I loved this movie, but I'm sure the timing of my watching it had a lot to do with my being able to appreciate it as much as I did. I'm just nearing the end of reading a history book titled American Colonies by Alan Taylor which includes great information regarding French, Indian, settler, and British relations during colonial times. This movie was therefore a big treat for me with its beautiful... read more
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Wildly romantic, daringly exciting, Michael Mann's film of James Fenimore Cooper's novel created a new babe magnet out of Daniel Day-Lewis, he of the heaving pecs and flowing mane. As Hawkeye, he plays an American settler raised by the Mohicans who is forced to serve as a guide for British adventurism in upstate New York. But th0
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Wildly romantic, daringly exciting, Michael Mann's film of James Fenimore Cooper's novel created a new babe magnet out of Daniel Day-Lewis, he of the heaving pecs and flowing mane. As Hawkeye, he plays an American settler raised by the Mohicans who is forced to serve as a guide for British adventurism in upstate New York. But the British have been outflanked by the French (and their Indian allies); then British honor is betrayed when a band of renegades assaults them during their retreat. Mann captures the viciousness of this era's hand-to-hand combat in startling battle scenes. But he also invests the film with heartfelt romance, as the feelings swell between Day-Lewis and Madeleine Stowe. The ending is a stunner, a long, nearly wordless sequence of battle and loss. Strong performances all around, particularly by Russell Means as Chingachgook and Wes Studi as the evil Magua. --Marshall Fine
"Having read the novel, I can honestly say that, while not entirely accurate, this movie did one of the better jobs at portraying a book and the characters from that book. Daniel Day Lewis did a remarkable job in this one, and the atmosphere of it was solid. It's also one of the few movies I felt respected the Native American to a larger degree, and for that I applaud the film makers. That seems so rare in movies, both past and present. "
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“I loved this movie, but I'm sure the timing of my watching it had a lot to do with my being able to appreciate it as much as I did. I'm just nearing the end of reading a history book titled American Colonies by Alan Taylor which includes great information regarding French, Indian, settler, and British relations during colonial times. This movie was therefore a big treat for me with its beautiful scenery, characters, and sniplets of historical facts that I was able to recognize from my reading. Everything in the movie seemed as authenic as one could at least imagine it to be. Lots of action too!” read more
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Favorite Movies -- A Year by Year Review
