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Primeval: New World (2012)
Primeval New World
I liken the first three episodes to the recently seen "Dino Shark verses Giant Octopus" or "Mega Python verses Gatoroid" or possibly "Godzilla"..... Appallingly bad: Rubbish acting , poor music theme, trivial story arcs. The original, give or take a few episodes was really quite good and refreshing. This is about as refreshing as "Road Kill"! One can only hope that the actors receive some actual direction in addition to being provided with a credible script. The characters themselves have no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Where is Danny or James when you need them?? I think I am being somewhat generous with "3 /10"!
Alcatraz (2012)
Editing needs major work. Script is sub par. No real conclusion.
Must have been put together rather quickly . The editing and plot thread is appalling. #1 Toward the end when Tommy has escaped, Rebecca commandeers a blue vehicle which was travelling down a side street , yet when she drives away there are at least two police vehicles parked (yes parked) behind her car. Just not possible. #2 Breaking into a car equipped with a burglar alarm would be pretty difficult to hot wire and yet that is what happened. (I might be wrong on the mechanics here.) #3 The car chase was right out of "Bullit". Hard to pass a car (green bug) twice. The detail of putting his seat belt on (as if), once again a carbon copy of the same movie. #4 How come Diego managed to track the vehicles so quickly??
African Cats (2010)
Real wildlife
This was (in my humble opinion), one of the better "wildlife movies" I have seen. Sure, there were not too many scenes of carnage but neither was the footage sanitized to that with what we are traditionally used to with Disney. A pretty good narration by Jackson and brilliant cinematography results in a rather good portrayal of life and death in central Africa.
If there is a little anthropomorphism so what? The overall cinematography was a great compliment to the music and I would think anyone leaving the theatre would admit to almost smelling the Masai Mara in all of its majesty. John P Nightingale