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Summary: Everyone knows the ending - but are still shocked
Review: I saw this film at the tender age of 10, and saw that the vision of the director, while visually '70s futuristic' (anybody seen xxxxx ?? (insert name of cheesy 70s SciFi film here)) still has the power to put us in our place. The earth portrayed IS earth in 23 years!!!! The capacity of humans to eat human flesh (albeit unknowingly) is bought home with a loud crash, and you feel real empathy with Charltons horror as he tries to speak out and cannot be heard. A genuine classic, matured by 16 years and with each passing year moving from a piece of fanciful fiction to a possibly reality.Watch this film!
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Summary: A dark compelling Sci-Fi , about world starvation .
Review: I was 10 years old when this movie first came out, and it left a very frightening impression on me the rest of the next 5/6 years . I actualy felt the whole world would soon be ingulfed in a green cloud of pollution, and we were doomed to live on scaps of lettuce and Solent Green , a state issued staple food, which was supposedly made from soy beans . Charlton Heston, who plays a state investigator discovers that Solent Green is made from recycled dead humans! Most of the scenes in this movie take place in the homes of the privaleged few, homes that are much like ours today . Robinson , Heston's roommate plays a great supporting role . There is a funny scene where they are both feasting on lettuce and ketchup. See this movie. It will make you feel greatfull that 15 years later, we are driving gas guzzling SUVs, and still eating like the consumer pigs we allways have been in America !
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Summary: A graphic look at a forbidding future
Review: A future which is possible, but which none of us wants to think about in these days of holes in the ozone and global warming appears in "Soylent Green." New York, with 40,000,000 people,perpetu-al smog, and constant hot, hot temperatures is grim, to say the least. Charlton Heston does an outstanding performance as Thorn, a harried, overworked police officer who uncovers the horrifying secret of Soylent Green. There is much to like in this movie, a well-crafted look into the near future. One of the most frightening aspects of this video is the state-sponsored suicide clinic, "Home." A poignant aspect of this video is that Edward G. Robinson was actually dying of cancer during the filming and succumbed just a few months later. The film is not perfect, just outstanding. There are a few nit-picky flaws, but overall I have to rate "Soylent Green" as my all-time favorite movie. I think I have seen it at least sixty times! Enjoy.
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Summary: I was a bit freaked out by the movie.
Review: I thought it was a "powerful" film. It brought about some interesting facts that should be thought about by everyone. Although the first half an hour was kind of dull, the rest of it will keep your attention. I would recommend this movie to all. In fact, it should be mandatory for schools to show!
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Summary: Good tehnical Si/Fi for the early 70's
Review: Most critics feel this was a so-so film based on its rather flat and predictable story. I think the film is a reflection (the post-60s and start of the enviromental movement's concern for the planet) of its time. In context the film is actually pretty good. Edward G's last film!
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Summary: Excellent Movie
Review: This was a very interesting movie. The story takes place in I think the year 2019 (or is that Blade Runner?) where over-population and food shortages are more than a problem. I haven't read the book, but the movie is based on a book called: Make Room! Make Room! To tell the truth I didn't expect much from this movie, but it is definitely a 'must see' for any sci fi fan. END
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Summary: "Sorry We Went" Green
Review: My wife and I saw this film in his initial theater release, expecting a good couple of hours entertainment, because of our faith in Charlton Heston. Bad move! Though it did depict rather well a bleak Malthusian future, its focus was entirely on efforts to obtain the wondrous Soylent Green as food, since it was so much superior to the other 2 colors. Alas, as soon as we had guessed the "shocking" source of the Green, there was nothing more to this one-trick-pony of a movie.
