CONGO (1995) Retrospective/Review 

LOL

nice work if you can get it

LOL That's hilarious. No wonder movies cost so much.

I hate golf, but I would have taken it up to join that group for a few rounds. Approximately 25% of all human charm on one golf course.

Living the dream.

Stop. Eatin'. Mah Seasame CAKE!

I always got a kick when he stapled the paper bag after getting the $$. Lol “more….”

me too

At least it isn't woke. In fact the Karen character is heroic, sympathetic, and likeable... just in a shoddy movie.

I actually take CONGO VERY SERIOUSLY as an Action Adventure film with strong Creature Horror Feature Elements. That's not to say that Tim Curry, Ernie Hudson, Delroy Lindo, Joe Don Baker and Joe Pantoliano who TRAGICALLY went uncredited aren't entertaining, because they are. But I take The Albino Killer Gorillas VERY SERIOUSLY

Hercuma Hemulca!

Laser Apes 😅

All original unique films so it's a real shame they all turned out bad.

​@@basquat76I really like the 13th Warrior. Cool premise

Sphere is one of my favourite books off all time. The movie is one of the worst adaptions of all time. Completely butchered the story, especially the final 30 minutes. Terrible!

Wait a few more years and you'll likely see Hollywood give these ideas another shot.

I guess it's goofy now in retrospect, but as a kid, this was incredibly atmospheric and scary. It has a weird magic to it.

I just remember the laser killing scene - otherwise it's awful

i still quote the money hairs lines to this day. like that is a goddamn ingrained quote that rises above all other movie quotes.

I had one of those illegal cable boxes in 1995, and this was one of the movies which was constantly on, along with Mortal Kombat, The Net, and Die Hard 3

@@DaveVoyles The Net, another regular now mostly forgotten to time! A similar plot to Enemy of the State with Will Smith.

On Cinemax? Damn yes I remember

I'm guessing Katleen Kennedy had something to do with killing off Bruce Campbell's character towards the beginning of the movie.

@@Noname15514Showing her brilliance even back then. s/

Def not Dylan was a great scientist

Walsh had good chemistry with Linney tho, so I disagree

@@JP47471 Agree to disagree. I think Walsh is very stilted and flat in his performance.

Man had so much style

Hurcuma Hamulca!

The movie didn't open during many RU-vid reviewer's childhood.

I'm pretty sure I saw it in the theater, but that was quite a while ago. I really don't understand why it's so unloved as it was a fun movie with some great actors and acceptable CGI. I even had the PC game.

Yep and it's also worth considering how strong some of the other Crichton adaptations were.

I ONLY watched this BECAUSE, of Bruce Campbell

Don’t remind me. Whenever I watch his 80s films I always ask myself why he didn’t make it bigger. Seemed like it would be a sure thing….I’m still glad for what we have.

I love him so much! He’s just the man. Grew up watching his movies and there’s something really comforting about that :p

@@jekw23 Look up the movie Crimewave, a production disaster that could have sunk a number of today's familiar talents before anyone had ever heard of them.

f... you put it back into my head now.... that accent and acting was ridiculous hahaha

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It is because the film is really, really naff. I hope you found this helpful.

Read the book. Then watch the movie. You’ll understand.

@@donovanchilton5817 I will one of these days. But a film doesn't always have to be 100% faithful to be good.

Well Oliver Harper just told you why.

@@donovanchilton5817I agree the book is probably better than the movie but this adaptation really isn’t that bad

"Mr. Homolka, stop eating me sesame cake. STOP EATING ME SESAME CAKE!!!!"

It's a fun movie. And I think that's pretty much all they intended to get out of it. It's fine, not everything can be a great piece of cinema, we do need movies that are just successful in being fun to watch.

STOP EATING MY SESEME CAKE!

Best scene. Delroy stole the show there

@@AbsolutTBombWho is Kafka?!? Tell ME!!!

“This is the crazy world we live in. Ok, you can go…” Always fun to see Lindo channel amusing dialogue like what a more established character would revisit in The Core: “Say it with me. I don’t know…”

Best part😂

The first encounter with the grey ones was positively scary. Something nobody says is that the movie is creepier than the novel, which was a major disappointment when I finally read it: I was expecting it to be like "Jurassic Park" (the book), but instead it was rather boring. It was more concerned with detailing the tech used to zap a satellite video signal than anything else...unfortunately, unlike genetic engineering, telecommunications tech made titanic leaps since 1978. I read the book in 2009, before everyone could stream a video with their smartphones almost anywhere in the world, and it already felt uber-dated. Now it just feels ridiculous. I understand that the idea of somebody sending a live feed from the jungle was very cool back then (it partially inspired the Italian exploitation film "Cut & Run"), but, yeah, I think the book should've had more killer apes attacks and less technical jargon destined to be obsolete pretty soon.

My brother and I had some friends over when we were kids. Congo was showing on HBO while there was a nice summertime thunderstorm rolling in outside. Good times.

I agree 100%

I know damn well that man would sell the relationship with Amy way better than Walsh does. It’s the heart of the movie, maybe hire the guy who has experience working with special effects and not the guy who delivers every line with the same inflection while he talks to a dwarf in a monkey costume.

i am just thinking of tim and bruce in the same scene

I saw this when I was about 8 and haven't really cared to re-visit it, but whenever my wife tells me something has sesame seeds I quote the line, that part was burned into my brain.

To this day, I quote this whenever someone tries to touch my food. No one has any idea what I’m talking about.

There's another line where Ernie Hudson tells the doctor " relax you're in better hands than you should be" is such a great moment. All of the actors really make it work, you could really see in his face how in over his head he really is.

"A few flaws" 😂😂😂

I was a backer, and it's worth buying. Quality content if you're at all interested in the subject!

Haha right? I was exhilarated watching that scene as a kid, I thought those evil monkeys were terrifying lol

Congo was written BEFORE Jurassic Park

seconded!