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Author Topic: Just watched "The Movie, Last of the Mohicans"  (Read 708 times)

Offline Geezer in NH

Just watched "The Movie, Last of the Mohicans"
« on: July 13, 2014, 08:25:05 PM »
Great flick. As my family is from Maine,  Even though we hated and  were afraid of the Mohawks I feel like I am remembered in my family's past
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Offline trent/OH

Re: Just watched "The Movie, Last of the Mohicans"
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2014, 08:54:41 PM »
That's been done a few times. Was it the Daniel Day Lewis version? I like it best of the 3 I've seen.
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Offline Detached

Re: Just watched "The Movie, Last of the Mohicans"
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2014, 07:35:13 AM »
I just read the book for the first time. The original by Cooper with all of the old prose type writing. Difficult at fist but gets easier as you go. You just have to get used to him using 3 pages to describe someone's hair...or a tree...or horse...
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Offline mario

Re: Just watched "The Movie, Last of the Mohicans"
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2014, 11:13:15 AM »
The sad part is, the book and the movies have little to do with actual historical fact.  8)

Mario
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Offline Geezer in NH

Re: Just watched "The Movie, Last of the Mohicans"
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2014, 01:09:41 PM »
Daniel Day version
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Offline Indiana

Re: Just watched "The Movie, Last of the Mohicans"
« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2014, 04:54:07 AM »
I recently rematched the film, as well! Great movie. The book, though, is one of my all time favorites. I read it so quickly I wish it had been longer! I'm finishing "The Pathfinder" now--not as good, but still a great story.
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Offline Indiana

Re: Just watched "The Movie, Last of the Mohicans"
« Reply #6 on: July 15, 2014, 04:56:35 AM »
An interesting related story--I have a some number of greats-grandfather whose name was Alfus Uncas. Family history has it that his mother was reading the Last of the Mohicans while she was pregnant him and upon his birth named him after Uncas!
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Offline Detached

Re: Just watched "The Movie, Last of the Mohicans"
« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2014, 07:30:22 AM »
Quote from: "mario"
The sad part is, the book and the movies have little to do with actual historical fact.  :(



Why is that sad? Star Wars had little to do with fact, it was still fun to watch.
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Re: Just watched "The Movie, Last of the Mohicans"
« Reply #8 on: July 15, 2014, 09:26:02 AM »
Quote from: "Indiana"
An interesting related story--I have a some number of greats-grandfather whose name was Alfus Uncas. Family history has it that his mother was reading the Last of the Mohicans while she was pregnant him and upon his birth named him after Uncas!

Indiana...!   Good to see ya again, pilgrim...!
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Offline snake eyes

Re: Just watched "The Movie, Last of the Mohicans"
« Reply #9 on: July 15, 2014, 12:42:18 PM »
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Offline mario

Re: Just watched "The Movie, Last of the Mohicans"
« Reply #10 on: July 15, 2014, 07:28:06 PM »
Quote from: "Detached"
Quote from: "mario"
The sad part is, the book and the movies have little to do with actual historical fact.  :(



Why is that sad? Star Wars had little to do with fact, it was still fun to watch.

They're totally fun to watch.

But since it's about something in the past, many folks think that it's historical fact and 1. get a skewed view of the F&I War, 2. Show up at LH events looking all "Hawkeye" and wonder why they aren't permitted to attend.

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Re: Just watched "The Movie, Last of the Mohicans"
« Reply #11 on: July 15, 2014, 09:12:50 PM »
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...many folks think that it's historical fact and...Show up at LH events looking all "Hawkeye" and wonder why they aren't permitted to attend.

Wait...what? You mean to tell me all that buckskin that I bou...and the hat? And the gun I had engraved 'Killdeer'....

Man...
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Offline mario

Re: Just watched "The Movie, Last of the Mohicans"
« Reply #12 on: July 15, 2014, 11:52:09 PM »
Quote from: "Detached"
Quote from: "mario"
...many folks think that it's historical fact and...Show up at LH events looking all "Hawkeye" and wonder why they aren't permitted to attend.

Wait...what? You mean to tell me all that buckskin that I bou...and the hat? And the gun I had engraved 'Killdeer'....

Man...

You don't know the half of it... :cry:

Mario
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Re: Just watched "The Movie, Last of the Mohicans"
« Reply #13 on: July 20, 2014, 02:06:52 PM »
Totally agree with Mario, very entertaining movie and helped get me started in Living History, along with Jeremiah Johnson and the Mountain Men.  It also caused me to spend a great deal of money on stuff that wasn't right for the period, starting with a rifle.  Movies such as LOM and The Patriot help bring people into the hobby I think, but what is frustrating to a history nerd like myself (and I suspect others), the actual history of the time period is every bit as exciting as the Hollywood version, and it could be done right with minimal changes.
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Offline Geezer in NH

Re: Just watched "The Movie, Last of the Mohicans"
« Reply #14 on: July 21, 2014, 07:32:23 PM »
I loved watching the Patriot especially when he picked up the balls cast from the lead solders right after they were cast. He must have had God on his side for that.
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