The Valley of Gwangi
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Movie Reviews of The Valley of Gwangi
Movie Review: Tex'es and Rexes!
Summary: 3 Stars
Horse operas and science fiction have on rare ocassion beenstrange bed fellows ex:"Beast from the hollow mountain" 1956
(I'm Still waiting MGM/UA) And on these rare ocassions these
genres can combine into an interesting enough story to hold
the attention of fans of both sides of the corral. Released
toward the end of the sixty's decade where people's views at
what they watched were changing rapidly and modern western a
mere memory (Sam peckinpah's slow motion ballets of Blood to
the Italian imports) to the old hand animation slowly losing
it's footing This film remains an oddity in itself as family
entertainment,Harryhausen at this stage of his game has time
to dig up an ode to an earlier project of Willis o Brien and
his version of cowboys ropeing dinosaurs seemingly redone in
1947 from Mighty Joe Young. Never the less the story is user
friendly as it surrounds the going ons of a down & out Horse
circus in need of a new act to draw the crowd. The answer is
found in a small cat sized horse which local gipsy say has a
curse of death if not returned to certain lost valley of the
title. Film is centerpieced by cowboy vs. Dinosaurs episodes
But still because of lack of character development you don't
really care about anything else. A minor classic.
Movie Review: About Gila Golan in VOG
Summary: 3 Stars
Gila was a knockout! Due to Franciscus's part in both this and Beneath The Planet of The Apes comparisons have been made of Golan to Linda Harrison (Nova in BTPOTA). I read another found Harrison more attractive but I say Golan is Linda Harrison's physical equal. Golan is also a good actress. Her genuine warmth she demonstrates with the hyracotherium (mini ancient horse) is touching and this and in other ways in the film she shows to be a very fine actress.Movie Review: Campy
Summary: 3 Stars
A step up from BEAST FROM HOLLOW MOUNTAIN ... a fun watch with kids who like dinosaurs. Has the best line in a movie of ths genre --- When a mexican riding a horse is surprised by the beast, he exclaims "Gwangi", turns and rides away. Now I know what "Gwangi" means.Movie Review: Well, nostalgia aint all it's cracked up to be...
Summary: 2 Stars
This is one I should have left in "The Good 'Ol Days." Still, the animation is so cheesy that it is a fun flick.Movie Review: Right down there with Sinbad & Eye of Tiger
Summary: 1 Stars
The film is a total letdown. The blue coloring of Gwangi`s hide, the fake looking oversize props like Gwangi`s head, the rubbery pterasaur, the dwarf that becomes wider & taller when Gwangi snaps him up. How about the annoying trumpeting of the elephant? It is so obviously a human doing a bad, very bad imitation of an elephant. And finally poor Gwangi trapped inside the burning church roaring in pain. This is one film where I wanted the monster to win.