Lake Placid Movie Streaming
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Lake Placid Movie Streaming.
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Written by David E. Kelley, the mastermind behind television’s Ally McBeal and The Practice (both of which won Emmys in the “best of” categories last year), _Lake Placid_ is a comic horror film about the search for a giant crocodile, inexplicably living in a landlocked lake in upstate New York.
When a diver is eaten alive in the opening moments, by some unknown creature, the local game warden (Pullman) teams up with a paleontologist (Fonda) from New York to find the beast. Add to this mix an eccentric millionaire philanthropist with a penchant for swimming with “crocs” (Platt), and the local sheriff (Brendan Gleeson), who thinks the man is nuts, and you’ve got the recipe for one of the more underrated of last summer’s films.
This is a horror film and it can, at times, get quite messy (see the opening attack sequence, for example). The special effects work is about what you’d expect in such a film, although with the advent of computer graphics, it’s a lot easier to bring a realistic giant crocodile to life. Surprisingly, though, there are few deaths in the film.
The emphasis is more on suspenseful moments of the Jaws variety, in which we wonder whether unlucky swimmers are about to become lunch. And, there are even a couple of gross, but funny moments in the film, as when an eccentric old lady (played by Betty White) offers random farm animals as sacrifices to the croc.
But the real emphasis in the film is on the humor and there are some great conversations and arguments among the film’s characters, particularly Platt’s whacko croc-swimmer and Brendan Gleeson’s sheriff (in one of the more unusual bits of casting, as the Irish Gleeson is forced to adopt an American accent, which tends to slip in some of the more heated moments). And White’s character is also played for laughs (you’ll be surprised at some of the inventive curses she comes up with).
The film wasn’t particularly well-received when first released last summer, but luckily, with its release on video, this can be remedied. This is not a film for everyone’s tastes, but if, like me, you occasionally hunger for a “giant-animal-runs-amuck” film, _Lake Placid_ more than fills the bill.
I hated this movie when I first saw it. I always felt that it tried too hard to be funny. However, it’s been a few years since I’ve seen it, and I was bored one night so I gave it another chance. I’m glad I did. While it isn’t as good as “Anaconda,” it does have some good qualities about it. The cast does very well with the campy dialogue they are given. The interactions between Oliver Platt and Brendan Gleeson are downright funny, and their relationship really steals the show. Everyone talks about Betty White’s character in this flick, and it is pretty funny to watch her spew out curse word after curse word, but my favorite line of hers is how she delivers the word “Sherlock!” to Gleeson’s character.
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The crocodile looks pretty good. In a couple of scenes it is obvious that he’s an animatronic croc, but thank heavens that the entire thing isn’t CG-created. It’s nice to see that puppeteers can still find work in Hollywood. Though the puppets are great, the CGI isn’t too shabby either. The croc really is impressive to see on the screen. He’s definitely done on a higher level than the aforementioned “Anaconda.”
I recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys giant creature features with a hefty dose of macabre humor. Though it may be subpar when compared to other films of the genre, it is definitely better than the SciFi channel offerings such as “Dinocroc” and “Frankenfish.” SciFi channel seems to be the last domain for larger-than-life creature flicks. Though I commend them for attempting to keep the genre above water, I wish that more camp-fests like “Lake Placid” could find their way to the big-screen.
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