The Naked Jungle
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Movie Reviews of The Naked Jungle
Movie Review: The stars are for the movie itself...
Summary: 5 Stars
...not for the studio releasing this DVD. And for "Reviewer: B. Graham "Mercmoon" who should get real info. Although I've seen this one at the time it was released in theaters, and have been waiting for it since the beginning of DVDs, I was almost sure it was widesceen (as is IMDB). Now I'm 100% sure since it's going to be released in France in the original screen ratio of 1.77. FULLSCREEN AS AN OPTION IS UNDERSTANDABLE, AS THE DEFAULT IT IS IS UNACCEPTABLE!!!! And when they add "This film has been formatted to fit your screen", it's only adding insult to injury, since the result does not 'fit' my screen, it's disgracing it!!! If FBI, Interpol, etc, would fine those studios for their contempt of intellectual & artistic property (botching the format being worse than common piracy), they could be regarded as really enforcing copyrights, and not as the helpers enforcing crookery!!!!Movie Review: Don't worry about no WIDESCREEN, it was shot FULL FRAME
Summary: 5 Stars
Picture looks great, and audio is quite adequate. But my real point in this 'review' space is to let you know that this film was not shot in a wide screen format. It was shot full frame and then later matted for wide screen in some theatres as wide screen was not all over the place yet in late 1953 and early 1954, when this film came out. Paramount would do well to mention on their boxes this information as I'm sure it has kept people away from buying it. But please, understand that all but a very very small number of films before 1954 even SHOULD be in wide screen (or letterbox if you prefer), as it was not used in the photography of the films, and theatres generally weren't even equipped to show films in wide screen until mid-fifties.Movie Review: Man vs. Nature.
Summary: 5 Stars
Or is it The White Man vs. the Third World? Or Science vs. Nature? Whatever the theme, the movie, based on the short story Leiningen vs. The Ants by Carl Stephenson, takes 45 minutes before we even hear the word ant. Many people might see that as flaw but I see it as a sign of a good story - they spend half of the movie building up the characters before the ants come to bring them down. Charlton Heston plays the main character and the sexy Eleanor Parker plays his mail-order bride. Both are strong willed, with plans for the future and neither like to back down.
When one adds a army of ants, 20 miles long and 2 miles wide, heading right for the plantation, you change the film from a pretty good one to a great one.
Movie Review: Forget the ants, it's about Freud!
Summary: 5 Stars
When I was a kid I freaked out about the ants eating up a guy that falled sleep... I haven't falled sleep on open country since. When I saw the movie again, more aged, the ant thing was secondary. The main thing was divorced Eleanor Parker going to the jungle to marry a guy that only wants NEW things... and can not return her until the next boat. So they stick together for a while. And then Eleanor Parker says best sounding pianos are those that have been played, and then you get me all sold out. This picture has drama in and out the ants. And here is where superdoper fx movies fall short today. It's a bit racist too, but hey! that's the storyline.Movie Review: Wow!
Summary: 5 Stars
Charlton Heston is a handsome, troubled man who has his brother send him a mate. He has a beautiful home in the jungle and I guess is too busy to find his own. Are there any women in the jungle? Not any like Spitfire, Eleanor Parker, which shocks him with her beauty and personality. She is also shocked with his masculine body and good looks. There are times when you would like to smack him around, but then... The romance is definately there, he tries to protect her from ... well you'll see. It's romantic in an animal-like way. The ending is great! I love the action and the Romance!!