It Came From Beneath The Sea

This is the final movie from the box set of Ray Harryhausen movies that I've been working my way through. This is one that I've actually been looking forward to watching because I had seen clips from it and I'm pretty much a sucker for any movie with a giant octopus destroying things. I don't think a good movie has been made about the subject yet, and sadly this one doesn't really change that. 

First off, it's not a good sign that despite having watched this movie only a couple of weeks ago I already don't remember a damn thing about it. I remember it's very slow in the beginning, and not all that interesting. It's mostly people on a submarine talking about things. 

We don't even get some giant octopus action until near the end of the movie, and by that point it really does feel like too little too late. A better title for the movie would maybe be "It Came From Beneath The Sea.....Eventually". The stop motion stuff with the octopus is, as expected, good stuff. As I said, there just isn't enough of it.

I'm normally pretty opposed to remakes, but I actually wouldn't mind it if somebody took a shot at remaking this movie with more action. However I also wouldn't want it to lose it's stop motion charm, so it would be a fine line to walk. I'm certainly not against movies that focus more on character and dialogue than on flashy effects and such, I was just never engaged by anything anyone was doing in this one. Worth it for the last 10 minutes, but maybe just fast forward straight to that.

5/10