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Summary: Less fattening, and doesn't taste too bad
Review: Not terribly far into Soylent Green I looked over at my friends and said, "I'd never ever want to have kids if the world was like that." Then I realized how silly my statement is--I don't ever want kids, anyhow! However, that doesn't detract from the in-your-face message of the film: pollution is bad, recycling is a good thing, and never, never, never eat mystery food. I suppose a correlation could be drawn between Soylent Green and Frankenfood. All the other current parallels are obvious, like the greenhouse effect theme, the extinction of species theme, and the dogged survival of retro polyester clothing and cheesy lounge music. The film fits right into that whole dissolution of society genre along with 1984, The Handmaid's Tale, Fahrenheit 451, Logan's Run, and Blade Runner. When it comes right down to it, though, I really only wanted to watch the movie to hear and see Charlton Heston deliver that final and famous line. Little did I realize I'd be watching a darned good movie. The "scoops" in the riot scene made me chortle with glee (yeah, I'm sick). I was also very impressed by the performance of Edward G. Robinson as Charlton Heston's reminiscent flatmate. His death scene is brightly-lit and wonderfully coloured, in stark contrast to the rest of the sickly green film. If I was a sentimental person, I may have shed an emerald-tinted tear. Soylent Green, for all its downsides, must be a pretty nutritious food, though. I saw nary an obese/underweight person. Aside from the queue at the euthanasia clinic, everyone seemed to be in good health, although more than a bit grimy. Is it any wonder Chuck gets so excited at the thought of a shower and a bar of soap? The shower appeals to him even more than the suppliant and beautiful "furniture."
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Summary: Soylent Green is FOOD for THOUGHT!
Review: This "futuristic" movie is a dead giveaway period piece of 1970's culture and sets. The sets look like the back of 3M game packages from the 60's-70's (Remember Twixt, Feudal, Acquire?)and the girls all have hair that betray the era it was made. Originally a novel and made on a relatively small budget. Nonetheless, it is an interesting study of what would be left of us in the event of energy and food shortages with pollution and the destruction of nature. The best aspect of this movie is Heston's role as a COP. It is like a trip back to the old days when they had an expression for the job as "five thousand a year and all you can steal". Opportunity knocks when Heston handles a rich man's murder and discovers luxury like you don't see in 2022. He celebrates his new found treasure which includes a girl, soap, beef and a bottle of bourbon. With the aid of his "book", admirably played by Edward G. Robinson as a former professor now working as a type of librarian police clerk, he discovers that the murder had serious implications on the human condition and eventual destiny of the human race. The knowledge of this horror results in Robinson ending his life by Socratic suicide and Heston dodging assassination attempts by agents hired by Soylent to protect their secret. Heston requires proof of Soylent's scandal and rides the bull to the conclusion which asserts that we are all "Morlock Stew" (with apologies to Mr. Wells). An interesting work, worth a view and the DVD transfer cleans the movie up a bit in a nice widescreen presentation. There are also good additional features which include a party for Robinson acknowledging his 101st picture (also his last..he died shortly afterward) and a section on the making of Soylent Green and the trailer (always interesting because most have nothing to do with the plot that you see on screen) Check it out and spread the word... Soylent Green is...(Gulp!)
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Summary: You Are What You Eat
Review: Richard Fleischer's 1973 film based on a Harry Harrison satire/science fiction novel. A great film about the illusion of progress and growth starring Charleton Heston and Edward G. Robinson.
The year is 2022 and the Earth is a very crowded place. Goods are rationed and actual food products are extremely scarce. People primarily depend on the Soylent Green pill for sustenance as it has all of the nutritional contents human beings need. Charleton Heston is a NY cop who has been assigned to solve the murder of an important figure. His scavenging habits are aided and complemented by his roommate (Edward G. Robinson) who recalls better days when food was plenty and people were not confined to the cramped conditions of their present existence. As he continues his investigation, Heston's character uncovers a sinister conspiracy encompassing the entire planet.
This is a great social satire guised as science fiction not too different from 'Planet of the Apes', '1984', 'Fahrenheit 451', or perhaps some of Azimov's short stories. Definitely a sci-fi classic worthy of watching.
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