The Bubble

1966 "A Spaced Odyssey"
4.8| 1h52m| en| More Info
Released: 21 December 1966 Released
Producted By: Arch Oboler Productions
Country: United States of America
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Revenue: 0
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A couple encounter mysterious atmospheric effects in an airplane and find themselves in a town where people behave oddly.

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Tacticalin An absolute waste of money
WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.
Aedonerre I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.
Candida It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
imrational The plot sounds interesting, like a Twilight Zone episode. However, the acting and script fail to deliver. The special effects (aside from 3d) leave a lot to be desired. For example, in one scene, they use floating rubber masks... like cheap rubber masks you can buy at any Halloween store in October in the United States.So, do not rent this movie for the plot. Where this movie shines is in 3d. This is the type of movie where the plot and acting were incidental. It's entire theme is to show off 3d. You'll be treated to things like a guy raking thin air, with the garden rake filmed to be coming out at you. You have two scenes of a bucket of dirt being lifted towards you, solely included because it looks somewhat cool in 3d. The 3d effects are much better than most 3d movies of today. Things have depth and actually seem to come out of the screen.However, let me reiterate once again, that is the only thing going for this movie.
Liedzeit I always wanted to see a 3D Movie and I finally made it. It felt very odd wearing the funny glasses, but all in all it was well worth it. Some of the effects were amazing, especially the scene with the dancer. I liked that a lot. At other times the effect was more disturbing, especially at the beginning where there was an empty seat in the plane that seemed to be hanging in the air and looked really out of place. But sitting in row 10 and actually believing that you can touch something because it seems to be just in front of you is really amazing. The film itself was not really bad although there is not much of a plot. I enjoyed the eerie feeling, acting was adequate but I had the impression that some scenes were missing. The pilot disappears and reappears for no apparent reason and in the end the nightmare ends for no apparent reason. But if you do not expect to much from the plot you should be able to enjoy the experience.
Stereo3dguy This was not the first polarized 3-D movie by a long shot, as over 50 3-D movies were released in polarized 3-D in 1953 and 1954. Some of those were later downconverted to the inferior red/blue anaglyph format but they were not seen that way upon their initial release.However, this was the first film widely distributed in a single strip/one projector 3-D process instead of the dual strip/dual projector system used in the fifties.The film has been compared to an overlong "Twilight Zone" and that is an apt description. The widescreen 3-D is quite good. It's a bit slow, and the film was cut from the original 112m version to 90 mins for a wide 1976 3-D re-issue under the title FANTASTIC INVASION OF PLANET EARTH. Later 3-D video versions cut it further to 75 mins.Rhino's DVD restores the original title but is the 90 min version, and has been downconverted from polarized to inferior red/blue anaglyph. Still, the red/blue presentation is better than most; and is worth a purchase for 3-D fans. Just don't expect it to look as good as the original polarized glasses version.
rpm-8 Very hokey alien invasion plot but was the first (I think) 3-D movie to use polarized lenses as opposed to the old red/blue 3-D glasses. The effects were , for 1967, awesome and we were duly astounded. We went opening night and the theater in downtown New Orleans was packed. If this wasn't a 3-D movie, however, you could use it as a sedative. They kept the effects paced just enough to keep us all interested. Today it's a curiosity, conversation piece at best.