(Flash Review)
Yes, I watched this because of its title and the more prominently known modern version. This is a fairly dry film with the exception of a very brutal massacre that I imagine was very bold for the era and even for today to some degree. It was a little hard to follow each story line and there were quite a few title slides meaning less was conveyed through emotion and acting. Onto the plot: two women try to find their father, who is a British officer, during the French and Indian war. There is, for the time, a risky romance between a white woman and a Native American man and that vicious attack on a village that is actually hard to watch at times. Overall the story was stunted by a dry and stiff story and character charisma. I have yet to see the Daniel Day Lewis version. Time to compare.
Yes, I watched this because of its title and the more prominently known modern version. This is a fairly dry film with the exception of a very brutal massacre that I imagine was very bold for the era and even for today to some degree. It was a little hard to follow each story line and there were quite a few title slides meaning less was conveyed through emotion and acting. Onto the plot: two women try to find their father, who is a British officer, during the French and Indian war. There is, for the time, a risky romance between a white woman and a Native American man and that vicious attack on a village that is actually hard to watch at times. Overall the story was stunted by a dry and stiff story and character charisma. I have yet to see the Daniel Day Lewis version. Time to compare.