avatar and many Holloywood Winners so be sensible and lok at it for what it is.
NB: IF I hear one more person moan about Eddie Izzards Character preserving his own wretched life instead of asking what was going on - I WILL SCREAM! We do not know what we would do if we found out we had mere minutes before death... So stop being bloody pedantic!