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Post by anthonyrocks on Sept 29, 2018 13:47:01 GMT
very Very VERY Underrated Movie!
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Post by petrolino on Sept 29, 2018 13:55:31 GMT
Enjoyable movie. I bought the dvd.
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Post by kolchak92 on Sept 29, 2018 14:16:02 GMT
I love how similar it really is to Jaws when you think about it.
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Post by politicidal on Sept 29, 2018 14:16:34 GMT
I always liked it. Suspenseful atmosphere, creepy narration, gory kills, and a good cast.
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Post by ravi02 on Sept 29, 2018 17:03:24 GMT
A fun horror yarn with two enjoyable leads, creepy atmosphere and nice African locations.
We need more period movies about killer animals!
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Post by Nalkarj on Sept 29, 2018 17:13:47 GMT
I liked it without loving it—but I don’t understand at all how panned it was by critics who are otherwise sympathetic to these types of movies. (I’m thinking of Ebert.) Kilmer was dreadful in this, but I loved Michael Douglas’s Robert Shaw-like ham-acting, the sets, the costumes, the gorgeous scenery, and, as politicidal mentioned, the gory kills. Fun cross between an African adventure and a horror flick. |
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Post by politicidal on Sept 29, 2018 17:42:50 GMT
I liked it without loving it—but I don’t understand at all how panned it was by critics who are otherwise sympathetic to these types of movies. (I’m thinking of Ebert.) Kilmer was dreadful in this, but I loved Michael Douglas’s Robert Shaw-like ham-acting, the sets, the costumes, the gorgeous scenery, and, as politicidal mentioned, the gory kills. Fun cross between an African adventure and a horror flick. Yeah I'm puzzled by its reception too. Apparently even the director wasn't happy. It's sufficient safari/suspense fare. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 29, 2018 17:42:52 GMT
Saw them recently at the Field Museum in Chicago.   have not read this but might be of interest  . |
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Post by OldAussie on Sept 29, 2018 18:05:52 GMT
In one of his books William Goldman writes that the 2 best real life stories he stumbled across were what became Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Ghost and The Darkness. He could never understand how one was a monumental hit and the other bombed so badly.
Such is the movie business.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 29, 2018 18:24:06 GMT
OldAussie Maybe too many people sympathized with the lions ? Death of an animal seems harder to take than human deaths ? The Old Yeller / Cujo syndrome ?
Even knowing their awful history, it's sad seeing them stuffed in a museum and knowing their names. Rather like Trigger and Bullet being on display at the Roy Rogers Museum. 
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Post by anthonyrocks on Sept 29, 2018 18:32:05 GMT
Saw them recently at the Field Museum in Chicago. have not read this but might be of interest . WOW, They look Pretty BIG. |
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Sept 29, 2018 18:51:16 GMT
Didn't like it at all. Ignoring the BS in the story about how many were killed by the lions, there is an ugly morality to the whole thing.
Nothing about the railroad encroaching into wild areas which should have been an obvious point, and a rather sadistic scene with a monkey used as bait.
When Kilmer is talking to the black guy about why the Muslim and Hindu workers fight, and he says: the Hindus worship the cattle and the Muslims eat them--Kilmer asks: do you eat the cattle? and he replies "of course." Felt like a forced remark just to make the Hindus look foolish or weird.
And at the end, we see Kilmer and the Muslim foreman exchange waves. The Hindus remain anonymous as I recall. Why?
At the time I was thinking: that's really strange. Why the favoritism towards Muslims?
Now I understand (muslims are your friends-bring them into your community in large numbers), but back then the propaganda was a bit surprising.
It's an anti-Nature type of film and Jaws was the same, however it did it better.
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Post by teleadm on Sept 29, 2018 19:18:08 GMT
Interesting and overlooked, based on an amzing true story, lions killing humans for fun. I haven't seen the earlier 3-D version.  1952  Loosely based on the same story  Indian version 2005, the lions are replaced by tigers. |
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Post by Marv on Sept 29, 2018 19:27:43 GMT
I like it but haven’t seen it in some time. I own it. Maybe I’ll give it a go later.
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Post by vegalyra on Sept 29, 2018 22:15:38 GMT
I've always loved this film. I ended up reading John Patterson's book (see above), and read some of his other works. He wrote two books about his service in WW1. He served as commander of the Jewish Legion in the Middle East and wrote a book about Gallipoli too. He was a very distinguished soldier and his books are interesting to read.
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Post by anthonyrocks on Sept 30, 2018 3:27:19 GMT
What does everybody else here think ?
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 30, 2018 3:29:37 GMT
What does everybody else here think ? Would like to read why YOU feel that it is "underrated". What did you particularly like about it ? |
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Post by anthonyrocks on Sept 30, 2018 3:31:06 GMT
What does everybody else here think ? Would like to read why YOU feel that it is "underrated". What did you particularly like about it ? Well so far I have only seen a few people that liked it while just about everybody else I have spoken to about it has either not seen it or didn't really care for it. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 30, 2018 3:35:16 GMT
Would like to read why YOU feel that it is "underrated". What did you particularly like about it ? Well so far I have only seen a few people that liked it while just about everybody else I have spoken to about it has either not seen it or didn't really care for it. In your OP, you said that it was a "very Very VERY Underrated Movie!" so it sounds like you really Really REALLY liked it .. but ……. Have you seen it ? |
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Post by anthonyrocks on Sept 30, 2018 3:36:07 GMT
Well so far I have only seen a few people that liked it while just about everybody else I have spoken to about it has either not seen it or didn't really care for it. In your OP, you said that it was a "very Very VERY Underrated Movie!" so it sounds like you really Really REALLY liked it .. but ……. Have you seen it ? Of course, I bought when it first came out on VHS 22 Years Ago. Now I also own it on DVD. |
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