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Prince of Central Park (2000)
Bad Billing
This one was closer to the book than the 1977 TV flick, but still way off. Do yourself a favor and buy the book, it is excellent. Now I have a problem with the billing, Why is JJ, the MAIN character billed fifth? Even the guardian, who's part was no where near the largest got better billing, it seems like an ego massage to the "stars" The bigger the NAME, the higher the billing, regardless of the size of the part. It just shouldn't be this way- The billing should be prioritized by the size of the part, not the size of the name playing the part.Frank Nasso should have got first billing, plain and simple. After all he had the biggest part and not only that, The title of the movie embodied his part. And once again, buy the book!
Hollywood Safari (1997)
Very Unrealistic
THERE ARE A LOT OF SPOILERS HERE,SO PLEASE BE FOREWARNED!One of the things that really ruins a film for me,is when the story line contains elements that are so unrealistic,that they could never possibly happen in the real world.John Savage's character really wants to kill this cat.He was supposed to use a tranquilizer dart on it,and bring it back for tests.He is holding an AR-15 about to kill the animal,when the sheriff tells him to put it down and use the tranquilizer gun,he had to be told 3 times.In the real world he would have been fired on the spot or at the very least suspended.But less than 5 minutes later the sheriff tells him he has to go on a trip and leaves him in charge as acting sheriff.The owners of the cat come in,and ask nicely to see the cat,Savage threatens to arrest them for not respecting him.He calls in the animal control officers(who are wearing US Forest Service Uniforms)to kill the animal.One of them says,"can we get on with it,I wanna go home?"Not asking for any paperwork or anything.In the real world the sheriff's dept. would be open to a lawsuit,for doing no investigation to see if they had the right cat or not.These are animal trainers, this cat is worth a LOT of money.Since the bad cat attacked a kid over a week ago,but the good cat had just been in a trailer just 2 hours before,there is some question, and these people can prove this and identify the cat.When Benjamin King's character says,"excuse me sir but I think maybe we should wait until we get the tests" John Savage demands his badge and fires him,saying he wants cops that obey orders,that don't talk back and know how to keep their mouths closed. 1 or 2 instances of stuff like this is expected, but the whole plot and particularly Savage's character is based on it, NO ONE could possibly act like this, it's ridiculous. In the real world this character could not have possibly, with that mentality, got as far in his job as he did, he would have been fired and sued long before, it really messed up the movie for me.