HATARI!

Okay, here's a real random post. ("Random" is one of my daughter's favorite words, and if you've ever seen her blog, you already know that "random" perfectly describes her writing style and her choice of topics. If you've never visited her blog, go ahead and check it out, but before you do, let me issue this disclaimer right now: Dominique had a normal childhood. Her mother and I were very good parents. We never beat her with rusty chains. We never abandoned her in the middle of a dark, cold forest. We never locked her in a basement with rabid rodents. And we never allowed her to watch MTV. In other words, we do not know why she developed such a bizarre, twisted, "random" outlook on life. Okay, now you can check out her blog. WAIT! Before, you check out HER blog, you should read the rest of MY post because it's really, really random.)

Hatari!, a 1962 movie with John Wayne, Hardy Kruger, Elsa Martinelli, Red Buttons and Gerard Blain, is LONG. I watched bits and pieces of it today on AMC, and I could swear that it started around 9 a.m. and finally ended about 4 p.m. Okay, maybe that's a slight exaggeration, but it seemed to go on forever. That doesn't mean I didn't enjoy the parts I watched. I actually did. The movie, which was filmed in Arusha National Park, Tanzania, is about a group of men who capture wild animals in Africa and sell them to zoos. Parts of the movie are corny and unbelievable, but that's why I enjoyed it. I like corny old movies, and I truly believe that today's so-called movie stars can't hold a candle to guys like John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Jimmy Stewart, Robert Mitchum, etc.

So that concludes my random post for today. Until next time, Hatari!

Read one of Mark's all-time favorite movie reviews:
If You Like Naked Space Aliens, You'll Love "Signs"