Bird of Paradise

the underwater shots were neat!

the underwater shots were neat!

It did have a good score and looked pretty good. However, this racist and misogynistic swill still sucks butt. The constantly shifting colors were about give me an aneurysm, not sure if that’s an issue with the version Amazon uses, or if all color restored films back then are a lost cause. 

Also, to you horny bastards that have this shit rated high because of Joel McCrea, he wasn’t even that hot smh

It did have a good score and looked pretty good. However, this racist and misogynistic swill still sucks butt. The constantly shifting colors were about give me an aneurysm, not sure if that’s an issue with the version Amazon uses, or if all color restored films back then are a lost cause. 

Also, to you horny bastards that have this shit rated high because of Joel McCrea, he wasn’t even that hot smh

I had never seen a movie like this one before, it reminded me of some books that I have read....Anyway, it was good (even though some scenes have not aged well, some others were quite impressive).
*That ending though.....

I had never seen a movie like this one before, it reminded me of some books that I have read....Anyway, it was good (even though some scenes have not aged well, some others were quite impressive).
*That ending though.....

Pros:- Young, strapping Joel McNamara half-naked for so much of the film- Rather fantastic visual effects- Beautiful lighting and composition

Prose:

I like King Vidor’s films, even with the fact that the adventure genre - at least with how it exists within wester media - is colonialist drivel, fetishizing the “uncivilized world” as something ripe for the taking, a wilderness meant to be tamed. This time around that wilderness that is meant to be tamed is a woman! How novel, I said sarcastically. At the very least, in true Vidor fashion, the film is beautiful to look at. He has always made great use of contrast in his work, and restorations of his films have always kept that spirit intact. The fetishization and exotification here comes with an eroticism that may or may not have been intended, especially with McNamara’s body on display for so much of the film. Can I look past the racism? No. I don’t have to. I’m glaring right at the damn thing. It’s right in front of me. At the very least there’s also some other stuff put in front of me too, namely great visual effects and, again, half naked Joel McNamara.

Pros:- Young, strapping Joel McNamara half-naked for so much of the film- Rather fantastic visual effects- Beautiful lighting and composition

Prose:

I like King Vidor’s films, even with the fact that the adventure genre - at least with how it exists within wester media - is colonialist drivel, fetishizing the “uncivilized world” as something ripe for the taking, a wilderness meant to be tamed. This time around that wilderness that is meant to be tamed is a woman! How novel, I said sarcastically. At the very least, in true Vidor fashion, the film is beautiful to look at. He has always made great use of contrast in his work, and restorations of his films have always kept that spirit intact. The fetishization and exotification here comes with an eroticism that may or may not have been intended, especially with McNamara’s body on display for so much of the film. Can I look past the racism? No. I don’t have to. I’m glaring right at the damn thing. It’s right in front of me. At the very least there’s also some other stuff put in front of me too, namely great visual effects and, again, half naked Joel McNamara.

so many thoughts… felt very Pocahontas (1995) meets Tarzan (1999), with its yt savior trope. only this time, without grandma willow and the talking animals.

so many thoughts… felt very Pocahontas (1995) meets Tarzan (1999), with its yt savior trope. only this time, without grandma willow and the talking animals.