merelyaninnuendo The Invisible ManLet's face it, this kind of a project is always tricky to make even for a Dark Universal Studios since they represent these weird and out of the box concepts because it is the closest one to the realistic world. And yes, there are flaws in the movie and some loopholes too but as all these films contains, it has a heart and genuine reasons in it. The Invisible Man seems petty and childish on screen and maybe it is because it isn't executed to that level or either its just poor writing because even being of only around 70 minutes, it seems long enough to allow the audience wander off the movie. James Whale who did a tremendous job in Frankenstein seems distracted here from the goal as it focuses more on the "entertainment" clause leading into sometimes exhaustion or even unreasonable sequences. But despite all these negativity, there is a great performance hidden in there and also amusing characters and content even though far stretched; it is there.

alexanderdavies-99382 I don't care how old this film is, "The Invisible Man" from 1933 is still a masterpiece of acting, direction, writing and special effects.Claude Rains made the leading character his own - even though he is only seen briefly at the end. His distinctive voice gives the character of Jack Griffin much depth. Una O' Connor is delightful as the hysterical pub landlady. The director James Whale had to contain his laughter whilst her scenes were filmed.One of the key scenes in this film, is when Griffin's colleagues make a disturbing and startling discovery when they search his laboratory.There is a good sense of humour that goes hand in hand with the more horrific details.Boris Karloff was originally offered the leading role for "The Invisible Man" but he turned it down when he discovered he was going to be bandaged for most of the film.The suspense never lets up and the running time rushes by - thanks to a strong narrative.The special effects hold up very well, considering the age of this film.The final scene packs quite a jolt.Enjoy this film, you won't be disappointed.

Idiot-Deluxe "An invisible man can rule the world - nobody will see come - nobody will see him go, he can hear evvvery secret! HE CAN ROB! AND WRECK! AND KILL!" "Your father! Clever! HAHA! You think he can help me? He's got the brain of a tape-worm - a maggot, beside mine.""Power to make multitude's run squealing in terror at the touch of my little invisible finger!" Now this is a fun movie! Yet another classic offering from the unbeatable combination of Horror-Maestro James Whale and the Universal Studio of the 1930's. I must have seen this one 50 or 60 times over the years and I for one, NEVER grow tired of watching this magnificent mega-classic. To me The Invisible Man is one of those rare films that possesses infinite replay value.The Invisible Man is the film debut of the renowned British stage/screen actor Claude Rains and the performance he gives (to my way of thinking) is the all-time best and most exciting film debut of any actor, ever. The man was simply a natural in front of the camera. It's his fantastically maniacal voice (especially during the "invisble scenes"), in combination with the amazingly well-done FX, that carry this remarkably cutting-edge film. For 1933 standards The Invisible Man must have represented the ultimate in high-tech film-making; but not without an immense effort from FX-Maestro John P. Fulton and a small army of "retoucher's". That's a story in and of itself and I'll get to that later.The movie, like most of Whales output, moves along at a brisk clip (remember this film is barely 70 minutes long) and is very tightly paced, there's not one wasted frame and every scene has a definite purpose and one could say that there's not an ounce of fat on The Invisible Man. Typical of a James Whales horror film, you'll hear an abundance of some of the most singularly colorful and sparkling dialog (mostly from the mouth of the Invisible Man himself) ever written for film, combined with the dementedly demonic, white-hot delivery that Claude Rains brought to the role. R.C. Sheriff's script is brilliantly written and in scene after scene proves invaluable to the films overall effect. The one-of-a-kind voice of Cluade Rains is a combination of, 1. a heavy Cockney accent, 2. a set of vocal chords which had been affected in WW1 via: mustard-gas attack and 3. a voice tempered and strengthened by many years of stage performing. This ultimately shaped what was one of cinema's most distinctive and versatile voices. Whale cast Rains largely on the strength of his voice and also due to his wicked laugh. Claude Rains simply had a loud and dementedly devilish laugh, it was the type of laugh that could upstage the unwholesome chortlings of a dying rabid hyena and it's truly an electrifying thing to hear. Claude's just plain bat-sh*t crazy!I won't discuss the plot, but rest assured the Invisible Man has a lot of deadly and demonic fun (these are the films most ticklish scenes) and he also get's revenge on a certain traitorous doctor ("I hope your car's insured Kemp. I'm afraid there's going to be a nah-sty accident in a moment, a very nah-sty accident."), before he's finally dealt with by the law. The Invisible Man is a fast-paced and boundlessly entertaining, hi-tech horror and a true classic of the era and genre and with the exception of BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, The Invisible Man is James Whales best horror film. Second only to The Bride.A Word On The Special Effects: In layman's terms, the invisibility effects were achieved with a combination of an actor who was clad from head-to-toe in black velvet (probably a skin-tight catsuit) and was filmed in front of large sheet of black velvet, essentially a wall of velvet. The footage was then super-imposed onto footage that showed the setting and the rest of the cast. The results, as you'll see, are confoundingly brilliant, though not perfect, at least not from the start; some residual visual distortions remained, which marred the overall effect. To perform the finishing touches were a group of people armed with paint brushes, these were the "the retoucher's" and their job was to meticulously hand-paint each individual film-cell, which removed the last remaining traces of the invisible man and only then was he truly invisible.For those not yet familiar with the Invisible Man, I could not recommend more highly that you seek this classic out. Particularly the Blu-ray, because Universal (as part of their centennial anniversary) put together an astonishingly beautiful Hi-Def transfer and it's -very easily- the best The Invisible Man has ever looked or sound....................buy a copy today, it rules.

atinder I just seen this movie for the first time and I thought it as really good The movie was very funny couldn't stop laughingThe old lady that kept in screaming was funny at first but as the movie goes that dose get a bit annoyingI also felt that There were some scenes that felt forced at time, when felt liked I was watching stage show I did find it very odd and funny but I don't understand How the news made a paper before body was moved from the bar I really liked fest of the movie As it flowed really wellMost of acting was really good at time I going to give this movie 7 out of 10