I was eight when I first saw this and am still in awe. It made me a lifelong James Mason, Kirk Douglas fan. Only topped by Douglas's "running of the oars" sequence in "the Vikings".
A film in a class all by itself. There just was nothing else like it. The romance of the sailing era meets modern sci fi...done in spectacular style...in widescreen color...with an all star cast...of a classic story from the father of sci fi himself...Jules Verne! Of course i loved it...what kid wouldn't?
Seriously, this movie was set in an alternate universe! It was set in 1869 when the book was written and had concepts of strange sea creatures, deep sea diving, eating seafood that was like a formal meal, an organ in a submarine, etc.
Poetry.. my god The Nautilus breaks the surface in the red after-glow of sunset, the ugly body of the squid silhouettes against the horizon, it's long tentacles writhing.
Only sperm whales would be able to deliver one. But even if a sperm whale would hire itself out for such a task, I bet it would eat the squid before delivery.
They were talking about remaking it with Will Smith as Kirk Douglas's character.. So yeahhh no. Today is too politically correct. They spend more time trying to be diverse and include unnecessary things than actually make a good movie. Kirk will likely be dead shortly, guy is 101 and in bad shape. One of my all time favorite movies.
My all-time favorite movie, saw it 4 times as a child and have the DVD as an adult of 74 yrs. James Mason and Kirk are still pictured in my brain.
I was eight when I first saw this and am still in awe. It made me a lifelong James Mason, Kirk Douglas fan. Only topped by Douglas's "running of the oars" sequence in "the Vikings".
A film in a class all by itself. There just was nothing else like it. The romance of the sailing era meets modern sci fi...done in spectacular style...in widescreen color...with an all star cast...of a classic story from the father of sci fi himself...Jules Verne! Of course i loved it...what kid wouldn't?
Seriously, this movie was set in an alternate universe! It was set in 1869 when the book was written and had concepts of strange sea creatures, deep sea diving, eating seafood that was like a formal meal, an organ in a submarine, etc.
It's Victorian fantasy adventure.
Glad to see they decided to build a new squid and film the scene on a stormy night. Looks awesome!
Also, shooting it as a night sequence helped make the squid look more believable.
This movie is a classic, a one shot wonder, best actors, made at the right time in history. No remake would ever be as great as this.
Great vid. I would love,too,see this movie again. I remember the Kirk Douglas and seal song!
I was five years old when we went to the theater and saw this. Had nightmares. Good times...
One of those movies with a fantastic ending.
Can't believe they actually made the whole area an artificial sea
Poetry.. my god
The Nautilus breaks the surface in the red after-glow of sunset, the ugly body of the squid silhouettes against the horizon, it's long tentacles writhing.
I were 6 years old , watched this movie . yes, 1954 before my school age in Taiwan .
My favorite sequence in my favorite movie.
Is that.... John Rhys Davis ?
Overall thought, plan, imagination behind picturization of the film, shall I say "outstanding".
I think the squid fight would be good
The sunset fight
ive only seen this scene from the movie but watching that beak snap makes me actually scared.
Sheer gutts
Why are pianos connected with sea adventures? Lol
funny, in reality, squids are really 'shy' creatures and not at all aggressive, they tend to hide when disturbed, but hey, that's Hollywood?
You have not seen Humboldt squids feeding.
Waste of money . A close up of a squid holding a toy submarine in a fish tank . Inside the submarine some crab meat.
Could they not have used a real squid?
A real giant squid? Baby . . . Stop!
Only sperm whales would be able to deliver one.
But even if a sperm whale would hire itself out for such a task, I bet it would eat the squid before delivery.
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They seriously need to remake this movie😭😭
The hell they do.
They already did a few times. And they all sucked.
They were talking about remaking it with Will Smith as Kirk Douglas's character.. So yeahhh no. Today is too politically correct. They spend more time trying to be diverse and include unnecessary things than actually make a good movie. Kirk will likely be dead shortly, guy is 101 and in bad shape. One of my all time favorite movies.
Bryan Singer is currently planning a reboot of 20000 Leagues....Idris Elba might possibly be casted for Captain Nemo
No one could ever remake the masterpiece