"The Day of the Triffids" is not like any other sci-fi movie. It all begins with Bill Masen (Howard Keel) in a hospital with bandages over his eyes. There is an impressive light show outside, but the staff reminds him that he needs to keep the bandages over his eyes. The next morning, no one comes to remove the bandages, so Bill removes them himself, and finds the whole hospital a mess. It turns out that everyone who watched the light show has gone blind. So, the already blind people become the leaders of the world.
However, that's only half the story. The other half is that the light show has sent rays to these plants called triffids, which come to life and start eating people. So now, people are blind and have to flee the unseen enemy.
Personally, I think that they could have just made it so that people went blind; if they'd done that, the movie would have been a lot more interesting. The part about the plants coming to life made it kind of silly. But even so, it's a most interesting movie.
P.S.: I'm currently in St. Petersburg, Russia, for the semester, and I was quite surprised to find that my host family has a Russian version of the book on which this movie was based.
However, that's only half the story. The other half is that the light show has sent rays to these plants called triffids, which come to life and start eating people. So now, people are blind and have to flee the unseen enemy.
Personally, I think that they could have just made it so that people went blind; if they'd done that, the movie would have been a lot more interesting. The part about the plants coming to life made it kind of silly. But even so, it's a most interesting movie.
P.S.: I'm currently in St. Petersburg, Russia, for the semester, and I was quite surprised to find that my host family has a Russian version of the book on which this movie was based.