The Invisible Man (2020) [DVD]

Highly recommend

Entertained me in quiet times.

It was good to watch.

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Stop right there! If you are expecting a short, or if you assume every film made in Hollywood is "Woke" (a new word that now has become the new it vocabulary, hopefully Oxford Dictionary does not assume it is that important to change it's original meaning which means to awake after sleep).From here on out, I'm going to judge the film on the merit of the original source of story and I will provide spoilers throughout my review. But I shall condense the review into two sections. The first, for those that just want to know if the film is good, but fear spoilers. The second, for those that do not mind spoilers.Spoiler Free review:Loosely based on the original HG Wells novel this well acted, directed, and produced film takes a different and interesting spin on the original title while creating a completely new version that will more than likely remain unique for the rest of the legacy of The Invisible Man. It is not perfect, but it is entertaining. If you want an Oscar winning thriller film, then look elsewhere. However, if you want to enjoy a Saturday evening with a friend or alone and like to feel somewhat scared without much gore. Go right ahead and watch this film. But once again, this is a pop, sugar film that is well done but isn't a Kubrick film. However, if you want Griffin in a hotel room doing much the same as the original book, forget about it.*****************Spoilers Beyond this Level, Alert!! Alert!! Spoilers Beyond this Level*************************I repeat, Spoilers Beyond this level!!!!Now comes the real detailed review of the film. I tend to structure these reviews by different categories. Please follow the below:1. Story: The film is very loosely based on the original story. The film only has Griffin and his work in optics as the base of the story. The rest, is a re-imagining of the character as an evil manipulative sociopath that has victimized his wife/girlfriend, to the point that she's literally afraid of going outside to get the mail. This is an interesting take, and if I were to actually compare it to the original storyline, it shifts the whole theme of the story. In the original story, Griffin's greed and arrogance is what causes the conflict of the story. In a way, it's a moral tale, much like most older storylines. In this case, because there is no "build-up" or backstory to the character, you only are presented with one dimension or history to him. And this is where I find that I can't identify with the film. In essence, it starts to feel like method to say that Scientists are evil. And as someone that is seeing today's society take very, very disdainful views on Scientists (as though they are enemies of people), I actually disagree with setting up stories this way. However, once I separate my mindset from the actual story line. It is well scripted within it. The characterization of the wife, is believable. I've met a real life abuse victim, that got to that level. It took her years to break out of it, and even now she's still not fully normal. And like most abusers, they tend to be intelligent and good-looking. The fact that he's a rich scientist, is extra within this story. I believe it's introduced because logically speaking, the financing that would need to be made to the scientist to build the Invisibility Cloak, as I like to call it, must be in the millions. And if that were the case, funding teams, companies or individuals would ask for information upon the usage. Thus, the whole story would have to be restructured completely and there wouldn't be a film. So taking the fact that this is a narcissistic, pathological sociopath whom is a millionaire due to his brilliant work and whom has the resources to do the experiments that the original story would have caused great debt on. The other difference is that now he is married, and his wife escapes him from the very beginning of the film. This builds a different story in which the context, and the main viewpoint of the film is his wife or girlfriend (still didn't figure this out), whom is paranoid of him following her and ultimately ends up with an invisible him following her and making her life a living hell. The film could have gone either way with this plot. It could have delivered an ending where the viewer doesn't really ever know for sure if he is in fact haunting her, or it could leave the viewer with full knowledge that he is in fact using an invisibility cloak. The path this story chose was the latter. Thus, she ultimately is haunted by him. If you do not compare it to the original story and it's original moral dilemma, the story is creative and is interesting. It's not perfect, but it is well executed for a thriller film.2. Acting:Elisabeth Moss is one of the best actresses within her age group. She has never had a false note in all of the history of acting from