Review of It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955) by Nadine B — 25 Dec 2007
One of the early stop motion animations about monster beneath the sea, and this time the haunting creature shall be a giant octopus which was made six feet just becuz the filmmaker'd like to save some budget and also the fluency of its operative motion.
The premise of nature striking back against human exploitive tramping is apocalytically enlightening, and the notion of h bomb driving a deep-sea creature away from its marine lodge to the ocean horizon is offbeat. further the chemical radiation cause nausea of the giant octopus to enjoy its rountined seafood, so it's compelled to eat humans to survive.
The storyline is densely built in good action flick sequence, and one of the best subplots would be the affirmed female individuality which is condensed in the role of the woman scientist whose interllectuality and determination are well strategied. and one remarkable scene would be the de-constructive collapse of the golden gate bridge in san franscisco.
Despite this production is roughly made under the lack of progressive technology, but the sense of exerted human touch under the raw stop motion technique is childlikely endearing as if one boy who plays his giant big toy contrived by his vivid imaginations about monster.
This review of It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955) was written by Nadine B on 25 Dec 2007.
It Came from Beneath the Sea has generally received mixed reviews.
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