Highlights of the day/night was watching 'the Ghost and the Darkness', based on the true story 'the maneaters of Tsavo'. The movie and cinematography by themselves were simply awesome. I did not fall asleep, which says a lot for the movie. It was captivating, entertaining, and the role of strong maned lions enacted beautifully by real lions Bongo and Caesar along with the richly maned professional lion hunter Michael Douglas added sufficient oomph to make it one of the greatest films I have ever seen.
True story or not, I think the lions have been unfairly accused as being evil , sinister maneaters. After all , humans invaded their territory. Lions were doing what came naturally to them . Another example of humans ravaging the earth for their own material gain. And the treachery goes on.
You're the funniest ever...I saw the Ghost and the Darkness ages ago and really liked it and thought exactly the same thing about the lions! I thought Van Kilmer was very hot, but then at the same time I also thought knitting was boring, so my opinions have changed substantially since then...
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