@@laalki80 he was a bit of a jealous dick through the whole film but he more than redeemed himself at the end. A true patriot. All of the casting was sensational in this film
The best thing about these 7 minutes is the fact that it's all settled at the beginning. From the moment the chieftain speaks nothing could go otherwise - that was just the trigger, everything after that was predictable. It's just a clear consequence of the way the characters think and act, their skills and ablities... It had to happen like this. And the music perfectly underlines it. It is a story of destiny unfolding - not in a philosophical sense, just very practical. Noone could have really acted differently and no other outcome was possible. The whole film set up these 7 minutes. Some of the characters could have saved their lives... but they would have to act out of character. So much has happened in those 7 minutes... But it was all decided earlier. All this was just what had to happen. For me that's the most touching part of this scene. What do you prefer? Would you choose to survive, whatever it takes? Or be yourself until the last second?
@@TahirAli-eg6hf yea that was one of the Lord of the Rings films. A rather stupid statement to be honest though, considering throughout history roughly 4 out of 5 children die before their father....
No single scene, choreographed over 5 mins, hits like this overview all cinema productions. This scene is a masterpiece, deserving any and all accolades. Even though Daniel Day Lewis is a master of his craft bar none, in this scene he was secondary to the directors' vision of perfection
Iirc in the books she was 15 and they became close as back then she was a woman in all ways. They made it less a love story between the two due to the age thing.
In the book uncas fell in love with Cora, she was partly Indian. In the book Magua killed Cora and Uncas before he fell down from the rock. Alice was in love with Duncan, they stayed alive and came back to Scotland. And coronel Munro too. So the film has totally different plot, but more tragic for the heroes. By the way, there was a great scene about Uncas and Alice making love in the waterfall. But writers cut it of from the plot, Jodi May was underage, so her mother insisted in it.
Magua was the embodiment of the saying “fear the old man in a profession where men die young” until he pissed off the one he shouldn’t have: the man older than him.
Unquestionably the best 10 mins in cinematic history. Breathtaking, emotionally exhausting, with a justice. Friendship, honour, wrath. Oh Jesus, it's simply a masterpiece.
A scene thats always filled me with mystery and wonder at the intensity and complexity of feeling and pathos. Compelling and unbearable at the same time.
I watched this with my parents in 1993 when I was 10 years old. When the father comes around the corner, pure agony and pain, I hid my tears cause I didn't want my parents seeing them. They both hugged me afterwards. Nearly 30 years later this scene still makes me overcome with emotion.
@@rosa7479 This is a slight aside, but I watched this film when I was 11 when it came out. I think it was rated 15 in the UK. My parents let me watch aliens, predator, the Schwarzenegger films when I was maybe 10/11 and they were all rated 18. My mum watched The good, the bad and the ugly with me and my brother when we were probably about 10/11 too and that was rated 18 (and still is, I think, although I'm not sure why) because it was her favourite film as a kid. No-one really seems to give a shit about the rating system in the UK. I'm not saying it's a good thing necessarily, but it did instil a love of film in me and I appreciate my parent's honesty and trust. In most of the Indiana Jones films absolutely horrifying things happened but they're PG here and there's a surprising amount of swearing in children's films from the 80's, but it's (rightly, I think) considered reasonable because thats how life is and so why sugar coat it? The violence in these films never made me or anyone I knew want to be violent or replicate it because we recognised it was just a film. Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, Mad Max 2 Beverly Hills Cop, Full Metal Jacket...I watched all those films before I was 13. Again, all they did was make me enjoy cinema. Funnily enough, the only film that my brother and I couldn't sit through was Beetlejuice, because it was too scary and I think that was a 12 rating. We actually cleaned the house whilst my parents were out so as to distract ourselves. I think it was the giant striped worms. I haven't seen the film for years.
Instead of tears my small 10 year old mind could only give silence before the badassery that was the old man squashing his son's killer like a bug and then scraping him off his moccasins in disgust. Uncas was a good son but I'm thinking a little less the lover boy and a tad more time spent with dad learning the secrets of mountain top knife fighting and ass stomping techniques of the mohicans wouldnt have been time wasted but its the same with every generation you just cannot get kids to plan ahead and they always need dad to come bail them out.
