Anaconda

Anaconda

Snakes are all alone with anacondas being extraordinary. So that they can eat again, they spit and after having swallowed their meal.

An anaconda may regurgitate its prey before the end of the film. If possible, a human prey.

The film “Anaconda” didn’t disappoint me. It is a slick, hair-raising and funny Creature Feature photographed beautifully and acted splendidly in high adventure style. The snakes in it are absolutely gratifying. We get to know that this predator of the Amazon which is most feared can reach 40 feet in length while crushing its victims prior to swallowing them whole (this time so full that it eats up an entire jaguar leaving behind only one single sad eye).

These bits about anacondas come mainly from Sarone played by Jon Voight as a slimy river rat who has dangerous glinting eyes. “This river could kill you in thousand ways,” he says ominously and we believe him too much basically because his boat’s propeller is broken down so he was saved by small expedition hoping to make documentary about People of Mist legendary lost tribe deep in Amazonian jungle where “I know them,” adds Sarone knowingly “they saved my life” and still paying for it till today I bet!

Terri Flores leads this adventure which will be directed by Jennifer Lopez herself (from Selena), among others such as Ice Cube playing Danny her cinematographer while Eric Stoltz takes on role Dr. Steven Cale scientist; then there’s Jonathan Hyde acting like posh sounding British narrator but don’t forget Owen Wilson who portrays soundman asking questions like ‘’Ever notice how jungle makes you horny?” Vincent Castellanos sinister boat pilot Kari Wuhrer production assistant etcetera etcetera some if not many characters must die eaten alive or dead killed off by big bad snake somewhere along way through these thickets known locally as anacondas.

A movie like “Anaconda” can easily be dumb and goofy (see “Piranha”). It depends on the filmmakers’ skill sets; one such person we have here is Bill Butler, the film’s cinematographer who creates an alluring yet eerie jungle atmosphere. The movie has a great look with its visuals mixed in together with authentic sounds from around this part of South America which makes you feel like being there physically instead just seeing it as background picture.

The acting also plays its part here too: Director Luis Llosa (whose Sniper 1993 was another good thriller set in the jungle) does everything right by giving each member their own storylines for instance Jlo says she met Ice Cube at USC film school while Jon Voight gets free reign over his characterization as he plays him larger than life throughout entire duration of feature length running time. This is what I call going ‘’all out’’ when playing villainous role because even though this may be considered melodramatic by some people, personally I believe that without such brave moves there would never have been any exiting memorable exits off big screen!

As for snakes, several types of them were used in the movie: computer-generated, animatronic or maybe even real. Most of them are quite convincing; there are only a few moments when we can tell that special effects are being used (for instance, when a flaming snake attacks). But there are also some scenes which make viewers gasp, such as the one in which a huge snake catches its falling victim mid air. The close ups of an anaconda’s head look totally real its eyes shine bright, mouth opens wide to reveal fangs while skin reflects terrible beauty.

(These shots are followed by POV from inside the snake’s body and then another shot where we see belly skin stretched tautly over victim’s face.) The script has nice authentic touches too: Eric Stoltz character gives lectures about water safety; he says that he is less scared of “snakes than little catfish that swims up through your urethra, finds a nice warm spot and spreads its thorny little spines.” A scuba diver finds poisonous wasp in his mouthpiece; emergency tracheotomy is performed using pocket knife; there is also a protest against blowing up wall because it will “upset ecological balance” Yeah, right like it grew there.

“Anaconda” represents one of the most difficult kinds of movies to succeed with: superior mass audience entertainment. It contains effects and chills but also big laughs, strange talk and grisly invention. What can you do except love this film where an amorous couple sneaks into dangerous jungle at night and suddenly guy whispers “Wait-Did you hear that? Silence!”

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