The only reason to purchase this movie is to watch the sexy Jennifer Beals Pout her way through the scenes.
A Woman Born Of Electricity... A Man Driven By Obsession!
This is something of a surprise: a rather nice presentation of a film almost universally characterized as misbegotten.
An non-horror remake of what many consider the greatest horror film ever made, James Whale's Bride of Frankenstein (1935), this film sees Charles (Charles?!) Frankenstein (Sting) make a female creature, Eva (Jennifer Beals). Both Frankenstein and his male creature Viktor (Clancy Brown) fall in love with Eva. Both creatures struggle to establish their own identities in an often hostile world.
As well as the usual trailers and filmographies, The Bride features commentary by director Franc Roddam. This is the most pleasant surprise of the disc. Roddam is chatty, gossipy, full of anecdotes about cast and crew, and disarmingly frank about the film. He makes no bones about the fact that he got so caught up in the costumes and set that he neglected to make sure he was working with a good script.
While the film has long since been pretty much been consigned to the scrap heap of cinematic history, it warrants a look as a real oddity. Roddam's commentary, furthermore, raises the entertainment value of the film considerably.
What a pleasant surprise...!
First and last, this has got to be the ultimate love story, complete with conflict and great supporting characters, etc. Though the characters of Mary Shelley are suggested, this is in no way a horror film. The lush, gorgeous music of Maurice Jarre lets you know this right from the start. I'll not blab away the plot, except to say that the separate adventures of the bride and the "monster" are paralleled cleverly by director Franc Roddam. Sting was good, as was Jennifer Beals. Clancy Brown as Viktor (the monster) had wonderfully realized sense of moral character, suspicious of kindness; grateful for friendship. His friendship is found in the person of Rinaldo, wonderfully played by David Rappaport. There's adventure, loss, renewal and a darn good story to go along with it. As in Mary Slelley's tale, there is goodness and evil. Here, it's approached in a refreshing new way. This has a more satisfying ending. I only bought this film because I love Geraldine Page. Her natural brilliance isn't given much of a challenge. "The Bride" came out in 1985, the same year Ms. Page gave her Oscar winning performance in "The Trip to Bountiful".Any moment of Page is worth it. A pity she left this world in 1986. Aside from that, "The Bride" is worth consideration. This really is a great date movie...
Intrigued by Holt McCallany in CSI:Miami, I have been on a quest to find other works by him. This is definitely not his best. The acting is contrived and the plot is old and not well executed (parole officer falls for ex-con who's out of prison and trying to settle a score). If you are looking for good movies with Holt in them, try Below or The Fight Club. If you insist on buying this movie, make sure you buy a bottle of Electric Reindeer White Zinfadel (or another alcoholic substitute--I was in the holiday spirit at the time). The alcohol will help you make it through to the end. Sorry, Holt! More Info about this DVD Director(s): Johanna Demetrakas DVD Release Date: Released the 10 December 2002 Usually ships within 24 hours
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Based on a flop Broadway play, this film was made for Showtime but given a theatrical release, with not much more success than the stage version. Still, it's an intriguing idea, even if the dramaturgy tends toward the didactic. The jumping-off point here is the scientific discovery that homosexuality is genetic--and that the gene can be detected in prenatal testing. This disrupts the Gold family, where Dad (Garry Marshall) barely tolerates the homosexuality of his son (Brendan Fraser). When pregnant daughter Jennifer Beals, who is married to a geneticist (Jon Tenney), has the test and discovers that her fetus will be gay, she triggers a family debate that pits parents (including mom Faye Dunaway) against son, raising the question of whether they would have aborted Fraser if they'd known... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Ross Kagan Marks DVD Release Date: Released the 12 June 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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If you liked Drew Barrymore in her Mad Love punk phase, than I suggest you rent this movie. Drew fans won't be disappointed, she is featured more in this film unlike her other current direct-to-video Best Men. She's one of the main characters, however this movie is told from three different characters, so you have to wait for Drew in the second act to tell her part till you see much of her. And then trust me there's no regrets. She plays a young woman who is trying to contol her destiny to get the man she loves ( James LeGros ), whose girlfriend ( Jennifer Beals ) is possibly cheating on him. More Info about this DVD Director(s): Adam Park DVD Release Date: Released the 14 January 2003 Usually ships within 24 hours
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