nchawkeye

I just wish all these films were more historically accurate, seems that Hollywood has to make up stories rather than properly tell it as is was...

cayugad

One of my favorite lines from Mountain Men is where they are talking about how to get to the Rendezvous and they ask Brian Keith (Henry Frapp) if he's ever been lost.. and he answers (I think it goes)"Ive been a might confused for a month or two, but never been lost."

I have to admit though.. I have Mountain Men on VHS and have about worn the tape out.

gleason.chapman

I like Forrest Gump!Why,'cause Ithink Forrest'slove for Ginny is a picture portrait/movie of how God loves us, something we can understand. I always ask folks, "DidForrest love Ginny"? And without exception everybody said yes. Well how do ya know he loved her? Was it the first look on the bus, when he was about 10 years old? Was it when he named his boat after her? Was it when he was talking with the woman before he went to her hourse to see little Forrest for the first time and he was talking about his life which was really all about about Ginny and the ups and downs of seeing her again? Was it "I know love Ginny"? No,for me, I knew he had an everlasting love for Ginny, when he was talking to her about running across the USA, and she said looked him in the eye and said to him "I wish I could have been there with you Forrest." His look square in her eyes andhis replywas, "Oh Ginny, you were there every step of the way". She never quite understood the depth of Forrest's love for her, but she eventually turned to him, at the last part of her life (sound familiar?), when she needed comfort, safety and love; and she experienced true love for the first time in her life; and it wasn't about sexual love, it was about everlasting love. I think we are all Ginny's running from God and who we really are; and God is like Forrest who has this everlasting love for us. Now if Forrest had shot a Hawken in Viet Nam, then we would have a new #1 MLer movie! There ya have "Dang I love that movie" (and why).
Merry Christmas, my we all understand God's love for us, just like Ginny did. May the Spirit of Christmas in the person of Christ warm your heart and your love.
In Christ,
Chap

fastflight1

Although "Forrest Gump"wasn't exactly a Mountain Man Movie it certainly has many qualities that appealed to a great number of people, some of which Chap mentioned. That's probably why it was one of the highest grossing films of all time.

Besides what Chap mentioned,I think the movie "Forest Gump" had a certainindearing quality or lesson about it. I think it showed no matter how "dumb"(to quote the movie)ignorant orintellectually challanged a personmight be theycan still be successfulin this United States of America if you at least get out there and try.I know it's getting harder & harder but we have tobelieve thisand that"FREEDOM" isparamount other wise Forrest wouldn't of had a chance.

Semisane

How we wander. Start off with Jeremiah - naturally drift to Mountain Men - then Mohegans (reasonable enough) - then the Patriot (drifting, drifting) - to Forest Gump?? (love it - my misquote is "Life is like a box of chocolates, it's going to run out before you know it") - to, what's next? How about Quest For Fire?

Gotbuck

Dang, I must be too young as I've never heard of Mountain Men and Jeremiah Johnson. Guess I have some homework to do.

Semisane

Oh you poor, poor soul Gotbuck. Get yourself to Blockbuster PRONTO. You're in for a treat.

300ultramagshooter

I watched it also its a great movie the guy buried up to his neck reminds me of another movie that was on AMC Friday night MOTEL HELL they buried there victims that way and slit there voiceboxes so they couldnt talk

gleason.chapman

The Thread was "Dang I love that Movie" in the subject line, so we gotta follow the blood trail! Your wife said it best--your Semisane, and we are not that far from you in our passions. Some exceed you, but only True Confessions will say who that might be.Chap

DeerandbearhoG

He shaved his head to keep from being scalped. Later he grew it cause he said he wanted to b remembered, at least on someones lodge pole.

At the risk of sounding like "cliff claven",you guys should get the book "Crow Killer, the saga of liver eating Johnson" It the real life story of "jerimaha Johnson"(real name John johnson) who was ,according the the book was" a far cry from the redford movie character" .

The real story is based on accounts by Del Gue, who trapped w/ Jonhson in the 1850s and 60's and was one of the only real characters that the movie shares w/ the book.

The book and the real jonhson IMO, was much more interesting than the movie, and definatly redford
Therewas no caleb and no hatchet jack and bear claw cris lapp was just another trapper he knew later in life, his teacher was a Mt man named jon hatcher. There was a crazy woman,(probably tougher than jonson!) he did have a 30 cal hawken, and he did have a "sqaw" which was pregnant with his child, and was killed by indians.

In short the real Jonhson killed and scalped indians for their scalps and ate their livers! He was a big man for the period ,about 6'2" and 250lbs .


Ifound it online.Check it out. http://books.google.com/books?id=oqO...result#PPA8,M1