Reviews of Robinson Crusoe on Mars
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Mike Creek
10Mar10
Robinson Crusoe on Mars has a rather hokey title, but this is no cheap sci fi thriller. It is a well crafted movie that holds the attention of the viewer. The dialogue is very limited, the man is alone for the first half if the movie, but it just shows the acting skills of the star.
His cave home is beautiful, with large crystals running from ceiling to floor. He does all the things that survival schools tell downed pilots to do, then he has to backpedal when he discovered hostile aliens. I like that the American flag has 52 stars, putting the movie in a indeterminate future, without naming a date. I like that when the Commander is found dead, the castaway burys him, marks the grave with a cross and prays over his dead companion, finally saluting his commander before walking away.
The faith and patriotism are wonderful aspects of this movie. You see it again when Draper displays and American flag in front of his cave home, and he has conversations with Friday about God. A great movie.
Mike “Bunkermeister” Creek
hystericalrightwing.blogspot.com
asuraf
5Mar09
One of the great early Sci-Fi films to deal with space exploration, supplanting the basic tale of Daniel Defoe’s famous novel (man lost on unknown surface, fends for himself, befriends dude named Friday, all is well) to Mars, with issues ranging from thinly oxygenized atmosphere to slave labor and mining aliens. Criterion’s DVD release is notable more for the new print, which makes director Byron Haskin’s and cinematographer Winton C. Hoch’s deep reds and yellows look amazingly beautiful, than for its few extras (including a recycled commentary track and short featurette about the science of the film), but it’s still great to see this somewhat lost Sci-Fi classic restored to its original glory. Plus, it features a monkey in a spacesuit, and I can’t think of anything funnier, and more adorable, than that.
- Currently 3.0/5 Stars.