Gwen LeBlanc

The scenery and costumes are very nice, really quite beautiful. The plot, eh, not so much. It would make more sense to have original stories, since they rewrite Christie's novels to the point that the characters are completely unrecognizable. A poirot without the mustache, maybe, but one that is an atheist who would willing stick his head in a bucket? Inconceivable. Yes, i think I should have liked the movie better if they used different names - names are pretty much the only thing kept from the Hallowe'en Party plot.

It was pretty good. Not great, the plot is thin, really thin, and doesn't make a lot of sense. The costumes are brilliant, the sets are gorgeous and very trippy, I liked the. soundtrack. I thought the mad scientist and henchman characters were the best, they were in the most amusing scenes. I really don't get the hate, it wasn't that awful, although I might have felt differently if I'd paid extra to watch it (it was on one of my streaming services). I didn't see anything that would have kept a person from showing it to kids (The Nosferatu character, Orlock I think?, is kind of sleezy, but it should go over children's heads). Overall it was pretty good. I'd give it 3.5 if that was a choice. Incidentally, I am familiar with the original show -- while not the most faithful adaptation, it does have the look and feel of the sorts of programs that were on television at the time... complete with Catherine Schell!

I loved this movie. I recommend it to anyone. Spoiler laden review, stop reading if you don’t want to know beforehand. I was a real creature double feature fan as a girl. I’m not sure what some viewers may have considered hard to understand or interpret, it seems like a straight-forward monster movie, to me. I thought it was very real. The father’s unexpected death at the beginning of the film in a literal ‘bolt out of the blue’ bizarre accident—senseless, tragic, and isn’t that often the way with these sorts of things? OJ has mouths to feed, as he puts it, and no real time to mourn. Their financial problems and the one thing after another way-of-it I think resonate with a modern audience. Again, it feels very real situation to the viewer, a place you could very well visit. I think that’s what makes Jean Jacket such a great Kaiju. You’re already along for the ride, you believe all these events could unfold just the way they did. “The aliens” (maybe, are we sure Jean Jacket came from space?) aren’t beeping green fellows with ray guns, just one hungry jellyfish-like creature, settling into a new space, trying to figure out what’s good to eat, here. Perhaps the ending is a bit sentimental - again, it’s another feature of the back in the day monster movie (spoiler alert, Kong didn’t eat Fay Wray). You weren’t assured early on that your favorites were going to live, either, I cheered a bit at the end when the heroes emerge victorious. Perfectly agreeable way to spend two hours.