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Post by mike on Jan 17, 2016 3:06:57 GMT -5
I went to the theater this evening to watch The Revenant. Wow, sure not the feel good movie of the year! lol Lots of violence, hardship and suffering. Not to mention a significant amount of flintlock muzzleloader shooting. The producers of the movie added quite a bit of fiction to the historical facts of this portion of Hugh Glass' life, but Hollywood seems to take artistic license with almost every movie that is based on actual events. The grizzly bear attack scene is shockingly scary. Can't imagine the level of intense fear that would overtake my mind in a scenario like that! Never been to grizzly country, but if I ever do, after watching this movie, I will be especially diligent to do all the right things to avoid an encounter. I've read Undaunted Courage (Lewis and Clark expedition) and many other books about the various mountain men (Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Jim Bridger, John Colter, Jedediah Smith, etc.) who discovered much of this country; all I can say is I think these men and people in general were a different breed than what we are in this day and age. Tough doesn't even come close to describing their abilities and tolerance for discomfort. I'm presuming most of you guys will enjoy this movie. |
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Post by deadeyedon89 on Jan 17, 2016 9:14:12 GMT -5
I enjoyed the movie.... Though I thought it was slow at times it is a great watch.
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Post by jims on Jan 17, 2016 10:35:53 GMT -5
Hope to see it today, my wife wants to go. I am not sure if this is the movie she would like.
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Post by 12ptdroptine on Jan 17, 2016 20:15:09 GMT -5
Good.movie. accurate? I hear not....but take it for what.it is. Entertainment. The bear scene is INTENSE ok say the least. Had me jumping in my seat.
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Post by 10gaauto on Jan 21, 2016 11:14:11 GMT -5
Even the wife watched the whole thing and called it "intense". Yeah lots of artistic license applied to the drama and actual timeing of the events. However I found the guns, knives, clothing and accoutrements proper for the era but I'm not a "stitch counter". Only thing obvious was the fire starting scene, used the flint/steel striker backwards, held the flint and whacked it with the steel instead of holding the steel and shavestriking it with the flint, lol. I did like the mix of guns shown, everything from French Fusil de chasse to HBC trade guns, Harpers Ferry pattern and eastern style American flintlocks and early plains/mountain type rifles. The speed loading of the smooth bore guns was certainly realistic for the battle scenes, unpatched undersized buckshot/balls spit down the barrels for a multi ball charge for close range. A movie depicting hard men in hard times. I enjoyed the movie and plan to add to my "collection" when it is released. 10
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