I purchased the movie because Dirk Benedict is in it. I was delighted to find an interesting plot and charming characters -- Horton the indian is a lot like Drop Dead Fred. And Dirk, as always, is beautiful and talented, and well-suited to an older romantic lead.
3 Reviews
A dog for all ages
yanni-611 April 2005
Plan 9 From Outer Space is masterful compared to this one! The opening scene has a 19th century American Indian with a Brooklyn accent and his grandmother, whose demeanor and performance are reminiscent of Olympia Dukakis in Moonstruck, traveling to a local village with buildings obviously not much larger than phone booths. Soon a salty old trader appears with a phony beard that's literally peeling off of his chin. He tries to kill the young brave, but is foiled by grandma who has changed into a wolf. The plot then segues to the present, with Dirk Benedict playing a movie star acting in a bad movie about 19th Century American Indians, directed by a bizarre woman with a Polish? accent. ENOUGH.
Worse than the worst film ever made, except it's for kids . . with much love
earthinspace-125 May 2016
Warning: Spoilers
This film's theme of love conquering greed causes suffering with scenes that are sometimes five seconds too long, and we generally avoid films like that. The film has a tiny viewing audience -- possibly unusual persons themselves -- and maybe 3 of 10 persons will tolerate it.
"Entertain us!" we silently demand. Is that all that matters in life? I think some kids would like this show, while others would focus on its strange moments and reject it for un-conformity.
There are some good lines and deep kindness in the shadows of this film.
Here's a glimpse at the story: A young man dies before he settles down and matures enough to achieve his purpose in life of being a Medicine Man. His mentor/grandmother knows it is too soon for his life to end, because he was in training in a spiritual way, so she turns him into a crow that is wandering for 100 years. Suddenly he is summoned by some children and arrives at a movie set (near Big Bear Lake, where part of "Gone with the Wind" was filmed. They don't mention that in the film -- it's just from the background information). He is supposed to help the kids who summoned him. He still doesn't behave very maturely. The kids are very annoyed and banish him. But he has nowhere to go and begs for a chance to redeem himself. It is an alternate version of the spiritual life, compared to our big religions and their legends and promises.
A movie-watcher is accustomed to being fed with all the scientific emotional flavors and enhancers. Instead of junk food, this movie is more like the picnic where all the food was joke food and we're never going to forgive our friend who is a magician, for luring us on that picnic. Except we do, because our friend really loves us.
"Entertain us!" we silently demand. Is that all that matters in life? I think some kids would like this show, while others would focus on its strange moments and reject it for un-conformity.
There are some good lines and deep kindness in the shadows of this film.
Here's a glimpse at the story: A young man dies before he settles down and matures enough to achieve his purpose in life of being a Medicine Man. His mentor/grandmother knows it is too soon for his life to end, because he was in training in a spiritual way, so she turns him into a crow that is wandering for 100 years. Suddenly he is summoned by some children and arrives at a movie set (near Big Bear Lake, where part of "Gone with the Wind" was filmed. They don't mention that in the film -- it's just from the background information). He is supposed to help the kids who summoned him. He still doesn't behave very maturely. The kids are very annoyed and banish him. But he has nowhere to go and begs for a chance to redeem himself. It is an alternate version of the spiritual life, compared to our big religions and their legends and promises.
A movie-watcher is accustomed to being fed with all the scientific emotional flavors and enhancers. Instead of junk food, this movie is more like the picnic where all the food was joke food and we're never going to forgive our friend who is a magician, for luring us on that picnic. Except we do, because our friend really loves us.
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