The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)

I'll tell you why so serious

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Good heavens, this movie is boring! I don't know what was wrong with screenwriter Casey Robinson, or the people who read his script and didn't suggest a serious edit or rewrite, but if you can make it through this two hour film without nodding off, you deserve a medal. I couldn't.Gregory Peck is wounded, and the entire movie flashes back and forth between him being nursed by Susan Hayward and his reflections of his romance with Ava Gardner. Susan Hayward is one of my all-time favorite actresses, so if a movie of hers is terrible, there has to be a reason. I blame the screenplay, but you can blame Ernest Hemingway's original story if you like. Greg is written to be a wishy-washy, selfish, and annoying. It's tough to imagine Gregory Peck being unlikable, but believe me, he is in this movie. Even though he's wounded and sometimes delirious, he's just unlikable. I found myself wanting Susan Hayward to give up on him and let him fester.I realize Ava Gardner was a sex symbol, and that both on and off screen, men couldn't keep their hands off her, but I never understood why. I never found her appealing, so I didn't know why Greg kept dreaming of her when he had Susan Hayward sitting right next to him! If you want to see Greg and Ava, watch The Great Sinner instead. And if you want to see Greg and Susan, watch David and Bathsheba instead. There's really no reason to watch this one, unless you misplaced your sleeping pills.

The Snows of Kilimanjaro, 1952.*Spoiler/plot- A major 'flash-back' plot about an African white hunter's look at his life to help explain his problems relating to his present day wife. *Special Stars- Gregory Peck, Ava Garner, Susan Hayward.*Theme- The past is past, but can trap you if you don't respect it. *Trivia/location/goofs- Shot in Africa and Spain. This film features two of the great film beauties of the era.*Emotion- A old studio epic in large scope and with casting great stars for this property. Enjoyable but gets too slow in the flash-back sequences. Very introspective about people's life choices over the years.*Based on- Famous Hemingway book.

A man gets caught between Susan Hayward and Ava Gardner in this adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's novel by 20th Century Fox. There are, to be sure, greater problems in the world than having to choose between Miss Hayward and Miss Gardner. Though personally this writer thinks that Ava Gardner would win the coin toss each time in real life.Mr. Peck plays the Hemingway protagonist (a stand-in for Hemingway himself) with just the right combination of ease and dis-ease. There are some good outdoor hunting scenes, and through it all, Peck is perfectly groomed and dressed. Perhaps Cary Grant's tailor joined the hunting expedition.

No, it's Benny Carter playing the sax at the bar/party. The movie is nostalgic in these ways. It really looks like the time that has gone by, but because of its simplicity, appears more vivid.Harry (Greg Peck) the writer has very bad infection in his legs in Africa by the Mt. Kilimanjaro. He's delirious and has regrets about his past love life. The movie goes from scene to scene about his past life occurrences. His life is not so bad, but something critical is missing. Harry's wound is symbolic of the condition of his heart.The conclusion seems to be that if you don't know what's worth dying for, you don't know what is worth living for. This enigma is slowly killing Harry. In the end it seems that what he has already is more than what he needs to go on.The transition Harry goes through is written beautifully, and in a stylish way. Harry couldn't find what he was looking for in Paris, but seems to have found it in Africa. Sometimes you need the right setting to see things in clear perspective.Harry in a way serves as our alter ego, as we get to live life through his perspective. The movie is great in that we can see shadows of our own life through his story.