The Emerald Forest
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Movie Reviews of The Emerald Forest
Movie Review: A Young Man's Dream?
Summary: 5 Stars
I had heard a bit about "The Emerald Forest" when it first came out so I got the video as soon as it was available. This is a terrific movie! It has some faults but I am willing to forgive them for the fun, adventure, and excitement that I got from watching this movie.
For openings, the concept is terrific. It may be the worst nightmare for a parent but we, the audience, are spared that knowing that it won't be much of a movie if the son doesn't reappear. It is from the perspective of the son that the story holds its' magic. Suppose you were captured by obscure Amazonian tribesmen around the age of 5 and swept of into the depth of the vast jungle world they live in. I know...lousy food, no indoor plumbing, no TV, etc. etc. etc.. But let's forget about that (and missing mommy and daddy) and consider the adventure of a lifetime.
The story, of course, involves the reuniting of parents and child. It is something like 7-10 years later and our little boy is now a teenager in his Amazonian society. The family members reunite, solve a crisis of modern man, and the boy, now a man in his new society, faces the choice of which world to live in.
The cinematography is outstanding and the infinite possibilities are well-utilized. Some parts of the story slow the movie down a bit but the impact remains profound. This is a movie to watch with just about the whole family. Some of the corruption of the modern world may cross over a line or two but it does fit into the message of the movie. For some reason this outrstanding movie seemed to have come in under the radar as far as audiences went. So what! Watch it and enjoy it for the good movie that it is.
Movie Review: A lecher's paradise
Summary: 5 Stars
Anyone who says they like this movie for the social comments or cultural conflicts will tell you that they buy Playboy for the articles.
This movie takes place in the Amazon jungles. It involves a tribe of mostly naked "Indian" women. These are not giant Amazon beauties. These are petite, but very cute women. It is unrealistic. Native women running nude in the jungle, wearing only paint, do not look that good...so, invitingly smooth and tight. These are not indiginous or native women. These are actresses who have appeared in other movies.
Other than that, this is a pretty good movie. The jungle scenes are gorgeous. These scenes, along with nubian little bodies really transport you to another world...a world of wet dreams.
There is also a very good action story here, with the hero searching for his lost son. There are cannibals and destruction of the rain forest.
But, don't believe that garbage about this being a study of different cultures, of civilization meeting native Americans. It is just a very good action story, with some sex thrown in, using the destruction of the rain forest as a backdrop. It is very mesmerizing and involving. But, it is not very realistic.
The only real problem I have with the movie is that there are some contrived plot twists that you could see were coming. For instance, one character is conveniently killed off as an easy way out of one of the complicated plot lines. It's been done to death on Bananza and other TV series. I think it would have been better to allow this character to live and see how the hero would deal with the situation.
Movie Review: "When You Hear The Toucan, Danger Is Near" ~ A Termite Child From The Dead World
Summary: 5 Stars
Bill Markham (Powers Boothe), an American engineer supervising a development project in the Amazon Rainforest has his young son Tomme (Charley Boorman) abducted by an elusive Indian tribe known as "The Invisible People." Bill spends the next ten years combing the jungles trying to find Tomme and bring him home.
When they are finally reunited Tomme is now a young man and the adopted son of the tribal chief and shaman (Ruy Polanah). He has also chosen a wife and is about to be married. And so the struggle begins, not only between father and son, but between two very foreign cultures in search of mutual understanding and acceptance.
While the two fathers and son work through the implications of their chance meeting danger looms on the horizon. A neighboring tribe of cannibals known as "The Fierce People" will soon attack. The ensuing confrontation will force Bill to join in the battle in an effort to defeat a mutual enemy.
Everything about this film is first rate. Acting (Powers Boothe, Charley Boorman and Ruy Polanah), directing (John Boorman), cinematography, and screenplay. It even has an important message to get across (saving the Rainforest) and does so without preaching to the audience or jeopardizing the integrity of the story.
It has been some twenty years since the release of this film, yet it still remains to be relatively unknown by a vast majority of movie watchers. Why it hasn't received more attention by now is a total mystery to me. This is one of the true undiscovered gems of cinema that everyone should experience. Definitely one of my all-time top ten films!
Movie Review: So . . . what did he say?
Summary: 5 Stars
I have to give this film five stars for all the reasons that the other fans of this movie discuss. This commentary is on an unusual glitch that I discovered with the DVD. I'm referring to the MGM "Contemporary Classics" edition (in case there's another version out there).I was surprised to discover that, when the native people were speaking, some of the subtitling was left off. Moments of indigenous dialogue were left un-subtitled in the VHS version (moments when a character appeared to be saying something like "Move" or "Hey, look."). However, with the DVD, there was one scene where a bit of dialogue that was significant to the development of the plot went unsubtited, and we were all left in the dark. It happened in only one significant scene, that I noticed, and eventually it was apparent what the character had said, but it was still frustrating and strange.
However, I still recommend that you get the DVD. When comparing scenes between the DVD and my old VHS copy (in order to see what had been said during the previously mentioned scene), I discovered that the old pan and scan version occasionally cut out almost 50% of the screen! With a film this beautiful, this is intolerable!
If you have this on VHS and are considering upgrading to DVD, I recommend that you do so - the visual pay-off is great! But keep your hands on the old VHS copy, unless you know the dialogue from memory.
Movie Review: ELLOS AUN SABEN LO QUE NOSOTROS YA OLVIDAMOS...
Summary: 5 Stars
Un mundo en donde se valora la naturaleza, se respeta la fauna, se cuida la flora, donde el hombre sabe que es parte de un equilibrio natural, su mayor tesoro al cual venera, ama y protege a toda costa...eso es lo que nos enseña la "Gente Invisible", indigenas que viven en la selva misma de Brasil; por otro lado, nosotros, los "Hombres Termita", supuestamente civilizados, dedicandonos a destruir SU MUNDO...NUESTRO MUNDO, tan empecinados en la tecnologia que no nos importa destruir el medio ambiente y aun a costa de exterminar a estas personas que han aprendido a adaptarse tan armoniosamente a su medio natural; tribus indigenas donde se valora a la familia, la pareja, la hermandad, el hogar, las tradiciones y a los ancianos... aun a los que nos dejaron, cosas que en la sociedad de hoy ya ni se toma conciencia debido al estilo de vida agitado de las "civilizaciones"; uno mira esta pelicula y se pregunta: ¿QUIEN ES VERDADERAMENTE EL SALVAJE Y QUIEN ES EL CIVILIZADO?¿Que es mejor, la riqueza y libertad de la selva ("El Centro del Mundo" como ellos le llaman) o La carcel de edificios de concreto (el "Mundo Muerto" como le llaman ellos) a lo que llamamos "progreso"?
UNA PELICULA CON UNA GRAN CONCIENCIA ECOLOGICA Y MENSAJE DE AMOR A NUESTRA TIERRA.