{"id":8669,"date":"2017-03-21T09:42:35","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T14:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=8669"},"modified":"2017-03-21T09:42:35","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T14:42:35","slug":"belated-movie-reviews-170","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2017\/03\/21\/belated-movie-reviews-170\/","title":{"rendered":"Belated Movie Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wait, Captain, these farmers like their isolation!<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

We see Strange Invaders<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (1983), and we find a strange mixture of elements: good acting by actors faced with odd material; oddly well done special effects which take advantage of shadows and clouds to gesture at the aliens waiting at our door, without wearying us with poorly done details; believable, ordinary characters dealing with an extraordinary world as best they can.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, the editing and continuity are a wretched mess; the reactions of the bigger institutions dubious; and a happy ending is tacked on to what could have been a very effective movie if they had, instead, gone with a good noir<\/em> ending. Thematically, we’re left with a standard Persistence pays off<\/em> theme; I’m not sure, absent the happy ending, that a rational, appealing theme could be pulled from the debris – but that hypothetical dark ending might have made you cry.<\/p>\n

But you do feel like these are characters that were lived in, that had other things to do until Centerville, IL, became a petri dish, and you do find yourself watching, almost despite yourself, as the movie hops erratically along towards a climax less about heroic actions, and more about heroic resolve.<\/p>\n

You may enjoy this with mood enhancers, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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