The Way of the Game

The Way of the Game


We Just Watched a Movie - The Fly

March 23, 2014

The Fly this week.  Once Upon a Time in the West next week.  As always, follow along on our iCheckMovies list, and be sure to let us know how you’d rank the movies in the comments below.



The Fly – August 15, 1986


Director: David Cronenberg

Producer: Stuart Cornfield, Mel Brooks

Writers: Charles Edward Pogue, David Cronenberg

Actors: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz

Studio: Brooksfilm, SLM Production Group

Distributor: 20th Century Fox


The course of the conversation:


The tyranny of analogy.


This isn’t really hubris; it’s just a terribly amateurish mistake.


Jonathan feels like the film is just pure voyeurism.


The Fly as a Health and Safety video.


Appealing to the rubber necker in us.


It is, though, a remake done right.


What is a horror movie?


Psychological horror vs. jump scares and gore.


What would happen to The Fly if it changed mediums?


Hunger Game of Thrones: Someone get on that.


Jason X: “How many people can we kill?”  As many as you want, you morons.


Who remembers Geena Davis’s character’s name?  Anyone?  Bueller?


Geena Davis should have been the person we cared most about, but you don’t.


Geena Davis is a plot device for Brundle, which ruins the intended emotional struggle.


There are three characters in the movie, two are forgettable, and Jeff Goldblum manages to carry the entire film.


The FX history of Brundlefly.


The Fly inspires Jonathan to rearrange a few titles on his list.


Michael gives into his inner twelve year old.



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