The Last of the Mohicans: Magua Sets His Ambush
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- Michael Mann's 1992 historical epic "The Last of the Mohicans" is a lavish reimagining of the classic novel--and it is one of many movies on our bucket list to review. In the meantime, enjoy this clip with some observant words from Magua. Plus, check out this original historical review from 1992: www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-10-10-ca-753-story.html
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As a professor of 🇨🇦 and First Nations history, this epic film is one of the greatest historic movies to come to screen.
(Tho, shocking to many, when I also observe this is a powerful love story. 😊
The ‘translation’ scene and Duncan’s self sacrifice is masterfully done.
We'd be happy to hear any of your input before we do a review!
An absolute masterpiece IMHO. Some commentators (who clearly know more than myself) have stated that the uniforms, military kit etc. shown in the film are not correct for a variety of reasons. I have no basis to question the validity of these comments, but for me it doesn’t detract from the film’s greatness. Beginning with the choices made in casting. Mr. Wes Studi as Magua was tremendous. And what else can I state about the epic Daniel Day Lewis that hasn’t already been done? A living legend.
Literally one of my favourite movies of all time.
Me too !
Rewatched this epic a few days ago. Can't wait for Reel History to analyse it!
Magua is the hero in this great film😘
Magua is not the villain in the film, he just avenges the death of his family
Love this movie !
Hawkeye and Chingachgook took him to the cleaners.
Man I wish there was more French and Indian wars films since since they play especially the final one of a plays a major role in future events (IE the American revolution).
The events in Europe during Seven Years War are mostly glossed over, but quit a bit happened. I wish there were films about that as well.
There is a tragic shortage of movies on the colonial era.
@@ReelHistory have you seen April Morning or Revolution? They are decent and give different perspectives.
@@thomasbraden8242, yes, we did a review of it already!
The best movie of all times !!! 👍❤💪
During the entire black powder/musket period of warfare, 1400s to mid 1800s, the British sadly never really trained their troops in non conventional tactics or learned how to deal with ambushes in rough terrain. It led to the majority of their losses during the Revolution, the French and Indian War, the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean War and the Berber Wars. They were deadly in an open field or proper battleground, but they simply never could handle ambush by skirmishers, as this shows.
British soldiers were trained to fight in line and in the open fields of Europe, not the forests and rugged terrain of North America.
The British Army of 1745-54 neglected to add hand-to-hand combatives for their soldiers. Some Jujutsu training might have helped. Someone else mentioned this. The Brits should have fixed bayonets. The redcoats were well-trained in using their bayonets like pikes.
Is that Colm Meaney leading the British column when Magua turns back to get to where he started the attack?
very intense to see that because of the conflict of European empires within America, indian tribes turned against each other for mercenary profit and gain. when indian fought Indian, tragically; and thus continued to the days of Custer's last stand and Wounded Knee.
3:05 Colm Meaney
Was this supposed to have some analysis attached to it? Its just a straight rip of the scene haha.
Sometimes we just post favorite clips as bigger projects are brewing. Stay tuned!
Duncan should have given the order to fix bayonets.
I was hoping this was the ambush at the end of the movie. The MASSIVE one. I also hear that isnt how it actually happened. Infact I do not really know this story at all outside the movie. Can we get a history lesson video about it? Also how is Magua not instantly dead attacking an entire column of soldiers solo point blank. I can believe he gets the first two, but to survive the next 10 seconds..no way!
The movie is based on the the book of the same title penned by American writer James Fenimore Cooper in 1826. It is the 2nd book in his Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy. Set within
The Seven Years' War (1756-1763) a global battle between (amongst many European nations) England and France fought across the NA continent.
The military leaders, (attack on Fort William Henry are historically based.
Lieutenant Colonel George Monro 🇬🇧 garrison commander of Fort William Henry, located on Lake George in the Province of New York. Major General Louis-Joseph de Montcalm 🇫🇷 and 7,000 troops besieged the fort beginning 2 August 1757.
Using anglophone tribal names…There is academic debate as to First Nations Peoples or indigenous people in the Americas who were called the 'Mohicans. ' Many scholars believe Cooper confused or combined the 'Mohegans' and the 'Mahicans' into the 'Mohicans (all part of the Algonquin Nations)
Tho driven off their land in what would be New Albany NY, through the tragedy under called the federal Indian Removal Act,
there is a banded Tribe of ~2000 Muhhekunneuw (which would most closely identify) to mohican in Wisconsin.
The novel is categorized as a ‘romantic historic novel’ addressing the conflict of settlers, westward expansion, loss of indigenous lands, and the tapestry of relationships created and cultivated within this region.
As the title implies by end of this novel there is only one soul survivor of the mohican people.
Number of problems with this scene. The 60th Royal Americans were formed specifically to fight French and Indians after Braddock’s defeat, they knew you fix bayonets and pair up behind trees by 1758 in a situation like this. Their knapsacks are a much later design, they would have goatskin snap sacks not backpacks in the 1750s. Finally the buttons on their gaitors are metal, in the french and Indian war these were made of horn.
Still the best French and Indian war movie
Did you really expect a 1 to 1 representation of reality?😂
@@gijoe508This is one of the few truly great films😃👍🏼🍻
These are great material culture observations!
@@ReelHistory They are not great, and they are not problematic. No one has claimed that they are not correct, and they reflect a lot of knowledge about the period. But they are unimportant in relation to the development of the film and its overall impression of authenticity.