tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235139994190228.post1466182936568829507..comments2024-01-10T00:07:48.304+00:00Comments on Cathode Ray Tube: THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS / ReviewFrank Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00680654042528560764noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235139994190228.post-60012438337673998622009-12-30T23:20:27.152+00:002009-12-30T23:20:27.152+00:00Didn't like it at all, full of inconsistencies...Didn't like it at all, full of inconsistencies, plot holes and cliches. They have just tried to make a US style action movie out of it, and ripped out the heart and soul of the original story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235139994190228.post-12825688062689532102009-12-30T17:02:07.330+00:002009-12-30T17:02:07.330+00:00Great review, Frank. For me, Izzard killed the who...Great review, Frank. For me, Izzard killed the whole thing stone dead. I love Izzard (and his acting in Valkyrie proves he's up to the task) but he was awful here. I was enjoying it until the last hour when it all went a bit "meh"" for me. Still not a patch on the 1981 version...<br /><br />NeilNeil Perrymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109602606774796726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235139994190228.post-16782119419123912162009-12-30T16:41:39.749+00:002009-12-30T16:41:39.749+00:00Great Review. I felt the piece's main drawback...Great Review. I felt the piece's main drawbacks were the endings of both parts: if you show the characters in mortal peril, don't follow it up with a "Next Time" trailer showing them to be running about safe and well. Similarly, walking out and rowing down to the Isle of Wight, explaining that "water was the barrier" between humans and triffids seems a pretty poor finale. I wouldn't have been happy with with an out-and-out destruction of the triffids, but surely plants would relish getting a drink? Perhaps that is the ending of the book (which I have yet to read), but a more ambiguous ending would have nailed the terror of the idea, I think.<br /><br />Anyway, nice blog: I'll certainly be following!TheatreMad87https://www.blogger.com/profile/15750070810229335224noreply@blogger.com