Not sure if anyone mentioned it, but Duncan was incredibly brave. Sacrificing himself for them in the fire no less. The highest bravery anyone can achieve. Thanks for the likes guys!!! I had no idea until rewatched this!
And then Hawkeye recognizing it and even though they were rivals, he had the level of respect to put him out of his misery with a well placed shot no doubt to the heart.
duncan is a misunderstoond figure of the movie but in the end he takes all the things that the movied has not showed yet.. clever director.. essential comment of yours..
Best villains are not thugs but have a honour code. Wes Studi did not torture his victim, he was willing to kill with some dignity. Its a movie remember, real life is more messy.
@@boshirahmed they make them out to be "honorable villains" which largely conflicts with actual History. Had she not Dove off the cliff, she would be enslaved, raped and even cannabalized
@@Lord_of_the_Pies Yes but films are made for entertainment and made to make people feel good about themselves. It's better than most movies which show natives as just helpless victims. Really life is more horrible and there is real acts of mercy in real life too. Both sides had hero's and villains.
@@Lord_of_the_Pies It doesn't conflict with anything. The movie never says that all acted in this fashion. They're all individuals. Judge them on that score.
It's great because it's not just action. The chariot scene in Ben Hur can't be beaten for pulse-pounding adrenaline but this has more emotional depth and meaning.
I will forever love this scene. Alice, who was young, naive, fearful and sheltered this entire movie, still has no verbal dialogue. Still in her last few moments, she’s no longer scared, her shelter has been pulled out from beneath her, she has seen too much, she has grown. The expression on her face right before she lets herself fall off the side clearly lets Magwah she fears him no more. There is nothing more anyone can do to hurt her. She finally takes control and makes her own decisions…even if that choice is death. She actually appears stronger, braver and more beautiful than any other scenes in the movie. She’s absolutely broken and beautiful in this scene. She just conveys so much in a 40sec scene. It’s lovely.
In James Fenimore’s book, the “Dark Child” was supposed to be the Colonel’s mistress’ child, possibly a part black child, who was Alice’s caretaker. That would explain her strength and Alice’s submissiveness at the beginning of the film. ❤❤❤❤😮😮😮😮
This scene where Uncas puts his hand on his father´s shoulder. And thats it. You know he is going into fight. No long speech. Everything is said in this look. Today they would do Netflix 10 episodes series about this.
So true. The art of show and don't tell seems to be a rarity these days.
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Lol so right, this scene is a masterpiece, just watched the movie tonight for the first time(can you believe it) I'm still emotional, even the facial expressions of the bad guy, you can see how ripped up and dark his heart is, and he seems to be futally fighting
@ hands down the best climactic good guy vs bad guy movie scene ever filmed in my opinion. No words said, just an ear orgasmic song being played..2 bad ass warriors face to face...5 strikes is all it took to kill magua, exactly how it would go down in real life, not this back and forth for like 5mins that happens in other movies. While I can be sympathetic to maguas pain for what the white man did to his family. It gave me great satisfaction seeing chingachgook take him out, still does everytime I watch it from the first time about 30 years ago as an early teenager till now as a 40+ plus year old man. Top 5 favorite movie of mine...maybe even the favorite.
The emotion on Chingachooks face after seeing his son murdered from afar is one of the most intense moments in cinematic history. You can see it's not just the death of his son, but of his people. We all enjoyed what happened next. But was equally sad.
@@NostalgicGamerRickOShay Plus he faced his death honourably. Compared to the book Magua, Wes Studi played him as simply angry and wanting vengeance, but not shady, underhand and sneaky.
@@eronifitiao6660 That downward chop by Chingachkook with the club would have shattered his scapula. He would barely have been conscious through the shock and pain. Like the fight between Hector and Achilles in "Troy", a good hit to the shoulder means the fight is over. Its just a matter of the victor to finish off the loser.