the first moment I saw her in Invasion to Madmen to Handmaiden's Tale. She is one of this country's finest films (US) though I'm sure the British would say the same (she's dual citizen due to her English father). Oliver Jackson-Cohen is a great actor, while he is new, he is very talented and he is very easy on the eye. Thus far in The Haunting of Hill House he was great, and he is also great here. I see a very strong and good career. Aldis Hodge is also a very good actor, whom I recalled from Hidden Figures. And lastly, Michael Dorman (whom is the reason I decided to venture into this film) is a stellar actor. I loved him in Wonderland (Australian show), and in Patriot (one of my ALL-TIME fave shows). He is a very good actor and hopefully has a great future within US and of course in his native country. All actors are great within their parts, and they were well cast.3. Directing:The film is directed well. It builds tension with minimal extra-special effects. This is more a psychological thriller rather than a Halloween film. It's short on gore, and for this reason I praise it more. While I'm hard to scare, it had a few scenes where even I felt tension. And this says a lot considering nothing pretty much scares me at all.4. Cinematography:I must include this because the filming of the film, the shots, and the settings. Including Griffin's house are wonderful. I'd live there, forget about the film. I'd accept having to use minimalist furniture which I usually do not like (I like bohemian) to get those views.5. Production Value:Overall for the cost of $7 million in production of this film, the execution is well done. It proves that you don't need to spend $100 million and above in every film to achieve the end goal. You can have a small budget, and drive higher creativity due to it. To think that this $7 million film has resulted in a gross profit of over $120 Million. Kudos to them. The film is well executed in all areas. Of course, it may not be perfect, but it is an entertaining film.Lastly:For all those that claim this is woke. I assume you think a woman should be abused by her husband. That all white people are angels and all blacks and immigrants are bad and awful. That white people should not be friends with minorities. And that all men are good. Bottomline, not all white people within this film were evil. There were TWO, I repeat TWO that were. Griffin and his brother. The cops which unfortunately are killed within the film are actually good, and white. The man that goes out of his way to help the main character and drive her to Griffin's house which is an hour from the place she's running from is a white man. That the main guy and the brother are bad, which by the way the original story is about a white man who turns bad, does not mean the story is woke. The fact that her sister whom is a cop is friends with a black guy does not mean the story is woke. It just means that you are a bigot if you don't like people to befriend others in other races. And if you find the main actress ugly and a whiner, then I assume you probably are worse looking than her and feel jealous that within the story she's acting opposite a handsome man. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, remember. And just because you think she doesn't work, doesn't mean that she didn't within the story. You are only seeing things from the point of view of after the split, you are only hearing the viewpoint on her from his brother. Period. You do not know why he liked her. And plenty of rich men end up married with wives that do not work and just do philanthropic charity volunteer work. Since this one is an abuser, he doesn't even want her to do that.

A must see

Suspense. Good movie

A cowardly narcissist wreaks havoc on his mousy wife by utilizing his genius in the field of technology. Great acting and plot! Face paced!

La película es muy buena y estoy muy conforme con el producto, la película cuenta con variedad de idiomas y subtitulos y material extra.

Nothing

La paciencia tiene su recompensa!Durante meses estuve en espera de que bajara el precio, ya que pagar más de 900 pesos me parecía excesivamente cara, aún sin ser una collectors edition, digibook o una edición que justificara ese costo... hace un par de meses llegó a estar en 580 pero aún así me resistí a comprarla, afortunadamente ahora la encontré a 279, un precio accesible y razonable.De la película, el aspecto más deslumbrante de The Invisible Man son los largos períodos de silencio donde la gramática visual obliga a los espectadores a analizar realmente lo que está sucediendo en todo el entorno de la protagonista, la tensión nunca cede y estarás al borde del asiento en cada fotograma de la película.sin duda muy recomendable.Contiene subs y doblaje al español latino.

Great price and it came to me in great condition!

Pour mon utilisation personnel. Le titre le dit car je trouve qu,on ne le voit pas très souvent. Je préfère l'homme invisible d'aurefois.