Mogambo
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Movie Reviews of Mogambo
Movie Review: Good film with an excellent ending and a great cast:3.5 stars.
Summary: 4 Stars
"Mogambo" (1953) is a good film with an excellent ending that makes you want to watch it again. Of course, the great cast and the place where the story was filmed help, and a lot.
This movie was directed by John Ford, and filmed in Africa. The plot is simple, but quite effective. Victor Marswell (Clark Gable) is a safari guide whose like is disrupted when a beautiful woman, Eloise Kelly (Ava Gardner), shows up at his camp, looking for a majarajah. Unfortunately for her, her "acquaintance" has left and she has to remain in the camp at least until the next boat arrives. Eloise starts to fall for Victor, and their attraction seems mutual, but not meant to be.
However, things are further stirred up when a couple, Professor Donald Nordley (Donald Sinden) and his wife Linda (Grace Kelly) arrive to Victor?s complex for a safari. The problem is that now Eloise likes Victor, Victor is attracted to Linda, and Linda has feelings for Victor but is married to Donald, who is not aware of what is happening around him and is only interested in looking for gorillas.
Of course, that situation is a good recipe for entertainment. Throw in a great scenery and some wild animals, and you have a very entertaining movie. All in all, I give this movie 3.5 stars, and I think it is worthwhile to recommend it :)
Belen Alcat
Movie Review: Gable re-makes Red Dust!
Summary: 4 Stars
It's not often that a major star is given the opportunity to star in a re-make of a film. It's happened twice, that I know of: Clark Gable did it in Mogambo (a re-make of Red Dust) and Betty Grable re-made Coney Island as Wabash Avenue. However, I am here to ask if anyone has noticed that the DVD of Mogambo looks very soft and blurry in the wide shots. It's only in the close-up scenes that the picture looks sharp and clear. So many reviewers on this site focus on the stars, the director and the story, which is all well and good, but it would be very helpful if there were more emphasis on the picture and sound qualities of the DVDs as well. A great movie can suffer from poor sound and picture quality. It's a shame that some of the major studios do not bother to remaster some of their prints before releasing them. Come on guys, always strive to do better.Movie Review: Raw Sexuality Without any Sex
Summary: 4 Stars
Mogambo is great look at 1950's film making. John Ford does his usual beautiful landscapes, Gable his smirks with nod, Ava Gardner totally out there sex with nary a touch and Grace Kelly in pot boiling wish I could have sex, but it's not nice on screen innocence.
It was a different age, but stories and sexual tension were sometimes played better because they were off screen.
We also get a glimpse of the cultural images of what made men, men and women, women and the then as now existing confusion. I purchased it because I will use it to teach my grandchildren some of my childhood. It is also a helpful piece to see some changes that have not been made. A fun watch if only because acting styles have changed, but still hold!
Movie Review: John Ford's take on Africa is good enough
Summary: 4 Stars
It seems like this film has either been poorly edited or shot in quite a hurry, because the story plot is not developed well enough. Things happen too brusquely. It has a beautiful photography, though, interesting scenes and characterizations. But it needed more minutes. I want to believe that it wasn't Ford's intention to tell the story this way, but the film is failed nontheless.
I can't help compare it to Hawks' Hatari (great classic) or Huston's African Queen (good) or many other great directors take on the African splendors.
As a homage to the best director in film histoy, John Ford, it is a mandatory film to be watched, and respected as what it could have really been, another great classic.
Movie Review: Sweet
Summary: 4 Stars
A very sweet movie with a lot of old attitudes. I wish Ava's character was stronger and tougher and Clark Gable is maybe getting a bit to old to be so irresistible. Worth it anyway.