BlazeLime Strong and Moving!

Pluskylang Great Film overall

Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

themidnightoriginal i've been watching this film forever and it's not the biggest deal in the world why is Lynne Frederick's character Kendra Eldridge barefooted??? none of the two scientists ask why she is shoe-less or in her bare feet nor does she ever explain??? i know that in the end of the movie it makes sense as she's easier too capture by a group of ants smaller than herself attacking her vulnerable naked feet with convenience still unknown too what they use too turn her into their queen???

Wizard-8 After hearing over the years a number of positive things about this cult movie - such as it being the feature length debut for title designer Saul Bass - I was sure to catch a viewing of it when recently it played on Turner Classic Movies. After actually watching it, though, I was kind of mystified by its strong cult status. My guess is that a lot of its fan base consists of people who indulge in certain narcotics. That's because the movie is filled with admittedly strong visuals, ranging from extremely close up photography of insects to desert landscapes. The look of the movie does have some compelling power. However, it isn't enough to hide the fact that the script has some major weaknesses. The human characters are kind of vague and undefined, and the story has some plot points that are not properly explained. Had these script weaknesses been corrected before filming started, we might have had something here, but as it is, the movie is for the most part just (admittedly) pleasant eye candy.

AaronCapenBanner Michael Murphy and Nigel Davenport play two scientists studying the recent peculiar behavior of ants after a strange outer space phenomenon has occurred. They rescue a young woman(played by Lynne Frederick) who has survived an ant attack that destroyed her family and farm. Seems the(normal) sized ants have evolved into a collective intelligence, and are studying them as well, in the next step of mutual evolution...Weird(to say the least)film is nonetheless quite original and intelligent; seems to be partially inspired by "2001: A Space Odyssey", and though not a masterpiece, still contains some quite striking visual imagination and ambition(courtesy of director Saul Bass) and a mind-bending ending that gives much to ponder. A thought-provoking Sci-Fi film that deserves to be better known.

irearly One of the spate of "environmental" sci-fi movies that came out in the wake of 2001, SILENT RUNNING comes to mind as well as the superficially similar (to PHASE IV) THE HELLSTROM CHRONICLE, this movie has the benefit of some good macro photography of various ants (and, if I remember my days in California, a blue-black wasp with orange feelers and wings known as a "tarantula hawk"). I saw it again last night on the final day of SIFF. Included was the "long lost" alternate ending which was influenced (obviously) by 2001 and some other obscure films like THE MASK (Julian Roffman's 1961 3-D extravaganza) and William Cameron Menzie's, also a noted designer, THE MAZE.The movie is a bit dated and clearly "hooie" although I remember it as being a bit more convincing when I saw it in a theater in 1974. The alternate ending would have made it a better movie experience although it resolved nothing and is basically a montage of surreal, suggestive imagery.Will anyone ever get a chance to see this? Some have. You might. Do it if you can.