| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| UncasLover13 |
Posted - July 19 2004 : 8:55:21 PM
I think that the reason Alice jumped was because she loved Uncas. I mean, yea, they didn't talk much. However, you clearly knew Uncas' feelings for her but it wasn't really clear to me how she felt for him until the end of the movie. If you notice, when Magua is taking her back to his village..she's walking right along with him, she's not trying to escape at all. Then, Uncas comes and tries to save her and a couple of times, she tries to break away to get to him. Then, when Uncas is killed she goes to the edge of the cliff where she knew she'd fall next to him and she looked down at his body...then she jumped. I mean, she may have also been scared of Magua..but I really think that she jumped because she loved Uncas. He cared and watched out for her. Also..when they are under the falls and Uncas grabs her and holds her, she is also holding him with her arm on his back. I think that there was a romance and she jumped because she didn't want to live without him..what do you all think?
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| Jacy |
Posted - September 01 2004 : 05:29:22 AM
I like to think that Alice did it for love - I'm a hopeless romantic though so I take on board all other opinions - I still reckon she did it for love though - especially if the original script is anything to go by!
Jacy x
ALICE
looks at the sky through the fissure. She sees the starfields and feels silver moonlight
pull her forward. She starts out onto the island, oblivious, unaware she'll expose them.
Suddenly ...
UNCAS
yanks her down next to him. He pulls her head into his chest, looking out over the
edge, his tomahawk in front of him, his musket near his right hand. There is no sign she
was seen.
UNCAS & ALICE
He relaxes, looks at her and puts his finger to his lips telling her to be silent.
Languorously, she lies back, closes her eyes and lays a hand on his shoulder, palm up,
as if he were a prince in a romantic fantasy. Uncas tries to restrain her.
ALICE'S
eyes slowly open. Oblivion disappears. It's replaced with escalating fear. She holds onto
Uncas with desperation. Her fingers claw his shoulders. She buries her face in his
chest.
ALICE
Uncas ...
Her body shudders. Her terror's total. He tries to restrain and calm her. She won't let
him. Then her mouth seeks his and in the passion of despair and fear and wanting life,
she holds him between her thighs. And Uncas is confused, but Alice whispers his name
and he responds. He loves her in the half-light.
UNCAS
his hand buried in her hair irradiated by the moon, then she seems to reach some
emotional climax and begins to cry softly, and Uncas stops making love to her and
holds her. Then she's flooded with shame. He reaches for her. She jerks away. He
reaches for her again and clutches her to him. And she breaks down. Then he turns her
face to him, but her expression has completely flattened.
WIDER ANGLE
She's not a lover to Uncas now. She's pitiful & stricken and he comforts her.
Taken from http://www.awesomefilm.com/script/lastmohi.txt |
| Chris |
Posted - August 28 2004 : 4:44:34 PM
Or is that just lust?
C. |
| Redbird |
Posted - August 28 2004 : 2:54:32 PM
I agree with your assessment that Alice and Uncas's love was a major motivator for her to do what she did. I also think that after all the horror she had witnessed, and the subsequent death of Uncas, the physical world just became a place where she no longer wanted to be. So I guess I'm saying her move was an instinctive one; to escape the horror around her, and to follow the man that had given his life for her. And like Carol, I agree you don't always have to talk to someone to know you are in love with him. :)
Redbird |
| Mohicana |
Posted - August 27 2004 : 11:58:36 AM
I´m really sure you don´t need to talk to someone to know you are in love with him. |
| Lurking Huron0918 |
Posted - July 19 2004 : 9:32:04 PM
I totally agree with you. |
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