The Fly

THE FLY

Ahhhhh The Fly, a light hearted comedy that the family can enjoy. Directed by David Cronenberg one of special effects most prolific directors he always focuses on the biological and stuff that happens from within us, having directed scanners and possibly one of the most fucked up movies in history VIDEODROME people expect a lot of gore from his films and this one is no exception. The Fly is actually a remake of the 1958 film of the same name and stars Jeff Goldblum and the always gummy Geena Davis. Seth Brundel played by Goldblum invents two teleportation pods which allow for instant travel, Best idea EVAR right? upon showing gummy played by Davis his creation a fly sneaks in to the pod with him fusing their DNA and slowly turning Seth into a half human half fly abomination through the course of the film. At first he feels amazing, having super human strength, going for hours in the sack, going out and arm wrestling some guy to the point where the guys wrist fucking snaps because he is so strong. After a while he begins to change, bits of him start to fall off and he becomes a fucking leper basically. Going from superhero to hyper sick I know that feeling bro....

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Who is the true abomination? 

Best bit

The special effects stand out by far as the best part of the movie, I think the mid to late 80's practical special effects and makeup reached its peak. After that CG came in and sort of made it irrelevant. But Id put the fly up there with The Thing, Aliens and Day of the Dead as some of the best practical special effects ever. The bit where he acid vomits all over the guys hand at the end is great, just like a fly. his character is also fantastic. At first he thinks god feeling amazing after the transport not realizing what has happened to him then he begins to break down, he gets scared and doesn't leave his flat. After a while he begins to come to terms with what is happening to him and embraces his new form of digestion. Also gotta put the good old 80's mullets in there, whats better than having long hair and short hair at the same time, Answer?: NOTHING.

(Background: Mullet, Foreground: Mullet)

Worst Bit

I dunno this one ranks in as one of my faves... Suppose the scenes between gorey bits are a bit boring, with a lot of technical jargon being spued about how the teleportation pods work which i don't mind but some people would find it boring. Also its essentially the beauty and the beast story retold so ya kinda know whats gonna happen already.

What it means to me

No surprise I saw this one pretty young too, I had this really shitty tv in my room till I was about 12. It was black and white and used to randomly blackout every now and then, it was so bad I didn't know what fucking colour Sonic was till I was 12... I caught the ending one night and thought it was fantastic until the screen went black and all I could hear were voices so I had to guess what was going on. 

Summing up

Loved this film for years and try to watch it every now and again. The sequel wasn't bad even thought it gets a lot of hate, it features Seths son and how he has the same condition as his father which is brought on by reaching adulthood, Id reccomend checking out both of them. Also they made a musical of this, how fucking deadly is that! =D