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ClaireV
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 Posted - September 01 2002 : 8:15:02 PM
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I know the music's great and the scenery is amazing and the casting and acting are unbelievable, and the fact that all these parts could be pulled together to create such a great movie is incredible. But what exactly is it that keeps us all watching this movie again and again?
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Ellie
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Posted - September 02 2002 : 08:27:55 AM
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That is a good question, I guess what captured my intrest to begin with is that I am facinated by the Native American culture and I love all films set in that time period, I love the great outdoors and this put together with the romance and adventure of the story, the acting and the music makes it irresistable!
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richfed
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Posted - September 02 2002 : 08:35:20 AM
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It's a question for the ages ... just ask JFC!
That very question was asked of us by WLOS-TV [Asheville, NC] during this past Mohican Gathering ... if I ever get the video up on the site, you can see the answers provided then. |
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Ellie
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Posted - September 02 2002 : 11:00:34 AM
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I have thought of a couple of other points. As we all agree, the acting is perfect but I also beleive there is the right chemistry between the actors which makes the film so much more beleivable and the actors suit the parts they play. I have often watched films and thought it would be so much better with a different actor playing a part but with Mohicans it all fits into place. Also, I think Daniel Day Lewis is an incredible actor and Madeleine Stowe has the most gorgeous hair!
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sidony
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Posted - September 05 2002 : 12:37:47 AM
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It's everything- acting, music, cinematography, etc, but if you forced me to narrow it down it would have to be because of DDL and the Hawkeye/Cora love story. I fell in love with DDL in this film, so it has a special place my heart. Also, no other love scene has affected me the way the Hawkeye/Cora love scene does, and I've seen the classic romantic movies such as "Gone with the Wind" and "Cassablanca".
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Edmund McKinnon
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Posted - September 05 2002 : 11:38:04 PM
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What keeps me coming back?Why is the Highlanders of course!Now can anybody tell me what part of the film they appear in ?
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Diane B.
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Posted - September 06 2002 : 8:37:10 PM
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Just as sidony said, "It's everything." I first watched LOTM in April of 1994, on my sister's big-screen TV while I was visiting her in Florida. Thinking back from that first time up to the present, the same things "get to me" now that got to me then...
It starts with the music. From the very first beating of the drums to the crescendo of strings and winds as the main title first appears on the screen, the music just "grabs" you. And then there is that first opening vista...I'm getting goosebumps, just sitting here & thinking about it! Those beautiful, majestic, green, rolling mountains, wrapped in the haze that gives the Smokies their name...
And then, he appears, clothed in buckskin, black hair flying behind him as he runs bare-chested through the forest and over the mountains in pursuit of an elk and later, to rescue the woman he loves.
Of course, the love story between Hawkeye & Cora, as Rich has written before, is what drives this film. What woman hasn't dreamed of having a man love her as fiercely & passionately as this? Hawkeye leaves no doubt that he would move heaven & earth to protect & be with Cora, and his pain is obvious as he forces himself to leave her behind, there under the falls; but he leaves her with a promise: "I will find you! No matter how long it takes, no matter how far - I will find you!"
Rattlesnake Woman
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Ongewasgone
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Posted - September 21 2002 : 03:55:47 AM
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The Last of the Mohicans is a masterpiece. That's it. That's why we want to watch it again and again. All the things which create it are well done and incredibly real; and, in my opinion, the most important thing is that everything in the movie is a character. I explain: we don't like LOTM just because of the great work of the cast, but even because the scenography, the music, every single scene has got some particulars which have something to give us. So, I think that these are the reasons because all we like this great film.
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ChrisNC
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Posted - September 26 2002 : 2:16:16 PM
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The first time I saw the movie, I thought it was pretty good, but not great. I remember thinking that it was missing something to give it that last little kick to make it a truly great movie. Perhaps I was not in the right mood that night, considering how much more I like the movie now.
What I did love instantly was the soundtrack, which I went out and bought right away. I saw it a second time on the big screen and that is when I really started liking the movie. I bought the video when it came out. At that time, the video came with a copy of the soundtrack, so I have a tape copy laying around too. Now, I've got the movie on DVD too and I do like the director's cut. It did make the movie better. Most reviewers on Amazon cry about the deletion of the Clannad song. While it's a pretty song, I always felt it was out of place, especially considering that it is the only part of the soundtrack with vocals. The DTS sound completely rocks my house starting with the opening theme.
Besides the movie being great, an important part of why I have such an attachment to the movie is where I was in the summer of 1991. Back then, I was in college and working at a summer camp near Asheville. I basically spent the whole summer running around in the woods and up and down mountains like Hawkeye. We knew they were filming the movie at the time. We had some water ski excursions to Lake James, where they had Ft William Henry up on the hill.
Once, we did an overnight hike off of the Blue Ridge Parkway. I could swear that one of the vistas we came across was the same one as the location for the final shot of the movie. That, and so many other things in the movie (like all the rhododendrons) take me instantly back the the best summer of my life.
My wife is from Asheville. The HQ building in "Albany" has a pool on the other side. She lived near it and her family always went swimming there while she was growing up.
Whenever we go up to Asheville to visit the in-laws, we always start blasting the soundtrack as we hit the mountains.
So, to sum things up, the movie is great AND it brings back fond memories of that summer.
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kurtbg
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 Posted - September 26 2002 : 3:18:14 PM
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I haven't watched it in a few years.
I remember seeing it the first time and laughing.
Not because it was goofy but because I knew how they
filmed many of the scenes. I was a torch toting highlander
for most of the film. Col. Munroe liked highlanders and Mann
kept to history and included them in the film.
I could picture the swimming pool behind the HQ
where they covered pavement with dirt and sprayed the
grass green to make it greener... or steve waddington
constantly flubbing his lines at the fort surrender.
I remember maurice roeves sitting in full costume and wearing
futuristic sunglasses... or the british lieutenant trying
to keep his horse from wandering off at cameron's cabin...
or dale dye stopping runaway horses scared during the filming
of the fort siege.... reality overpowers the film for me.
Though... the music fits well and the cinematography
is wonderful. When I watch it's remembering where I was
in a scene and all the memories it brings back.
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Theresa
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Posted - September 26 2002 : 4:57:14 PM
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This is so cool! I'm sure those of us who love this movie so much and especially those of us who have been to the Gatherings and have seen some of these location sites would love to hear more from anyone out there that could tell us a story or two! 
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richfed
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 Posted - September 26 2002 : 7:23:22 PM
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| You bet, Theresa!!! Great to see some of the crew pop out of the woodwork again!!! It's been a while ... |
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rydergrl
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Posted - April 12 2004 : 7:30:47 PM
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Originally posted by ClaireV
I know the music's great and the scenery is amazing and the casting and acting are unbelievable, and the fact that all these parts could be pulled together to create such a great movie is incredible. But what exactly is it that keeps us all watching this movie again and again?
LOTM is the most enthralling film I have ever had the pleasure of watching. It has everything a good film should--cinematography, wonderful screenplay, a soundtrack that is unforgetable, great actors--believable in their roles. The movie holds you captive from the opening scene, even if you have seen it over and over again. Perhaps I am biased. But it is truly a great film, even better than "Gone With the Wind" which was my favorite film of all time before LOTM came on the scene. But that's just my opinion. |
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