On 1/2/06, Walt Byars <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Its hard to believe that the movie portrayed Denham as bad as it did the > natives. He was a money loving opportunist, and tricked everyone on the boat > (although I think to an extent its portrayed as he is the smart guy with a > brilliant idea that everyone else won't realize so he'll just have to trick > him. This is especially clear when he is pitching the idea to his financiers > at the beginning, who are portrayed as even worse).
Denham's perfidy (and that of the other movie moguls) is a theme of the whole movie, whereas the horrible scenes with the natives was just one fragment of the whole movie. The natives seem part of the same image put forth by the dinosaurs and insects on Skull Island. I don't know if Denhan "a brilliant idea" as much as he flits from one idea to another in an opportunistic way. -- Jim Devine "The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side." -- James Baldwin
