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Post by ck100 on Sept 26, 2021 6:18:37 GMT
Somehow a little Aussie movie came out in the U.S. 35 years ago with an unknown Aussie lead and ended up becoming one of the highest-grossing films of 1986. "Fish-out-of-water" stories seemed to be the thing in 1986 with this and Star Trek IV. Too bad Paul Hogan became a "one hit wonder" for movies even though he did two sequels to this film and had done a few other films.
Leonard Maltin Movie Guide Review:
Crocodile Dundee (1986) - 3 out of 4 stars
"Amiable, laid-back Aussie comedy (that became an enormous world-wide hit) about an adventurer who shows a pretty American reporter around the bush country, then accompanies her to the equally strange terrain of N.Y.C. Irresistibly simple and old-fashioned, with a sweetness that's rare in modern comedies. Hogan, making his movie debut, also cowrote the screenplay (reportedly inspired by TARZAN'S NEW YORK ADVENTURE). For American release quotation marks were added around CROCODILE--lest anyone think it was about a reptile! Followedy by two sequels. Panavison."
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Post by Hurdy Gurdy Man on Sept 26, 2021 9:07:57 GMT
I dislike it. It's a movie where nothing happens of any consequence. The jungle trek and the city hijinks are both insufferably mundane.
The sequel is a lot better. It has a story, a plot and some decent action.
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Post by politicidal on Sept 26, 2021 12:42:06 GMT
Surprised they haven’t tried to remake it with Chris Hemsworth or something.
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Post by vegalyra on Sept 26, 2021 13:21:31 GMT
Fun film, I remember Mom taking my brother and I to see it at the theater. My brother and I tried to imitate Dundee’s accent and lines the rest of the weekend. Particularly the “That’s not a knife, this is a knife.”
The scenery was real nice in the Australian portion. I think part 2 was better overall but it was still a really great comedy for the time. I remember it kicked off a big awareness for all things Australian.
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Post by Mulder and Scully on Sept 26, 2021 14:38:48 GMT
It's an 80s classic. The aussie centric humor unqiue and Paul Hogan brings an old school leading man charm as Mick Dundee, similar to guys like Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood. CD has one of the greatest endings of all time. Not a lot of times you see the girl run after the guy. |
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Post by Lux on Sept 26, 2021 18:06:40 GMT
Poor man's Indiana Jones.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Sept 27, 2021 1:49:15 GMT
6/10 Nice film.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Sept 27, 2021 4:54:01 GMT
Surprisingly, the sequel is better.
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