Stevieboy666
A team of specialists board a submarine, are miniaturised and injected into the body of an injured scientist in an attempt to save his life.
Classic, colourful sci-fi adventure in which the human body looks like a hostile, alien place. Not only are the crew and submarine attacked from their host's immune system but it seems that one of them is intent on making the mission fail (not hard to figure out who). The film's moody musical score helps build the tension. Donald Pleasence is one of my favourite actors, always gives a good performance, and the presence of sex siren Raquel Welch adds to the appeal. This film is over 50 years old, naturally it looks dated but that's not something that bothers me.
Dylan Rainford
Bought the 50th anniversary Blu-ray about four months ago and never got around to watching it until 2 days ago and it's such a masterpiece of set design and science fiction fantasy.Dr. Grant is chosen to go in with a team of four other scientists to be shrunken down to microscopic size and injected into the body of a fellow scientist in order to save fellow scientist who is now in a coma following an assassination attempt. However, there is growing suspicion among the higher-ups that one or two of the members aboard the Proteus might be trying to finish the assassination.The main reason to give this film a view is due to the grand and incredible set designs, whenever the scientists must leave the Proteus (the small sub in which they pilot) to either refill their air tanks or remove reticulated fibers from the heat intake of the ship, inner body they explore is astounding. The lack of a green screen for the out of the sub excursions was rightly rewarded with two Oscars.The film is also a great exploration into one of my favourite words, Verisimilitude. Something appearing to be so real despite you knowing it's not, you're aware it isn't real but it's done at such an incredible level it's almost plausible.Set design, art direction, colour and masterwork of cinematography in Fantastic Voyage was an incredible sci-fi classic and if you're a fan of 60's cinema or magical science fiction, Fantastic Voyage is definitely for you
Hitchcoc
Of course, the premise is so hokey, that it's hard at time to accept it. The idea of shrinking a submarine full of people is a bit too much. Once we accept that, it is a fun trip to places unknown. The cool thing is that it is not outer space; it is inner space. The show is well researched and the what if factor is continually embraced. I'm sure scientists and medical people were brought in to factor the possibilities of encounters in the bloodstream. The antibodies should be there because of an alien presence. We are really looking through a gigantic microscope. Of course, we are also into the political issues that are in the way of trying to accomplish the mission. There is quite a host of very good actors. The script is a bit shaky, but it's OK. Overall, a creative new venture.
AbbyD-1
I bought the movie on BluRay last week and watched it and immediately realized it wasn't what I remembered when I first saw it in the movie theater in 1967. Maybe I was more impressionable back then when I was younger. The production values were so corny that they created a bias that hung through the rest of the movie. From the beginning when the car carrying Stephen Boyd arrives at the secret underground facility, then rides down the elevator and comes out in what looks like a spruced up underground parking garage. Boyd is then picked up by someone driving a golf cart and proceeds to drive back up several levels where more golf carts are seen scooting along with a soldier directing traffic.Then we see the two macho Generals, played by Edmund O'Brien and Arthur O'Connell, chomping on cigars. But the funniest part was that amongst all the high tech equipment was a simply electric hot plate and a percolator coffee pot that got repeated use and they had it sitting right on top of the TV monitors.It wasn't until the crew got into the submarine that the movie became worth watching and Raquel Welch is always a welcome sight. But wait, here is a high tech vehicle and only one person in the crew has been trained to operate it. Yeah, they have an air leak so the pilot tells two of the crew who have never been on the sub before to go over and shut off the valves, you know, they're over on the wall. Go find them. Now how is that for a script.And if they remake the movie I do hope they give those two Generals a better uniform. In place of the ribbons on their jacket was a very large patch with the letters CMDF - Combined Miniature Defense Force.Hey, just a suggestion, Raquel Welch may be the only star of the movie still alive today but if you remake it she still looks good enough to be in it.
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