The Emerald Forest
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Movie Reviews of The Emerald Forest
Movie Review: Boorman's Haunting Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I remember seeing this movie when it came out with a friend, who had to say that "the natives all had perfect teeth." If you're looking for a documentary, then this film is going to disappoint you. However, if you're looking for a beautiful, haunting film, one that will stay with you for a very long time, then this is a film for you. There are a number of themes at work here, everything from the destruction of the rain forest to the white man's influence on "primitive" tribes to a man's search for his son to a couple of swipes at Werner Herzog. The visuals are dazzling, your television never looked so good or so green. Rather than the botched widescreen version of Excaliber, the widescreen version of this film does true justice to the movie. The widescreen does allow you to see more and does take your breath away. While not all of it works (the end at the dam scene just doesn't fit the rest of the picture), enough of it does to leave the viewer wanting much more. The acting is very good but it's the vistas that the viewer will remember. Ok, now, Fox, time for the same treatment to Zardoz! Five stars out of five.Movie Review: An unfairly neglected classic
Summary: 5 Stars
It was heartening to read so many glowing reviews of EF, and see how many people consider it a "favorite" film. It has been a favorite of mine for many years. It is one of the very best films I know of in the "action/adventure" genre, yet transcends that genre with political smarts and vivid subplots. This kind of story used to be featured in magazines like ARGOSY when I was a kid, but on a much pulpier level.One plotline all the other reviewers seem to have missed is the discovery of the prostition ring by the Powers Boothe character late in the film.There is one brief scene in this film which remains my favorite ten or so seconds of film of all time. It sends shivers up my spine every time I see it: the viewer is suddenly transported high up in the air, flying right alongside some eagle-like bird, on some relentless dreamlike mission conjured up by the rainforest tribe and their rituals. Worth waiting for, even if the movie leaves you cold / A GREAT film, from one of the greatest living directors.Movie Review: Get ready to cry
Summary: 5 Stars
This story is even more of a tear jerker because it's based on a true story. When an engineer's very young son is kidnapped by natives in Brazil (The invisible people), his father searches for him but finds nothing. Over the years, the father does his job and oversees a huge dam that may change the area rainforest forever. When he comes upon his son by chance ten years later, he's not even sure at first it's him, he's so native except for the blue eyes and blond hair. His son calls him 'Dream Daddy' and barely recalls his former life.
The love for a son never goes away, and a father must decide to turn against the white man's ideas for progress in order to preserve the way of life of a people he never understood, and resents for taking his boy, but must learn to embrace if he's to help his son and be a part of his life again.
Chrissy K. McVay - Author
Movie Review: The Emerald Forest
Summary: 5 Stars
For anyone who is sick of all the hoopla about the vastly overrated AVATAR, here's a film that ever a tree-hugger could love. THE EMERALD FOREST is an undiscoved gem that I reccommend highly to anyone. The film came out in 1985, and I only rediscovered if based on my daughter's urging, who recently met its star, Powers Booth, at an L.A. event. The young boy in the film is the director's son....he is now a best-selling author who co-wrote LONG WAY ROUND and LONG WAY DOWN with Ewan McGregor. Perhaps it was this film that inspired his adventurous lifestyle. Whatever the reason, THE EMERALD FOREST is leap years ahead of most of the junk that comes across our movie screens nowadays. Please...don't be afraid to revisit some of these older films. I think you'll find the experience far more enriching than a thousand digital effects.Movie Review: Compelling, will grab you and hold you til the end.
Summary: 5 Stars
Another John Boorman stunner. Gorgeously filmed, and well acted, this tells the story of a "developer"(a misnomer if ever there was one) bulldozing the rainforest, whose child suddenly disappears into the jungle. His 10 year search for the boy leads him on an adventure of discovery into the world his work is destroying.
It's a mystery with a surprising hold, all the way through and brings up questions of what is truly civilized, what is true development, and what is devotion, real love and sacrifice.
Gorgeous cinematography, a hallmark of Boorman, is abundant here, and the performance of Boorman's real-life son as the grown lost child is amazing, as are those portraying the native peoples. I highly recommend it.