The Lawnmower Man (1992)

As Good As It Gets

Absolutely brilliant

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

There's only one word that keeps coming to mind when I think of The Lawnmower Man....creative! Very creative, imaginative movie. And Jeff Faheys performance as Jobe, holy hotcakes, he knocked it out of the park! So what are the downfalls of The Lawnmower Man, I mean, certainly, there has to be some reason why this film is ranking at such a low level. Can you overlook the cheesy CGI? Can you overlook some of the choppy sequences? And can you please overlook that this was a short story by Stephen King. ( Stephen King, uh, you should have been thanking them, instead of suing them, I mean, this movie was not that bad. They even made a reference to Firestarter for you, you know, the whole Shop thing, oh, your a hard man to please, aren't you, King?) For myself, I thought the movie was not bad at all. You'll need some patience, that's about it. The good stuff doesn't happen until about the last 45 minutes, but that's okay, because the film does a decent job of telling a smooth, compelling tell up until then. The last 45 minutes, it's as if the dam breaks loose, and suddenly everything is coming apart at the seams, everything happening so fast. This is what I mean by choppy, it was once a solid, smooth tale, and now its rushing a few things here and there. Can I forgive? Sure! This was made all the way back in 1992, we arguably still made good movies then, so given its time period, I think this stood out very well. ( And it really did. If you look, this movie did not bomb, despite the bad reviews. It got its money back. It was successful. Nobody wants to talk about that.) When we finally get to the, uh, scenes where Jobe gets his revenge, two of them left me with the "what the puck" moment. The lawnmower scene makes up for the two of those scenes put together! Forgiven. So the verdict is in: Great story, powerhouse performance from Jeff, imaginative, inventive stuff going on here, bizarre, weird film, we will call it unique here, keep my attention even past the two hour mark, and a goosebump, hair raising, chilling ending to it all. I give it 7 out of 10. Did, uh, the rest of you boneheads who rate this watch the same movie, or what?

Jeff Fahey plays an unconvincing idiot being experimented upon by Pierce Brosnan. The graphics as well as his suit comes from Tron. Fahey acquires superhuman powers from doing chemicals and playing video games (I tried to tell mom that was okay.) He then gets a god complex and thinks he is Gary Mitchell from Star Trek's "Where No Man Has Gone Before" as the movie moves from an interesting science fiction film to a "B" movie.Sex, brief nudity, and the F-bomb. Rest in Peace James R. Kirk.

I remember watching "The Lawnmower Man" back in 1992 when it was initially released, and I do remember it as being a good movie, and I do remember that I was rather impressed with the effects in the movie.Then I returned to watch "The Lawnmower Man" in 2017, and boy was I sorely disappointed. Not only is the story in the movie rather mundane and so far fetched, especially with the way that VR has turned out today and that the story and its predictability of the future of VR was so exaggerated and off course. But also because the special effects were hopelessly outdated and painful to watch.The cast in the movie was actually quite alright, although I only remember that Jeff Fahey and Geoffrey Lewis were in the movie. I had totally forgotten that it was Pierce Brosnan that had the lead role. It was a nice treat to see Dean Norris in the movie as well.The storyline in "The Lawnmower Man" wasn't particularly thrilling or captivating. Sure, it was entertaining back in the day, because it was innovative and new. But if you watch it today, then you don't get half as much enjoyment out of it as you would have back in 1992.For a movie back in 1992, then the special effects and CGI weren't even all that impressive, not when you take into consideration other movies from the same period of time.All in all, then "The Lawnmower Man" is a thing of the past, and it should remain there wrapped in the fond memories that one might have had back then.

This is a campy sci-fi horror movie that just isn't that horrifying or entertaining to watch. And despite the title, it doesn't have almost anything to do with the Stephen King's novel of the same name. As a matter of fact I was bored when I saw this flick. I gotta admit the main reason I decided to check this movie out is because of the release of the movie "Transcendence". Maybe this flick was actually really good when it came out, despite the crappy CGI even for when this movie came out. Although it's worse than Saturday morning TV shows now. The plot in this is about a scientist that believes that virtual reality is the wave for the future for human enhancement, testing it out on a mentally handicapped guy that mows lawns for a living. And it alters his brains to the point he becomes super smart and able to use telepathy, telekinesis and soon other ridiculous powers. Watching this movie was like watching "Flowers for Algernon" with virtual reality. There is parts with a Roman Catholic priest, but I still don't know why he was in this flick since it just didn't have much relevance to the plot. Who knows maybe I just missed something. I give this movie some credit for it's symbolism to represent technology as more than the means of sending and receiving information. Despite the fact that I found it ridiculous when it came to the movie's perception of technology. How the movie is pointing to the notion that we are dealing with higher dimensions that we can plug into on a mental and spiritual level and our physical bodies don't matter anymore. That people can transcend and enter into the virtual world and live forever as bits of data. Interesting idea though and I guess when it comes to the perception of technology, it's ahead of it's time because people are still trying to find the means to do that. I actually feel like trying the Oculus Rift now.4/10