tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post6821474095922669657..comments2024-02-18T08:45:16.295-08:00Comments on The Film Connoisseur: Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)Franco Macabrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-718979101527862672012-11-06T09:58:30.743-08:002012-11-06T09:58:30.743-08:00Worst best movie ever. I mean Best worst movie ev...Worst best movie ever. I mean Best worst movie ever. Or... I'm not sure which way it goes.Kev D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13557162668726460610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-55813783239781230052012-11-05T10:29:32.189-08:002012-11-05T10:29:32.189-08:00Wood's BRIDE OF THE MONSTER is another rib-tic...Wood's BRIDE OF THE MONSTER is another rib-tickler, Fran. My first exposure to PLAN 9 was footage used in the 1982 ode to bad movies, IT CAME FROM HOLLYWOOD. If you can find that, check it out. Granted, some of the movies DO NOT deserve to be on there, but John Candy, Cheech and Chong, Dan Aykroyd and Gilda Radner add some goofy value to the whole thing.venoms5https://www.blogger.com/profile/13655919099947763891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-91948219075930977342012-11-01T19:47:06.750-07:002012-11-01T19:47:06.750-07:00@Teddy Crescendo: is that you jervaise brooke hams...@Teddy Crescendo: is that you jervaise brooke hamster? You sure change names a lot! ha ha <br /><br />@steve prefontaine: Well, I've seen lots of british cinema, and I can I assure you they have. <br /><br />@Eddie Lydecker: I agree with you, to me they were all giving it their all, but some of the dialog and situations are so inane that they make me think maybe Wood was just having fun with this one, which of course, he was, I mean making a movie like this one must've been fun as hell. Now I feel like re-watching Burton's Ed Wood! <br /><br />Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-74086137648747739152012-11-01T15:50:36.986-07:002012-11-01T15:50:36.986-07:00Francisco, i can guarantee you that EVERYONE invol...Francisco, i can guarantee you that EVERYONE involved in the making of this film (including Ed Wood himself of course) genuinely thought that they were making a GOOD movie, thats the number one reason why this movies absolute atrociousness is still so endearing 56 years after it was made.eddie lydeckernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-76652706448506675052012-11-01T15:39:47.290-07:002012-11-01T15:39:47.290-07:00I wonder if the British film industry will ever pr...I wonder if the British film industry will ever produce anything that is even 100th as good as "Plan 9 From Outer Space" ?, i very much doubt it ! ! !steve prefontainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-81657066697339638432012-11-01T15:35:12.457-07:002012-11-01T15:35:12.457-07:00I want to bugger Maila Nurmi/Vampira (as the bird ...I want to bugger Maila Nurmi/Vampira (as the bird was in 1940 when the bird was 18, not as the bird is now obviously, which is dead, unfortunately).teddy crescendonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-57798370797449828862012-11-01T04:59:06.620-07:002012-11-01T04:59:06.620-07:00@Fritz: It's weird, but i ended up watching it...@Fritz: It's weird, but i ended up watching it again a day after I'd seen it for the first time, I just wanted to see how many more mistakes and jokes I could find, repeated viewings makes it even better. <br /><br />@Bob: Let's see, he did Plan 9 for 60,000, maybe with 100,000 he could have afforded a better cemetery set or something...and interior of that spaceship, so obviously a set, and a cheap one at that, but hey it's these imperfections that I like about the film. Still, it makes me wonder what Wood could have done with a bigger budget. <br /><br />I had not seen this one before because its one of those that simply slid through the cracks, but I finally caught it and I'm glad I did! Fun times, thanks for commenting! Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-17163056360226449812012-10-31T20:50:25.432-07:002012-10-31T20:50:25.432-07:00I can't believe you just now got around to see...I can't believe you just now got around to seeing this one. This is one of my all time favorites. Good... bad... such terms are meaningless when you're dealing with Ed Wood. I really don't think more money would have made much of a difference. Ed's writing style is just so inherently off kilter, it really doesn't matter if you have good actors and slick effects backing it up.Bob Igniziohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03630416222197419152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-16982374752318342052012-10-31T20:20:42.495-07:002012-10-31T20:20:42.495-07:00I'm glad you finally got to "enjoy" ...I'm glad you finally got to "enjoy" Plan 9, Fransico!<br /><br />Despite its technical ineptitude, what keeps Plan 9 from being one of the worst films ever made is its pure entertainment value. You too seem to understnd that Ed Wood's passion shows up in all his films and it makes his films genuinely enertaining despite their flaws (or maybe because of them).<br /><br />Yes, Wood's bad diologue is some ot the best commited to film and also make them so terribly funny.<br /><br />If you watched the X-Files, Plan 9 was Mulder's favorite film. In one episode, Scully walks into Mulder's appartment and sees him watching Plan 9. She asks him, "Haven't you seen that before?" To which he replies, "Sure, more than 50 times."<br /><br />I haven't watched Plan 9 that many times, but I have seen it more than some other - much better films - because it still makes me laugh, smile and just aprecialte the wonder of the film medium.Fritz "Doc" Freakensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209589620766485745noreply@blogger.com