Friday, September 28, 2007

Fantastic Voyage (1966)

A sci-fi classic which, while dated in social mores and special effects, will remain a classic. It stands with Andromeda Strain and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as the three best sci-fi films of the 1960s. Sure, Raquel Welch's top appears to be chronically zipped down but (a) if you read his novels, Isaac Asimov was a breast man, so the movie is cleaving true to the book and (b) who's complaining? This story captures people's imagination and does a fine job with the special effects technology of the day (contemporary with the Mission: Impossible and Star Trek TV series and 10 years before Star Wars). A keeper! 4 stars.

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