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The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)

As time goes on, medicine and technology are becoming more and more advanced.  Think of all the advancements we've made in disease research, extending our lifespan, and our overall health.  But sometimes those advances can be controversial like stem cell research and cloning.  But we can take some advice from old science fiction movies, about what not to do.  How far is man willing to go to become like god.  This movie asked "What if we could change the course of evolution?"


On an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the mysterious Dr. Moreau plans to answer that question.  The movie begins with survivors from a shipwreck, trying to find their way to land.  Two men manage to make it to the green island, which comes like an oasis.  The hero of our story Andrew Braddock (Micheal York), goes to search for water on the island while his partner rests.  But it soon becomes apparent they are not alone on the island.  Soon, Braddock is captured by the genetic scientist Dr. Moreau (Burt Lancaster.) After that this movie starts becoming very disturbing really quick.  


The story is very well written but very slow in places.  As serious and scary as the theme of the movie is, I feel like they really didn't go into the ethics and morals of what was going on.  Heck, the only ones really with any speaking parts are Braddock and Moreau.  But both of their acting was very well done with what they had to go with. Sometimes when you base a movie on a book you can sometimes lose some narrative in the translation.  

Music was okay, but not very memorable.  Filming was very well done, especially the chaos during the final moments of the film.  The whole movie seemed claustrophobic, only things happening were either in the compound or in the woods.  


While I enjoyed the theme of science run amok in the movie, I was not very impressed overall with it.  If you your looking to see a older science fiction movie I would probably recommend something else.


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DoctorRyan Posted on May 20, 2014 at 05:16 PM

Yeah, I was pretty disappointed with it. But then again, I always try to recommend for people to see movies first hand and form their own opinion. That's what makes movies so great!! The discussions and debating that come from it.

Vaporman87 Posted on May 20, 2014 at 05:07 PM

I must say I was unaware this film existed. I only knew of the Marlon Brando version. Even so, it was never a subject that much interested me. I think, in theory, it should make for a really great film. But to me I have yet to see the potential of it truly realized... and it seems that holds true here as well if I take your word for it.

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CDbCommand failed to execute the SQL statement: SQLSTATE[01000]: Warning: 1265 Data truncated for column 'rj_classics' at row 1. The SQL statement executed was: UPDATE `articles` SET `id`=:yp0, `posted_by`=:yp1, `title`=:yp2, `content`=:yp3, `icon`=:yp4, `column`=:yp5, `type`=:yp6, `featured`=:yp7, `contest_winner`=:yp8, `official`=:yp9, `smurf`=:yp10, `posted_on`=:yp11, `status`=:yp12, `category`=:yp13, `action_on`=:yp14, `edited`=:yp15, `reads`=:yp16, `retro_rating`=:yp17, `favorited`=:yp18, `theme`=:yp19, `colorcode`=:yp20, `show_in_header`=:yp21, `approved_on`=:yp22, `rj_classics`=:yp23, `reviews`=:yp24, `review`=:yp25 WHERE `articles`.`id`=208

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342             return $n;
343         }
344         catch(Exception $e)
345         {
346             if($this->_connection->enableProfiling)
347                 Yii::endProfile('system.db.CDbCommand.execute('.$this->getText().$par.')','system.db.CDbCommand.execute');
348             $errorInfo = $e instanceof PDOException ? $e->errorInfo : null;
349             $message = $e->getMessage();
350             Yii::log(Yii::t('yii','CDbCommand::execute() failed: {error}. The SQL statement executed was: {sql}.',
351                 array('{error}'=>$message, '{sql}'=>$this->getText().$par)),CLogger::LEVEL_ERROR,'system.db.CDbCommand');
352             if(YII_DEBUG)
353                 $message .= '. The SQL statement executed was: '.$this->getText().$par;
354             throw new CDbException(Yii::t('yii','CDbCommand failed to execute the SQL statement: {error}',
355                 array('{error}'=>$message)),(int)$e->getCode(),$errorInfo);
356         }
357     }
358 
359     /**
360      * Executes the SQL statement and returns query result.
361      * This method is for executing an SQL query that returns result set.
362      * @param array $params input parameters (name=>value) for the SQL execution. This is an alternative
363      * to {@link bindParam} and {@link bindValue}. If you have multiple input parameters, passing
364      * them in this way can improve the performance. Note that if you pass parameters in this way,
365      * you cannot bind parameters or values using {@link bindParam} or {@link bindValue}, and vice versa.
366      * binding methods and  the input parameters this way can improve the performance.

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1256                 $ifFavorited = $ifAction = 0;
1257             }
1258 
1259             $this->render('article', array('model' => $model, 'article' => $article, 'postedBy' => $postedBy, 'comments' => $comments, 'commentCount' => $commentCount, 'ifFavorited' => $ifFavorited, 'ifAction' => $ifAction, 'allArticles' => $allArticles, 'pages' => $pages));
1260             $article->reads += 1;
1261             $article->update();
1262         } else {
1263             $this->redirect(Yii::app()->createUrl('site/error', array('code' => 404, 'message' => 'This page was not found.')));
1264             exit();
1265         }
1266     }
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 /home/ghostofvapor/public_html/index.php(16): CApplication->run()
11 defined('YII_DEBUG') or define('YII_DEBUG',true);
12 // specify how many levels of call stack should be shown in each log message
13 defined('YII_TRACE_LEVEL') or define('YII_TRACE_LEVEL',3);
14 
15 require_once($yii);
16 Yii::createWebApplication($config)->run();
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