I encountered my first wolf in the wild in Alaska
The Grey opened this weekend with a better then expected opening;
topped the weekend box office with $20 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, continuing the actor’s success as an action star in the winter months.
The Alaskan survivalist thriller opened above expectations with a performance on par with previous Neeson thrillers “Taken” and “Unknown.” Those films, both January-February releases, opened with $24.7 million and $21.9 million, respectively.
But the R-rated “The Grey,” which has received good reviews, drove home the strong appeal of Neeson, action star.
Animal Rights Wackos are up and arms about this movie believing it will turn the average person’s view against the wolf. While the movie is made with computer generated wolves it seems the film crew and cast dined on wolf provided by a trapper to experience what that was like. Of course these Animal Right Wackos are up in arms about that but I’m sure it matters not to them if the crew dinned on wolf or fried chicken.
Director Joe Carnage—oh, excuse me … Carnahan—ordered wolf carcasses flown in for the cast to eat so that the actors would “have a sense of the movie we were making.” He bought the meat from a trapper, meaning that the wolves likely suffered horribly in traps before being killed.
Not surprisingly, Liam Neeson, no friend to animals, was game for eating wildlife.
The Big, Bad WolfA film that has the potential to scare more people than “Little Red Riding Hood,” The Grey portrays these intelligent, family-oriented animals the same way in which Jaws portrays sharks. The writers paint a pack of wolves living in the Alaskan wilderness as bloodthirsty monsters, intent on killing every survivor of a plane crash by tearing each person limb from limb. Yet wolves aren’t aggressive animals, and as Maggie Howell, the managing director of America’s Wolf Conservation Center, says, “Wolves don’t hunt humans—they actually shy away from them.”
Don’t just shy away—run away from The Grey.
PETA Files
While I don’t believe I’d eat wolf I have no problem if others want to.
These critters are not cuddly and friendly as some would present but are they frightful as they have been presented in some movies? Probably not but they are a dangerous animal that have and will kill humans. I plan to go see this movie much like I did when I saw Jaws when it came out. I’ll admit that summer swimming was a bit unnerving thinking a Great White might get me …..I wonder if I’ll be looking over my shoulder after seeing this movie every time I enter the woods? Probably not cause I’m usually armed.
