![]() 'Anaconda' slithers onto a BD-50 disc with a 1080p/AVC MPEG-4 (2.40:1 aspect ratio) encode that isn't spectacular, but it's still a step up from the DVD. Don't you just love it when everything falls into place? And if we could bring in someone from ' Deliverance' to star in this film, it would really complete the whole package!"Īnd that's not just the story of how the anacondas found their voice, but also how Jon Voight landed the role. "Well you know, we could always have them squeal like a pig. Good idea - Let's throw that into the boiling pot. "They sure are… I get the willies whenever I watch an MGM movie. "How about a roar? I saw a movie once that had lions in it. We really need to think outside the box for this one." "Okay, now the topic at hand is making these snakes sound scary. I mean, this anaconda must be the snake world's Jones from 'Police Academy.' I don't know who exactly came up with this concept, but I'll tell you this - I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall during that roundtable discussion: Anybody who has watched a nature documentary would know this, but the presentation here feels like nobody bothered to do any research.Įven more ridiculous are the serpent's sound effects. The bigger the snake, the more sluggish it gets - that's a fact. The ambush predator somehow sheds its ambush predator skin, and now we have a massive anaconda zipping along at lightning fast speeds when that just isn't biologically possible. Instead of keeping the snake mostly hidden from view and nabbing unsuspecting victims by surprise, the filmmakers chose to show off their stuff and brought everything out into the wide open during the third act of the film. My beef isn't really with the use of an animatronic snake or the now severely dated CGI, but rather the overuse of this technology. The biggest downfall of the movie is the snake itself. I didn't get a director vibe from her at all, that's all I'm saying. ![]() Owen Wilson suffers the same fate he does in 'Armageddon' and 'The Haunting,' and Lopez herself isn't necessarily bad, but I can't remember her barking out a single order. Stoltz had it pretty easy by not doing much besides lay around unconscious with a sweaty Lopez dabbing a damp cloth on his forehead, although I can't fault him for that I suppose. ![]() If you've seen any Ice Cube movie, simply take that performance and you have Danny. The characters are so one-dimensional that nobody (aside from Voight who seems to relish every minute of hamming it up) does anything worthwhile. Except the group doesn't realize that there is a method to Sarone's madness - as he is secretly hot on the trail of a monster anaconda, and he isn't about to let anything or anyone stand in the way of getting his prize.Įven with a cast full of familiar faces, the film is still unable to climb out of the ordinary. The shady character creeps out the crew, but in exchange for the lift, the kooky hunter conveniently offers to guide them to the area where he claims to have seen the tribe. The plot thickens, however, when the mysterious Paul Sarone (Jon Voight) joins the party after a mishap leaves him stranded and in need of assistance. Her crew consists of a bunch of stereotypical caricatures including streetwise cameraman Danny (Ice Cube), the snooty British host of the program Westridge (Jonathan Hyde), sexy production assistant Denise (Kari Wührer), and hunky sound mixer Gary (Owen Wilson). Tagging along for the ride is his director girlfriend Terri Flores (Jennifer Lopez)-hoping to document the entire expedition for National Geographic. Steven Cale (Eric Stoltz) - who pronounces every syllable in his sentences with extra em-pha-sis - charters a boat on the Amazon to track down the lost civilization. On a quest to study an elusive tribe of natives known as the "People of the Mist," Dr. The result is a cheese-fest that ends up going a little too "big" for its own good. The only problem is, in trying to make his run-of-the-mill creature-feature look like an epic extravaganza, he completely throws the laws of nature, physics, and even logic out the window. The man takes a typical Sci-Fi Channel movie-of-the-week screenplay and attempts to spray a can of Michael Bay all over it. What do you get when director Luis Llosa thinks the "B" in "B-movie" stands for "blockbuster?" Why, you get his 1997 abomination 'Anaconda' of course.
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