Doubtless the greatest 7 minutes in cinematic history. No dialogue, no pause, no fake special effects - just an epic crescendo of raw human emotions, from hope to shock, terror and pain, from despair to honour, courage and sacrifice, from anger to defiance, bravery and revenge. All mixed with, and powered by incredible music and breathtaking cinematography that (literally) take your breath away. I dont think there is a single person watching this scene that doesn’t feel their heart pounding throughout the entire sequence and fully vindicated when Magwa finally meets his brutal and well deserved death. This is what true art is all about. Some of the expressions shown by the protagonists during this sequence are priceless - Alice watching Magwa with haunted eyes from the doorstep of death is just unbelievably beautiful. An absolute masterpiece.
+Paul Cruden Y. But so many great actors in those 10 minutes. My favorite is still Jodhi May as Alice. Even so Russel Means expression when he sees Uncas fall is giving me goosebumps as well...
+Paul Cruden He was an awesome actor, among awesome actors in probably the perfect movie so I guess he blended in. I agree though. He should've had more credit given for this. In my opinion these are probably the top, maybe, four(?) best actors ever, in one movie, in one scene.
It’s definitely becoming increasingly unlikely but every now and then you get this film … Waterloo, Master and Commander, or 1917 … great films with fantastic attention to historical detail …
how this movie was not even nominated for best picture is beyond me. By far top 10 movies of all time with arguably the best ending sequence in Cinema history. Michael Mann is a genius
I agree 💯. I have not seen any other movie with a fast pace as well as realistic events played out like this one. Hats off to All who took part in this Flick.
@@richardsalas4122 Totally different type of film, but give “The Razor’s Edge” with Bill Murray a view. By far, the most important film this 64 year old has ever seen. Also a huge fan of “The Last Samurai.”
Yeah i still remember this ending when i saw this as child, and im 30 now. For some reason havent watched this since. Man the charge of the old last mohican as his son died stuck to my mind. Also the girls suicide jump
45 and I know this movie is EVERYTHING. I try to pass on the love but most kids these days don't have the attention span unfortunately. Still on my bucket list to go to the park in North Carolina where they filmed that final scene.
You may very well be right about that. It still absolutely blows my mind that this didn’t get a Best Picture nomination. Granted that was a pretty damn strong category that year featuring Unforgiven, A Few Good Men, The Crying Game, and Scent of a Woman.
They just don’t make movies like this anymore. Minimal to no special effects. Just purely good acting and an excellent story. Last, but not least the music for this scene really brings it all together.
I think all of the cast was born this. This is truly a masterpiece. This gets better year after year because "Today" can't mimic this. Daniel Day Lewis? Wes Studi? Russel Means? Madeline Stowe? Johdi May? We Native Americans weep to this. I can only imagine what other feel. To see our country's history living and dying at once is truly powerful. I'm just happy we're all still alive. Including you, friend :)
@@strangerinthealps5874 I understood that you're a Native American, ois that correct? I like Native American culture, especially people of Midllends, e.g. Navajo, Commanche, etc. As far as I know they were nomadic at some point, my nation (Kazakh) is also nomadic and I notice some close similatiries, and that's very interesting. My nation also was colonized and almost wipped of.
Soundtrack the first CD I ever owned (yeah, I’m old). Objectively, Heat might be the better Michael Mann film, but this one always holds a special place in my heart.
This is what made this film so great. Hawkeye is the main character. But his scene is Chingachgooks. If this was 2024, Magua would get the upper hand in the fight to ensure Hawkeye had to join in to save the day. But not in those days. Its Chingachgook's scene, so HE gets his 30 seconds. Hawkeye actually shows all his strengths protecting him - he rifles 2 men, muskets 2 men, then holds another 4 at riflepoint with an empty rifle.
