MrHeelFace

This is why these movies were effective for me, the predators were depicted in very frightening ways, and in the case of the lions there's almost a sense of primal malevolence about them. I had respect for the lions! I think it takes a certain skill to achieve that in a movie.

You gotta see White Buffallo if you like Ghost and the Darkness. Although the former is better in my opinion, I don't like how they make all triumphant in Ghost and Darkness when they finally kill both lions, despite what they to those innocent workers. I wish it would have been more reflective instead of "Fuck yeah we did it!"

The Ghost and the Darkness. While I can't say this film is absolutely terrible, the script cannot decide whether it wants to tell a true story, create an archetypical adventure or a horror movie. It's all of them and neither. And here lies the problem. Douglas feels sort of out of place in this (fictional, I was told) role of seasoned hunter. Val Kilmer is, on the other hand, quite likeable. The score is top notch, bringing just enough balance so that it satisfies all the requirements of its inconsequential script. It has some nice ethnic colours but doesn't succumb to the temptation of trying to convey so-called "authenticity". It would have failed badly, anyway.
Karol