Comments on: MOVIE OF THE DAY: Leviathan (1989)

By: Ed Travis

Ed Travis — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 23:43:19 +0000

Just think about the fact that, upon trade in, this film probably wouldn’t net you a dollar. But on your shelf, it can suck you in with its seductive, knock-off-y goodness anytime it strikes your fancy!

By: jettisonbrains

jettisonbrains — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 06:15:32 +0000

See, that was the thing about the novel. It had interesting theories when they were trying to figure it all out, but when you got back to the meat of the story, it wasn’t all that interesting especially when the characters were utter cliches. I think that’s what frustrated me most about Crichton at the time. He was good a delaying information to keep you on the hook and then when you hit the reveal, it was a bit underwhelming.

By: Black_Dahlia

Black_Dahlia — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 01:30:00 +0000

That was Sphere, made much later into a movie best remembered for having Queen Latifah get eaten by jellyfish. The novel, if nothing else, brought up the semi-interesting concept of UFOs actually being piloted by humans from the future, which is about as likely as any other scenario posited.

By: darkraven28

darkraven28 — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 06:56:18 +0000

Damn it!! I was thinking about trading my dvd of this in for store credit at MovieStop, and now your article has made me think of rewatching it, even though I had the same reaction of this basically not being a good movie, but still having a cheese factor. You win. Flawless Victory!!!

By: jettisonbrains

jettisonbrains — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 06:01:24 +0000

I remember this. I liked it way back then, but I haven’t seen it since. But I remember at the time there was all sorts of these underwater fetish flicks. Even Roger Corman got in on it with Lords of the Deep and the only real reason I wanted to see that was because Priscilla Barnes was in it. I think even Michael Crichton released a novel at the time that had a lot of underwater monster movie conventions. I also remember at the time low-budget cyborg movies were popular after RoboCop hit it big. R.O.T.O.R. with its Mad Max-esque poster comes to mind.

By: Black_Dahlia

Black_Dahlia — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 02:58:03 +0000

The highlight of this film when I saw it in the theater was a male member of a certain ethnic group yelling out, when skin-tight belegginged Amanda Pays was jogging down a hallway, “Man, she got a FAT pussy!”
On second thought, the highlight of this film, for me, was Amanda Pays’ fat pussy.

By: Rene F. Rangel

Rene F. Rangel — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:50:45 +0000

I. Love. This. Movie.

By: Ed Travis

Ed Travis — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:33:26 +0000

I had a screen grab of that exact pose, but went with the shouting “Brody face” still instead.

By: Ed Travis

Ed Travis — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:32:18 +0000

Speaking of how awesome Ernie Hudson is, and how bad the last few minutes of Leviathan are…um… yeah.

By: JazzyJustin

JazzyJustin — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:31:11 +0000

Also I love Peter Weller’s little like fade away jumper pose at the end when he throws the dynamite at the Leviathan. So funny.

By: Ed Travis

Ed Travis — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:30:52 +0000

Ernie Hudson FTW

By: JazzyJustin

JazzyJustin — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:29:38 +0000

Anyway*

By: JazzyJustin

JazzyJustin — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:28:41 +0000

WEIRD. I watched this just LAST night for the first time since I was little. And I swear I shouted like 75-80 percent of this article at my girlfriend as we were watching it. Uncanny.
As you pointed out, everything pretty much unravels in the final couple of minutes..but is it just me or does that include the creature designs too?! Jesus. The final form or whatever is an abomination, and not in a cool way. Doesn’t seem like anything Stan Winston would come up with…even his Humanoids days were better. Maybe. I haven’t seen that one in a long time either.
Anyone it totally seems like they got someone entirely different to come in on that final creature design. Matter of fact the entire last couple of minutes…all the above-surface stuff…feels like an entirely different reshoot. Cosmatos’ films did that a lot.

By: biff

biff — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:34:27 +0000

I LOVE this movie. Whether it be the wicked Ron Cobb set designs, Hector Elizondo fixing machines with gum (“job security”) or:
MEG FOSTER: Why, you must’ve gone through hell.
ENRIE HUDSON: Gone? Bitch, we STILL HERE!
That one never gets old.

By: prunetracy

prunetracy — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:27:10 +0000

This movie showed off Amanda Pays beautiful form.

By: Ed Travis

Ed Travis — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:50:50 +0000

I’ve always been curious to see Deep Star Six, but either haven’t ever seen it, or have completely forgotten it.

By: ObiWanShinobi

ObiWanShinobi — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:18:18 +0000

Thanks, robotpals. As I was reading this article, I remembered there was another low-budget under-the-sea alien movie that came out the same year as LEVIATHAN, but I couldn’t recall the title. DEEP STAR SIX will forever be the superior film, as it stars the mighty Greg Evigan of BJ & THE BEAR and MY TWO DADS fame!

By: robotpals

robotpals — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:26:06 +0000

Not to mention all the Abyssing and Deep Star Sixing that was going on at the time.