Review of Mammoth

Mammoth (2006 TV Movie)
2/10
goofy
1 March 2008
This movie is about giant mammoth exhibit that comes to life. It is meant to be comical camp, which is why I don't give the lowest rating. However, if even fails at that. This makes "Attack of the Killer Tomatos" look interesting. To be honest, it isn't any one person's fault. It had a bad script to begin with. The directing wasn't exactly crisp. It tries to copy the camp attitudes of "The Blob" and other movies, but those movies were fun, and were about a camaraderie that just doesn't exist today in America, which is why a director can't make such a film. Americans are pretty much all self righteous bastards. If we admit this to ourselves, maybe there's hope. But that's why camp rarely works in modern movies. The atmosphere is lost. A lot of detail and decent acting went into this film, which is another reason it fails. The more energy, time, and money spent, the more I expect. It is true, you can do a lot worse. And there are a multitude of worse movies. On a modern curb scale, this movie rates a 4, but when compared to movies from all time, it is still a 2.
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