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TripletDaddy · 04-14-2008, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

Then why is it rated R? Do they cuss like Lingo on shore leave?

I have a copy and can't wait to watch it.

I re-watched "Last of the Mohicans" the other day with D.D. Lewis. Great movie.

DDL was great as Bill the Butcher in Gangs of New York.

"This is a night for Americans!"

Tex · 04-14-2008, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

That is always the case. It's the nature of the medium. But the cinematography in the movie was beautiful. And battle scenes were well done.

No, I mean it was a poor adaptation. The book could easily lend itself to a 6-hour movie. I don't expect that.

It just wasn't The Last of the Mohicans. Maybe I'm just being nit-picky, but it would've been better (to me) if they'd named the movie something else, and just put "inspired by Last of the Mohicans" in the credits.

Jeff Lebowski · 04-15-2008, 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Tex

No, I mean it was a poor adaptation. The book could easily lend itself to a 6-hour movie. I don't expect that.

It just wasn't The Last of the Mohicans. Maybe I'm just being nit-picky, but it would've been better (to me) if they'd named the movie something else, and just put "inspired by Last of the Mohicans" in the credits.

Aha. I'll have to take your word for it as I haven't read the book.

jay santos · 04-15-2008, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

gives a truly masterful performance.

In a way, it is a very different movie. No action. No sex. Very little violence.

All character. To be able to pull off a 157 minute movie based on character is pretty remarkable in today's day and age, where audiences expect to be spoon-fed.

I mean, it's not even really plot driven. Nor is it a morality plan in the tradition of those films. It is about character.

I think the greatest two actors in mainstream films right now are Day-Lewis and Russell Crowe. It would be interesting to get these two actors in the same film. However Day-Lewis is really light-years ahead of any other actor right now.

Credit to Paul Thomas Anderson as well. Certainly among the most talented directors his generation, if not the most talented.

DDL was riveting. The father-son thing was very powerful. The preacher kid-DDL relationship was amazing culminating in the final scene which will go down as one of the best ever. Brilliant film.

UtahDan · 04-15-2008, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

gives a truly masterful performance.

In a way, it is a very different movie. No action. No sex. Very little violence.

All character. To be able to pull off a 157 minute movie based on character is pretty remarkable in today's day and age, where audiences expect to be spoon-fed.

I mean, it's not even really plot driven. Nor is it a morality plan in the tradition of those films. It is about character.

I think the greatest two actors in mainstream films right now are Day-Lewis and Russell Crowe. It would be interesting to get these two actors in the same film. However Day-Lewis is really light-years ahead of any other actor right now.

Credit to Paul Thomas Anderson as well. Certainly among the most talented directors his generation, if not the most talented.

I agree with all of that, and would add Philip Seymour Hoffman to that list.

landpoke · 04-15-2008, 03:08 AM

My geologist co-worker thought the movie sucked. He couldn't get past the impossibility of finding oil in a hard-rock mining claim. Or, in the alternative, that there could be a geologist who was so incompetent/stupid as to be prospecting for silver in an oil region.

I, on the other hand, am not a scientist and thus can look past the improbable and see the possibilities.

YOhio · 04-15-2008, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by UtahDan

I agree with all of that, and would add Philip Seymour Hoffman to that list.

PSH stole the show in Charlie Wilson's War.

Jeff Lebowski · 04-15-2008, 04:00 AM

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Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

DDL was great as Bill the Butcher in Gangs of New York.

"This is a night for Americans!"

Oh yeah. Forgot about that one.

One more thing about The Last of the Mohicans, that Magua character is one of the meanest baddasses is cinema history. And he has such a great line:

"Know this, Grayhair. After you die my knife shall turn upon the throats of your children, thus removing your seed from the earth forever."

I like to repeat that one when I am about to gut a deer.

YOhio · 04-15-2008, 04:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

Oh yeah. Forgot about that one.

One more thing about The Last of the Mohicans, that Magua character is one of the meanest baddasses is cinema history. And he has such a great line:

"Know this, Grayhair. After you die my knife shall turn upon the throats of your children, thus removing your seed from the earth forever."

I like to repeat that one when I am about to gut a deer.

Goatnapper would probably say that too if he ever had the chance to gut a deer.

04-15-2008, 03:08 AM	#16
landpoke Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: North Central God's Country Posts: 1,534	My geologist co-worker thought the movie sucked. He couldn't get past the impossibility of finding oil in a hard-rock mining claim. Or, in the alternative, that there could be a geologist who was so incompetent/stupid as to be prospecting for silver in an oil region. I, on the other hand, am not a scientist and thus can look past the improbable and see the possibilities. __________________ I see a hobo. And when I see the hobo, I think to myself, "This man is poor. His monetary value is low, and my monetary value is high, and it's a shame that he is himself. What can I do?"