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Michchamp
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wife and I saw this last weekend. Liked it better than I thought I would. def Oscar-worthy.
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Get StartedBrother in law saw it and said he hated it. If it's ripped somewhere I'll probably watch it eventually.
why?
I came away thinking that it was a real crowd pleaser; had something for everyone. and it was largely based on true events, so even sticklers for historical fact should be okay with it.
I'm pretty sure it didn't have boobs.
A movie without boobs doesn't have something for everyone by definition.
LOL it was terrible IMO.
I didn't find the acting all that great, the story was changed significantly from the real events.
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why?
I came away thinking that it was a real crowd pleaser; had something for everyone. and it was largely based on true events, so even sticklers for historical fact should be okay with it.
i don't know about it "significantly" being changed. Glass was still on an expedition like that in 1823. it was attacked by the Arikara and the survivors fled to fort kiowa. en route he was attacked by a bear and the two men tasked with staying with him fled, and left him for dead. then he crawled back to the fort to get revenge. pretty spot on no?
Glass has no Half-Indian son that was murdered. The two men, John Fitzgerald, and Jim Bridger simply left him for dead. He didn't kill either of them, and Fitzgerald never killed anyone either unlike the movie. Glass forgave Bridger because he was just a kid, and Fitzgerald because he returned Glass's rifle.
Glass also crawled, because his leg was broken. In the movie he manages to walk most of the way and even run at some points.
So no, not at all spot on. I get it was "based" on a true story and not supposed to be an exact retelling but it reminds of of the series on History channel a while back about the American Revolution, 10% fact, 90% embellishment.
I don't know. I could give you his number and you could call and ask..
no, that's okay. i just figured he shared more specifics with you.
Actually he told my sister who told my Mom who told me. So I got nothing but "he hated it."
Remember that game everybody plays as a kid in school?
Rumor, is it?
Everybody sits in a big circle, and somebody whispers something to the person next to them, who whispers it to the person next to them, and so on and so on until it gets back to the person who whispered it in the first place, and it's completely different by that time.
Sounds like he probably loved it.
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