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'Flora': Canuki nature film . . .

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Posted on May 28, 2021 at 21:43:01
Billy Wonka
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 1929. A small group of university kids travel into the Canuki wilderness to link up with the school's botany guru who has been at it for two weeks. When they arrive they can't find the prof or anyone else from the camp. Now, the entourage (2 coeds and 4 eds) begin to search the woods frantically and make discoveries that make the trip a life-or-death excursion.

Different. A study in stress, discovery, and lightweight minds coping with angst and mixed feelings about each other.

The 1929 schtick gives a different angle to a common theme.

Amazon, if you dare.








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"A study in stress..."?, posted on May 29, 2021 at 14:37:45
MaxwellP
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 You are being way too generous. The only thing that saves this film--I use that term lightly--is the rather good score. Otherwise, it's one rung above a student production with little emotional--or recreational--depth.

Don't waste your time or the electricity.

Watch Wages of Fear if you want a study in stress.

 

RE: "A study in stress..."?, posted on May 29, 2021 at 15:36:27
tinear
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 I think he meant the quote to refer to his state of mind when he realized he'd wasted several hours, yet again, on drivel.

 

We watched half of it earlier tonight, posted on May 30, 2021 at 01:14:16
Chris from Lafayette
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 And we agreed that rarely have we seen such bad acting by an entire cast! ;-)

I've never guffawed so much as when I read the Amazon reviews of this flick and found one which was headed, "Good Acting"!

And yet. . . it's so bad that it's (almost) good (in a Florence Foster Jenkins kind of way!). We plan to watch the rest (to the bitter end) tomorrow. And I love that Quebec wilderness - similar to the setting of "Black Robe", one of our favorite movies.

 

Just caught Black Robe tonite, damned good and yea, that wilderness cinematography, posted on May 30, 2021 at 17:25:41
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 was worth an extra 1/2 star

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RE: "A study in stress..."?, posted on June 2, 2021 at 13:44:48
Billy Wonka
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 The actors were quite stressed out and under the duress of nature and a bad script. This was a round table idea and script of making something out of nothing.

Never meant to imply "must-see" only if "you dare".

 

You deserve Trooper of the Year for . . . , posted on June 2, 2021 at 13:46:11
Billy Wonka
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 daring to finish it.

 

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