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Last of the Mohicans is a good representation of how people in the 1990s liked their movies: epics with a historical setting, graphic violence, and a love story. Braveheart, Dances With Wolves, even Titanic. In Cooper's novel, Hawkeye saves Col. Munro from Magua; in the film we get to see our main antagonist cut out the colonel's heart. Also in the book, Alice and Duncan live happily ever after, and Cora's relationship with Hawkeye is nonexistent. The sweeping, tragic ending of the 1992 adaptation was more palatable to modern audiences. - Sarah Richardson | Last of the Mohicans is a good representation of how people in the 1990s liked their movies: epics with a historical setting, graphic violence, and a love story. Braveheart, Dances With Wolves, even Titanic. In Cooper's novel, Hawkeye saves Col. Munro from Magua; in the film we get to see our main antagonist cut out the colonel's heart. Also in the book, Alice and Duncan live happily ever after, and Cora's relationship with Hawkeye is nonexistent. The sweeping, tragic ending of the 1992 adaptation was more palatable to modern audiences. - Sarah Richardson | ||
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| + | I see Last of the Mohicans as a film made for the baby boom generation. Most of who would be in their late 30s/mid 40s at this point. Films like this feature, as McClurken put it, the archetypal American hero that baby boomers grew up worshipping. I liken Hawkeye to the Lone Ranger. --[[User:Shauser|Shauser]] 20:52, 10 September 2008 (MDT) | ||
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