carinab Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 (edited) At least that's what Cora says. After watching Sharyn's Florida Open video (the music was from the Mohican sound track), I decided I needed to watch this film again. I hadn't seen it since it was out in the theaters. I rented the director's cut on DVD. Well, I was a bit disappointed. The theater version is more stirring to me actually. I read somewhere it was originally a three hour movie and was cut down to two hours for the theater. The director's cut is barely minutes longer and all I find is that more scenes are missing. I somehow was under the impression there were more goings on between Hawkeye and Cora....at the waterfall and in the forest. Still an amazing film but it's more action than romance in the director's cut. Edited February 16, 2008 by carinab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neomet Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 +1 Great flick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AikiDale Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 (edited) Still an amazing film but it's more action than romance in the director's cut. Uh, that's a good thing! The book is about the French and Indian Wars. Edited February 16, 2008 by AikiDale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nm3gnr Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 I have watched this movie many times. I still like it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blockhead Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 There was a great line in the original that's been cut from every dvd version I've seen. It's from the scene with Cora and Hawkeye on watch in the forest. Hawkeye says (speaking of the english and the french both) "They are a bread apart and make no sense." Great Movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyinBlue Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 1 of my absolute favorites! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Jane Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 "Stay alive...I'll find you." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ima45dv8 Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 GREAT movie. Wes Studi gave a wonderful performance as Magua. I get tired just watching those guys run up and down mountains, but I guess that's what passed for rapid transit back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoShooter Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 (edited) It is a good movie, and a movie thing my Dad pointed out to me about 25 years ago was, many movies hit at a point in your life that, that latter change completely when you see them again. What your memory and brain did was fill in the gaps in the movie with what was "imply ed to have happened" with how YOU viewed / interpreted the movie-"At that time in your life". ... Like and old High school flame When you see them years latter - yech-. It end up as an interesting study of human thoughts and memories. My Dad used the -old- movie Dr Zavago = The Dr character ends up leaving his young wife in the frozen forest cottage to go to town and fool around with the Blond -Laura- The way I looked at it as young married man = that left us feeling "What a bastard" and thin the Revolutionist grab him on the way home, and his wife never knows what happens. this Dr Z is a total sob in a bad way sob Later in life my dad says he looked at it different and he completely understood the DR Z motivation. Its funny to with some of the Old Romantic Black & wight movies ...We find out now that homosexuals wrote them. With the stuff that Truman Capote wrote It would be funny to see The last of the Mohecians after whatching the new movie ="Their Will Be Blood" Edited February 16, 2008 by AlamoShooter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyinBlue Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 "Stay alive...I'll find you." That line gives me goosebumps...thanks for reminding me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidball Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 There was a great line in the original that's been cut from every dvd version I've seen. It's from the scene with Cora and Hawkeye on watch in the forest. Hawkeye says (speaking of the english and the french both) "They are a bread apart and make no sense."Great Movie. The line is in my VHS version . . . I actually use some clips from this film in teaching my U.S. Government class. A series of scenes early on demonstrate the contrast between the social / political /cultural structure of England versus the rugged independence of the colonial frontier settler, including the scene referenced by Blockhead. My favorite scene is shortly after Hawkeye (Nathaniel), et al, rescue the British unit from the war party near the beginning of the film. Hawkeye is leading Major Heyward, Cora and Alice Munro to the fort (name?) where Col. Munro is under siege. Heyworth can't figure out what unit (regular army or militia) Nathaniel is with because as a loyal subject of the crown he is surely involved with the war. Finally, Heyward asks "How is it that you are headed west to Kentucky when there is a war on." Nathaniel's response: "Well, you kinda face north and then real sudden like, turn left." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 With this movie I get the goosebumps with Chingachgook's prayer presenting his son, Uncas, to the "Great Spirit Maker of All Life". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA Friday Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 I have both cuts on DVD. I believe the initial DVD was the same as Mr Ball's VHS tape. About a year ago, I bought the Director's cut. There parts added are good, but the parts removed were good too. I would love to have a 3 hour version of this movie. Regardless, it's a Michael Mann film. He just makes good movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brazos SC Shooter Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 The soundtrack is just awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSeevers Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 I like the scene where he shoots the enemy from the fort walls while the messenger is running. I also liked all the fight scenes. Graphic and realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badchad Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Magua had great lines. "Magua understand white man is a dog to his women. When they want to eat he puts down his tomahawk to feed their laziness." "When the gray hair is dead, Magua will eat his heart. Before he dies Magua will put his children under the knife, so the gray hair will know his seed is wiped out forever." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ima45dv8 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 slight drift While watching "The Gangs of New York" this weekend I noticed in the Special Features portion a mention that they had drawn Danial Day-Lewis out of semi-retirement to do that movie. It turns out that when not making movies he prefers to be employed as a cobbler in Florence, Italy. Slight drift Off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Just watched it again... A very powerful movie......... Wow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoShooter Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 I think I ..Identfy more with... Magua , than Daniel D.'s character Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin c Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Magua is a cooler name than Natty Bumppo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoShooter Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Magua is a cooler name than Natty Bumppo... Well...I could at least be MaGua's mean brother..... AlamO~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38superman Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 (edited) One of my all time favorite movies Tls Edited May 8, 2008 by 38superman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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