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how can anyone call this a classic???


i saw this movie about 5 times.and yesterday.now at 31 yrs old im saying is this a classic lol i thought it was fun to watch and amusing watching the man getting smaller and smaller and did love his adventure s in the basement.but that were it ends.it may piss alot of poeple off but thats my opinion.like i said i loved the cat scene how he trie s surviving as tiny man in a vast new world.amusing like i said.but a classic is gone with the wind.did any man or woman that saw this think scott was going to be killed by the cat that chased him???i giggled and thought it was amusing watching a kittycat play cat and mouse with the tiny man but i didnt jump out of my seat.if you did somethings wrong with you.the sewing box scene lighting the match using his wifes tools as weapons were very smart and well thought of.and the spider was scary but please did you think scott wouldnt lance it with the sewing pin???so predictable.i laughed out loud at the dollhouse scene watching a tiny man shouting at his wife lol no offence to you lovers of the movie.all i did was wish it was me so i could have told him to go back inside his new home i put him in and shut up until i get back to care for him.i found myself saying this isnt a sci fi movie atleast not all of it.its a movie about emasculation and the more he shrunk the more emasculated he got.if it was today with todays woman picture a tiny man living in a her dollhouse shouting at her lol he would be spanked.like i said it was very fun and loved how the man turned more into a caveman surviving in a huge new world his basement and found myself cheering everytime scott past a new test like climbing the wall for food.but all in all its FUN AND AMUSING thats it.grant williams was brilliant as the shrinking man and his voice over was great not to mention he was very handsome.but if you call this a classic your brain dead.i would have toyed with him rather then the cat lol and why is it his wife was dumb enough to let a cat in while her shrinking husband is left alone???if i get negative feedback or not and i could care less if i do.me and my girlfriends loved it and thought it was fun but a classic.like i said your brain dead yours truly susan

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Definitely a classic sci-fi movie - I am still amazed at the special effects, even though it is 58 years since this movie was made and 30 since Grant Williams died. I do admit however that it would have been wiser to get of the cat from the start.

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Your poor writing skills makes me think you are brain dead.

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Motor city I'm surprised you didn't delete this post out of embarrassment. Your lack of grammar and knowledge of what makes a classic. Yes this movie is a classic.

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I saw this movie for the first time tonight, at first I was disappointed at the ending though I do appreciate it not being predictable, and the closing monologue was beautiful.

As for the scenes with the cat and spider being predictable, I think you miss the point. I never doubted he would survive either one, it was the battle that was interesting, that amazing instinct for survival that causes humans to reach inside oneself and become creative, using objects that were once taken for granted.

He became part of a world where nothing can be taken for granted, both literally and figuratively.

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The ending was ruined by a religious nonsense. God this, God that...blah blah. They should have replaced 'god' with 'universe' and it would've been better ending.

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They would probably have been forced to use 'God" instead of "Universe" even if they had tried to do so. The League of Catholic Decency and other Christian groups were pretty powerful back then.

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It was creative for the time and an enjoyable movie to watch,

Dont know if i'd call it a classic though


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I am sure this is trolling but I think this is yet another classic SF/horror film from the 50s. The effects are extraordinary. I was truly stunned at what they were able to achieve more than 60 years ago. The journey is unlike anything I've seen. And we are along for that journey, it is an immersive experience, horrifying on many levels and leading to an ending I didn't anticipate, as it becomes a metaphysical journey reaching out to the limits of the imagination, culminating with an unexpected note of hope and optimism. A beautiful film. 10/10

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