{"id":24,"date":"2006-03-04T15:12:44","date_gmt":"2006-03-04T22:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=24"},"modified":"2021-01-18T14:29:11","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T21:29:11","slug":"most-dangerous-game-the-1932","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=24","title":{"rendered":"Most Dangerous Game, The (1932)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I was thinking of the inconsistency of civilization. The beast of the jungle, killing just for his existence, is called savage. The man, killing just for sport, is called civilized. It&#8217;s a bit inconsistent, isn&#8217;t it?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Most-Dangerous-Game-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Most-Dangerous-Game-Poster-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-22524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Most-Dangerous-Game-Poster-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Most-Dangerous-Game-Poster-82x128.jpg 82w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Most-Dangerous-Game-Poster.jpg 423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis: <\/strong><br \/>\nA shipwrecked man and woman (Joel McCrea and Fay Wray) must find a way to escape from an isolated island owned by a human-hunting madman (Leslie Banks).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deserted Island<\/li>\n<li>Escape<\/li>\n<li>Fay Wray Films<\/li>\n<li>Hunting<\/li>\n<li>Joel McCrea Films<\/li>\n<li>Mental Illness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nBased on Richard Connell&#8217;s beloved short story, this &#8220;classic thriller&#8221; &#8212; set on a &#8220;remote island&#8221;, and &#8220;shot much like a silent movie&#8221; &#8212; is primarily known as the predecessor to its more famous counterpart, <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43687\"><em>King Kong<\/em> (1933)<\/a>, which borrows &#8220;many [of its] visuals&#8221; and features the same leading lady (Wray). While I agree with Peary that it contains many &#8220;exciting, quickly paced action sequences&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Most-Dangerous-Game-Exciting.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Most-Dangerous-Game-Exciting-1024x766.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Most-Dangerous-Game-Exciting-1024x766.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Most-Dangerous-Game-Exciting-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Most-Dangerous-Game-Exciting-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Most-Dangerous-Game-Exciting-768x574.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Most-Dangerous-Game-Exciting-361x270.png 361w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Most-Dangerous-Game-Exciting.png 1381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was frustrated by how substantially <em>The Most Dangerous Game<\/em>&#8216;s script strays from the original story (which has long been a personal favorite). Nonetheless, <em>The Most Dangerous Game<\/em> has much to recommend it, including atmospheric, mist-filled jungle sets; heart-stopping action scenes; and Leslie Banks&#8217; powerhouse performance as the &#8220;crazed hunter&#8230; who uses a stranded human couple&#8230; as his prey.&#8221; As Peary notes, this &#8220;would be ideal to watch with <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37\"><em>[The] Island of Lost Souls<\/em> (1933)<\/a>.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leslie Banks as Count Zaroff<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Most-Dangerous-Game-Banks2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Most-Dangerous-Game-Banks2-1024x759.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"474\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Most-Dangerous-Game-Banks2-1024x759.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Most-Dangerous-Game-Banks2-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Most-Dangerous-Game-Banks2-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Most-Dangerous-Game-Banks2-768x569.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Most-Dangerous-Game-Banks2-364x270.png 364w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Most-Dangerous-Game-Banks2.png 1381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Atmospheric sets<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Most-Dangerous-Game-Atmospheric-Sets.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Most-Dangerous-Game-Atmospheric-Sets-1024x800.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Most-Dangerous-Game-Atmospheric-Sets-1024x800.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Most-Dangerous-Game-Atmospheric-Sets-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Most-Dangerous-Game-Atmospheric-Sets-128x100.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Most-Dangerous-Game-Atmospheric-Sets-768x600.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Most-Dangerous-Game-Atmospheric-Sets-345x270.png 345w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Most-Dangerous-Game-Atmospheric-Sets.png 1373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See?  <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s worth a look. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0023238\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1932\/11\/21\/archives\/leslie-banks-in-a-fantastic-tale-of-a-mad-russian-hunter-ann.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I was thinking of the inconsistency of civilization. The beast of the jungle, killing just for his existence, is called savage. The man, killing just for sport, is called civilized. It&#8217;s a bit inconsistent, isn&#8217;t it?&#8221; Synopsis: A shipwrecked man and woman (Joel McCrea and Fay Wray) must find a way to escape from an isolated island owned by a human-hunting madman (Leslie Banks). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Deserted Island Escape Fay Wray Films Hunting Joel McCrea Films Mental&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=24\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64211,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions\/64211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}