I really love all these old cheesy monster movies and Creature From the Black Lagoon is no exception. My personal favorite monster of all time though has to be Godzilla the true king. But because of Godzilla I've been introduced especially more recently to a lot of other older monster movies including this one. I just watched this movie for the first time about a week ago with some of my family and as I'd expected I was really the only one who liked it which is pretty understandable. I mean these kinds of movies are definitely not for everyone and are really more of an acquired taste I think. I really don't have a whole lot to say so I'll be keeping this review pretty short.
First off as far as cheesy monster movies go the acting in this movie was pretty good. Everyone played there parts well and did what they needed to do to make this an entertaining movie with a bit of heart. The set designs were all pretty good looking (for the time anyway). In particular I liked the scenes that took place inside the caves. The effects were of course terrible by todays standards but thats fine with me. The creature still looked interesting though at the same time pretty ridiculous to me at least but again thats just because here in 2014 I'm used to better effects so that sort of thing in no way took away from the movie. The creatures design is very interesting and unique looking at least compared to other monsters that I have seen.
The plot is simple but more than enough to keep you entertained. A group of scientists discover a strange creature and it begins killing them off one by one. The creature takes a page from King Kongs book and falls for a good looking girl who is just kind of along for the ride. Which is something I always thought was weird because I just feel like a monster like Kong or the creature from this movie falling for a human is like if a human went to the zoo to pick out a lover but thats just me. Most importantly though Creature From the Black Lagoon was a fun and overall entertaining movie to watch.
I'm giving Creature From the Black Lagoon a 7/10
First off as far as cheesy monster movies go the acting in this movie was pretty good. Everyone played there parts well and did what they needed to do to make this an entertaining movie with a bit of heart. The set designs were all pretty good looking (for the time anyway). In particular I liked the scenes that took place inside the caves. The effects were of course terrible by todays standards but thats fine with me. The creature still looked interesting though at the same time pretty ridiculous to me at least but again thats just because here in 2014 I'm used to better effects so that sort of thing in no way took away from the movie. The creatures design is very interesting and unique looking at least compared to other monsters that I have seen.
The plot is simple but more than enough to keep you entertained. A group of scientists discover a strange creature and it begins killing them off one by one. The creature takes a page from King Kongs book and falls for a good looking girl who is just kind of along for the ride. Which is something I always thought was weird because I just feel like a monster like Kong or the creature from this movie falling for a human is like if a human went to the zoo to pick out a lover but thats just me. Most importantly though Creature From the Black Lagoon was a fun and overall entertaining movie to watch.
I'm giving Creature From the Black Lagoon a 7/10