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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) | 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) | ||
| − | + | I definitely see Dr. McClurken's comparison to Mad Max. Daniel Day Lewis might as well have been making those miraculously accurate shots with two muskets in his hands on a motorcycle trapped in the Thunder Dome! The film was period-but the action scenes were for modern day viewers. We are still doing it. 300 (one of my all time favorite historically based action films) is an amazingly great film adaptation of a graphic novel for one, and two, it does a commendable job at portraying Spartan life socially, militarily, and legendarily. However, the cinematography and action sequences are meant to be more than simply accurate. Even if, like in the case of "Mohicans", scalping is appropriately gruesome entertainment, the action needs to be cut and edited just so, in order to appeal to modern day audiences. Even in 1927, Howard Hughes knew it when filming his war epic "Hell's Angels". You can't just show the feats of war and battle, you have to make it so grandiose that the viewer is there in the sense of their fear and adrenaline. I was disappointed in this aspect of the film. For an acclaimed method actor, Daniel Day Lewis sounded way to much like a 20th century, highly moral tough guy with a heart of gold but a chip on his shoulder, not a white guy raised by native Americans in the 18th century. --A. Jackie Reed | |
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