Rescue Dawn
- Title: Rescue Dawn
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The first thing you notice about Rescue Dawn is how low-tech an enterprise director Werner Herzog has undertaken. No big special effects, no prolonged large action sequences. This is a character study, and a darn good one. Here is a director with a camera in a jungle letting the actors tell the tale. It’s a great substitute for the big popcorn flicks of the summer for those of you who could give two shits about robots transforming into cars or what kind of wacky weddings Hollywood stars get themselves into on film.
Rescue Dawn isn’t a fun movie, but it is a well made film with a collection of strong performances that provide stark drama in the jungles of southeast Asia. Based of the true story of the only American POW to ever make it out of the Laotian jungle, it’s an experience to remember. In 1997 director Werner Herzog captured Dieter Dengler’s life in his documentary Little Dieter Needs to Fly; now ten years later Herzog returns to give us a film based on his remarkable tale.
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I’ve been reading the Harry Potter series for just over nine years now. I’ve spent countless hours reading and rereading the books, discussing them with my friends, and even protesting a radio station for ruining the last book’s ending on-air before I finished it. With all of my history with the books, is it even close to possible for series author J.K. Rowling to end this story that I’ve grown up with to my satisfaction?