Thursday, July 14, 2005
Last of the Mohicans review
Yes it's hardly new. Yes it was made back in 1992, but you must remeber I am the guy who will review any movie made, whether it was made Today or in yesteryears. This was on Encore today so I decided to watch it. It is one of those movies that you forget is good until you watch it again, then you remember just how good it is.
The movie is during the French-Indian War and revolves mainly around the Character played by Daniel Day Lewis (who by the way is one of the greatest kick ass actors of all time) named Hawkeye and the woman he falls in love with as he and his adopted Father and Brother (The Last of the Mohicans) protect her, her sister, and a British Officer while escorting them to her fathers fort. The villian of the movies is name Magua. He is brutal. The pure savagery of the character is perfect. He is the guy who you want to see die. To put it bluntly he make Souron from the Lord of The Rings novels and movies look like a nice guy. Lewis delivers a wonderful role as Hawkeye. He is the perfect balance to Magua. The natural leader and hero. Though his views on the war going on around him were don't bother me i won't bother you, he also has the views of you mess with innocent people and I'll kill you, which he does. The directing and the writing are supperb. Micheal Mann does and excellent job at both. The way the films moves and sounds as well as the quality of the lines cannot be argued. The film moves at an excellent pace even when it seems slow. The action is realistic, so realistic in fact that I wonder what it must have been like to be in a 1700's battle during a war. People dieing around in a a straight line that you yourself must stay in and help maintain. The hand to hand scenes also take on a quality of there own. No one seems to rember that Indians had Martial Arts skills of their own.
This has always been one of my favorite movies and for good reason. It rocks. With wonderful action, great directing and writing, and a butt load of truely wonderful sequences the film earns it's **** out of ****
The movie is during the French-Indian War and revolves mainly around the Character played by Daniel Day Lewis (who by the way is one of the greatest kick ass actors of all time) named Hawkeye and the woman he falls in love with as he and his adopted Father and Brother (The Last of the Mohicans) protect her, her sister, and a British Officer while escorting them to her fathers fort. The villian of the movies is name Magua. He is brutal. The pure savagery of the character is perfect. He is the guy who you want to see die. To put it bluntly he make Souron from the Lord of The Rings novels and movies look like a nice guy. Lewis delivers a wonderful role as Hawkeye. He is the perfect balance to Magua. The natural leader and hero. Though his views on the war going on around him were don't bother me i won't bother you, he also has the views of you mess with innocent people and I'll kill you, which he does. The directing and the writing are supperb. Micheal Mann does and excellent job at both. The way the films moves and sounds as well as the quality of the lines cannot be argued. The film moves at an excellent pace even when it seems slow. The action is realistic, so realistic in fact that I wonder what it must have been like to be in a 1700's battle during a war. People dieing around in a a straight line that you yourself must stay in and help maintain. The hand to hand scenes also take on a quality of there own. No one seems to rember that Indians had Martial Arts skills of their own.
This has always been one of my favorite movies and for good reason. It rocks. With wonderful action, great directing and writing, and a butt load of truely wonderful sequences the film earns it's **** out of ****
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