I can remember in my youth, when this film first came out, thinking it was the best thing since sliced bread. I sat through it three times in one sitting (in the days when they didn't chuck you out of the cinema between programs). I voted Richard Harris and Charlotte Rampling best actor and actress in the Film Review poll for 1977.
I recently saw it again - and cringed. It is so awful. The plot is ridiculous, the acting, that I thought so good, is laughable; the special effects lamentable. It simply tried to cash-in on the success of Jaws (much as the later and equally funny "Grizzly" did) and failed abysmally.
I can't believe I rated it so highly.
On a positive note, though. I still think it has the best soundtrack that Ennio Morricone ever produced.
I recently saw it again - and cringed. It is so awful. The plot is ridiculous, the acting, that I thought so good, is laughable; the special effects lamentable. It simply tried to cash-in on the success of Jaws (much as the later and equally funny "Grizzly" did) and failed abysmally.
I can't believe I rated it so highly.
On a positive note, though. I still think it has the best soundtrack that Ennio Morricone ever produced.