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[bangai-o]

I really wanted to like this movie, but my god they made it hard.

- The fucking wolves were the most unrealistic wolves I've ever seen. This is the Jaws of wolves. They were dealt such a fucking unrealistic blow, making them out to be animals that they simply are not. Some basic Wiki research will do away with nearly all of the characteristics that the movie imbues them with . . . For instance, wolves don't tend to have hierarchy in the wild, packs tend to be immediate families and number well below 10 (they can RARELY get higher), wolves very rarely attack humans, and when it does happen, it's almost always in places were they have become accustomed to humans and human behavior (i.e., not in the fucking wilderness of Alaska). etc., etc., etc., folks. Wolves are way cooler than this. Piss off.

that fairly famous nat geo chase scene with a buffulo knocking down another buffulo into the snow for the wolves shows well over 25 in that wolfpac. The beginning of that documentary tells how wolpacs can range into above 50. Think about it. What is a wolfpac well below 10 going to do to a buffulo other than get their jaws kicked in? i think your wolf facts are off. i dont see why a pac woldnt hunt humans in a wolfs territory and i am pretty sure regular dogs wandering neigborhoods have have hierarchy system particularly when it comes to food.

 

[EliteArtist]

Loved the movie when I saw it only because it commits itself to it's message so well.

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Almost every single death beginning at the airplane (aside from the guy killed taking a piss and the guy after him) embodies Neeson's message to comfort the man dying in the plane.

Makes it one of my favorite films I've watched in a while. Unfortunately I didn't see the after credits scene, so I wasn't aware of what happened until a a few posts ago. I think the films better without that scene actually.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Loved the movie when I saw it only because it commits itself to it's message so well.

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Almost every single death beginning at the airplane (aside from the guy killed taking a piss and the guy after him) embodies Neeson's message to comfort the man dying in the plane.

Makes it one of my favorite films I've watched in a while. Unfortunately I didn't see the after credits scene, so I wasn't aware of what happened until a a few posts ago. I think the films better without that scene actually.

Meh the scene at the end is pretty ambiguous. Doesn't change anything for me.

 

[nelsonroyale]

This movie was laughably bad...but the quote is legendary

"One more in to the fray,
Into the last good fight I'll ever know,
Live and die on this day,
Live and die on this day.'

 

[EliteArtist]

This movie was laughably bad...but the quote is legendary

"One more in to the fray,
Into the last good fight I'll ever know,
Live and die on this day,
Live and die on this day.'

Why was it so laughably bad?

 

[ShipTheCheese]

Saw this movie with the girlfriend a couple of months ago, kinda expecting a cool survival action movie. At the end of it we were both emotionally drained. Such an incredibly powerful film, and one of Neeson's best performances in recent memory. Scenes such as

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Comforting the dying man in the plane, the vertigo inducing horizontal climb scene, and jesus fucking christ that awful, awful drowning scene. were so damn good That last in particular totally got me.

I absolutely loved the ending, and I'll go out on a limb and say that was the best airplane crash sequence ever filmed.

 

[Dreaver]

I wanted to see a movie tonight so I decided to watch The Grey. I went it with quite bad expectations (terrible trailer) but holy shit I was surprised, in a good way.

The movie was pretty solid. The plane crash (that's not a spoiler I am going to assume...) was very intense, done very well.

I loved the whole dramatic (emotional) gritty style. The

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deaths were done very well, I thought the John death was pretty well done especially, seeing him sitting, crying with a beautiful environment in the background. The length of the shot was perfect, if they'd have shortened it I am sure it would have hurt the impact. I do think they should have left out the wolf growl at the end of the shot.

The death of Pete(r?) was great as well.

A few things I didn't like:

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- I wasn't fan of the CGI of the wolves.
- I didn't like the approach of the wolves they felt way to aggressive (and too much wolf screen time)

About the ending

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Before I started the movie I really thought it would be a cliche story about Liam kicking some wolves in the but and getting rescued at the end. I really liked the ending, especially because it doesn't "matter" if he won vs the Alpha (I assume so because of the scene after the credits) because he"ll die anyways, if it isn't the wolves it will be the cold.

Sorry for the big bump, the movie was a really nice surprise and I felt like posting my impressions.