Not so pathetic movie showing how behind the evolution of continent history and perished nations also stands human tragedy.
A good picture with a great soundtrack and loved the action and sound performance from daniel day Lewis.
I can't help but feel it was a bit messy. It tried to do different things.
They should have solely focussed on the war.. Not this bad side romance.
Or the loneliness of the Indian marathon runner.
Love, adventure and hand-to-hand combat at the peak of the French and Indian War. On the outskirts of the battlefield, a white man and his adopted native family scoff at the Brits’ latest recruiting efforts and move to abandon their land, but happen upon an ambush on the way out of town and find themselves drawn into the conflict anyway. Now accompanied by a pair of pampered ladies and their posh one-man military escort, the small brood resumes its cautious retreat with an angry Mohawk war party in hot pursuit.
Under the guidance of emerging director Michael Mann, The Last of the Mohicans is a sleek, well-produced picture. It boasts a superb soundtrack, several big, diverse fight scenes and a powerful climax, but the plot is slow, the performances are stiff and the central romances lack a collective spark. Native brothers Uncas (Eric Schweig) and Hawkeye (Daniel Day Lewis) wear a wide assortment of grim, determined faces, which serve them well during the action sets, but their matchmaker moments with the two rescued damsels seem more convenient than romantic and I didn’t buy into their oft-stressed status as star-crossed lovers. In the void of effective romance, the emotional heavy-lifting is left to a subdued and under-explored subplot about a tribe near extinction and a whole lot of whinging about honor, duty and sacrifice.
I had fond memories of watching this one back in the VHS days, but the years haven’t been terribly kind. It’s not bad, it’s just unremarkable.
Unfortunately, I couldn't really relate to the love story in "The Last of the Mohicans." Nevertheless, I found much to enjoy in this colonial war epic. The spectacular battle sequences, incredible locations, and atmospheric soundtrack kept me enthralled. It quickly becomes clear here where director Michael Mann's strengths lie. I was a bit disappointed by the acting, though. Daniel Day-Lewis is good as usual, but I've seen far better work from him. The rest of the cast is solid, but nothing more. Even so, I still strongly recommend "The Last of the Mohicans".
Even the perfect acting of Daniel Lewis and awesome soundtrack couldn't save it.
Daniel Day-Lewis is pretty good. The fight scenes were ok, they could have been better. The ending was great though. All the romantic stuff wasn't the strong part of the movie. I really liked the score, it reminded me a lot of the Fargo tv show.
The last 10-15 minutes sets this movie apart. Really intense. The editing together with the amazing score of Trevor Jones had me almost hold my breath for the entire time.
I also do understand people who say this movie is mediocre. I like it very much and it is a movie I can, and have, seen repeatedly because it is pretty much timeless.
Utterly overrated. The only good thing about this movie is its soundtrack and even THAT is ruined by being used in wrong scenes. It felt like the music had a huge potential of making you feel deep and strong emotions but it just didn't have that effect because of the director who is beyond terrible.
Most of the actors also did a poor job. /spoiler/ When Cora hugged Hawkeye for the first time she did it with an expression of longing and sorrow, as if she was hugging someone she hadn't seen in a long time. Also Alice didn't quite have the face of someone who's jumping off a cliff when she did so./spoiler/
I hated how weak and helpless those two sisters were. They were holding each other and staring the whole time while men were fighting. They neither run away, nor move an inch to try and help them no matter how much they need it.
But what I hated the most about this movie, is the fact that Indians are fighting EACH OTHER instead of the snobby British and French. The French started a war, claiming colonized land from the British, which didn't even belong to the British, but the enemy of the movie is an Indian tribe? And that tribe is against the colonizers so they're the bad guys? This movie isn't the story of a glorious Indian warrior as it should have been, it's white-washing from top to bottom. That's why they created an adopted white character and not an actual Mohican in the first place.
the movie was meh. good music though!
This is more of "The Adopted Son of the Last of the Mohicans who Dabble in His Love Story" than "The Last of the Mohicans" himself.
The first half of this movie is a tad difficult to watch. Without being familiar with the time period, it's hard to navigate the context of the film, and the scenes in the first half seem to be rushed: there were massacres of people who are supposed to be emotionally close with Hawkeye (Daniel Day-Lewis) but not to the audience, and then the romance developed too soon without enough bonding.
Last of the Mohicans only got interesting in the last half of the movie, though with its ups and downs; at times it escalates with the combats, the drama, the bonding of one character with another, but another times the characters make poor decisions with only slight or no hint of reasons for their actions.
The acting is pretty decent, scenery is beautiful, the soundtrack is really memorable. But other than that, it feels like a jumbled epic movie. Maybe because I'm seeing this first time in 2016 and not in 1992 though.
Expected more, The Patriot was way better in similiar genre :)
Shout by GeorgeBlockedParent2012-07-21T18:53:53Z
A classic tale of love in times of war, "The Last Of The Mohicans" is a very good film with great locations, decent acting and a great musical score to go along. Definately something everybody should watch at least once.