With thanks to my colleague Christian who sent it to me, here’s a Youtube link to the keenly-awaited follow-up to Cadbury’s “gorilla” film:Â http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bVD-cUFTw.
Keenly-awaited, perhaps, but sadly not-so-keenly viewed. Even if – like me – you rather suspected you were going to be disappointed, it’s a good deal worse than you feared. Hugely expensive, brilliantly shot, expertly edited, it lacks 99% of the charm, surprise and engagement of the first film. Even though it’s live action, not CGI, it looks like an out-take from Pixar’s Cars, only not quite as interesting.
Its predecessor, I fear, will go down as one of those brilliant one-offs, along with the like of Alain-Fournier’s Le Grand Meaulnes, Thunderclap Newman’s Something In The Air and Charles Laughton’s Night Of The Hunter.
And I suppose, when all’s said and done, that there’s nothing much wrong with keeping company like that.