Still my favourite movie scene ever (2021) So many brilliant details: - Uncas looking at his father with a "I have to do this" look (0:32) - Cora realizing that Hawkeye is about to mercy kill Duncan (0:54) - Alice in shock that Uncas is willing to risk his life to try and save her (3:19) - Uncas refuses to give up, even badly wounded (3:59) - Alice decides to commit suicide so she's suddenly completely serene (4:57) - Magua's indifference to Alice's suicide (5:48) - Cora's pain at her sister's death (5:54) - The music picks up again cause our heroes are out for blood (6:03) - the look of despise Chingachgook gives to Magua (7:12) - Awesome filming of Magua's falling to the ground dead (7:30), often copied in other movies, Ex: Le Chiffre's death at "Casino Royale"
I don't see indifference at all in magua's face. I see stupor in his face at first when Alice approach the cliff and a defiant look: "you are not serious" he's thinking. After he sees the determination in Alice's gaze the expression change, he realize that she would never retrace her steps, but he still make an attempt to call her back. He's incredulous. Alice throws herself. At that point, defeat appears on Magua's face, Alice has beaten him and he can't do anything but accept it. A flash of rage. He mask it. He swallow it. "ok, you made your choice" think selfishly and start to move on and shame kick in, he look down, the idea to be rejected so bad that she preferred to kill herself instead of pass one more minute with him. He swallow it and finally rise his chin and move on. All of these without a word...amazing actor
@@elite_eight4486 I thought he offers his hand in a way out for her, like "ok girl, there is strength in you I can see it, dont throw your life", he kinda respects her right there. When she does throw herself over the cliff he is shocked, he is in an emotiinal turmoil, but still he takes it at his stride "I did not had this in mind but so be it..."
There is also one little thing many people overlook - Hawkeye actually holds the rest of Magua's war party hostage with an EMPTY rifle while Chingachgook axes Magua. Watch it again. Just before they break through the final bushes, Hawkeye has his long rifle in one hand, with a bullet in it (he just shot someone and reloaded), and a musket he picked up from a dead Indian, with a bullet in it, in the other. Chingachgook has his 'axe' in one hand and a musket , with a bullet in it, in the other. They face 4 Indians. Chingachgook muskets one and kills the second with the 'axe', then discards the musket. Hawkeye kills the other 2 using his rifle and musket at the same time, then drops *his* musket (but keeps his long rifle), and then picks up a musket with a bullet in it from a dead Indian. Chingachgook then breaks through the bush, and kills the Indian on the other side with his axe. Another Indian levels a musket at him, but is stopped by Hawkeye who drops him with his newest musket. Hawkeye then discards that musket and levels his rifle at the remaining Indians, who admit defeat and refrain from fighting. There is no way he could have got a bullet in his rifle offscreen as he was holding two weapons. That rifle he held up the Indians at the end was EMPTY.
Didnt he ... just translated too directly. It was Hawkeye wanting to take him instead, Duncan said exactly this ... and the indians, well, acted accordingly. Always be careful as a translator
Hands down the most intense 7 minutes of movie history. I saw it in the theater, remember looking around and seeing every person in the theater sitting on the edge of their seats, eyes wide open, clenching the armrest. Goosebumps.
I'm not a father but I still felt that. I'm sure there is a TV trope thing about it, you do not fuck with Dad. That moment where he comes around the hill, the look on his face. He didn't care if he lived or died. Do not cross a man with nothing to lose.
The girls goes from just a character in a great movie to perhaps, the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen right before she jumps to her death. Mind and heart completely blown.
So true, right before she jumped, that Look was hauntingly beautiful especially with that one Braid in her Hair, that Uncas made for her with Love to comfort her(sadly a Detail in the Skript, that they had cut out of the film)
In my humble opinion, this still is the best movie ever made: the score, cast, acting, cinematography and plot/character development remain untouchable almost 30 years later. The sequence from 06:04-07:32 is perhaps the best dramatic-action cinemtatic revenge sequence ever (with the possible exception of the end of Godfather I).
The scene where Jodhi May stares off the cliff into eternity, then gazes at Magwa, before leaping to her death moves me still. The admiration for her that flickers across Magwa's face says it all - a brave death is better than being held captive, knowing the fate that awaited her.
@@madquest8 she loved the brother . So him dying was like the final straw. She came to the west for a better life. But instead lost her father, a friend, and now a lover.
This is the greatest part of any film I’ve ever seen. It’s perfect. Not one word spoken and it’s perfect. The music! Just hearing this song makes me want to get revenge whilst running up a mountain, grabbing the muskets of those I’ve killed as I go. It’s amazing
@@NormAppleton I like the fact the villain is killed not by the main hero but by the real title character who ends up being the last of the mohicans,and how he knifes that Huron while running through the bush without even stopping is just class,when he’s fighting mogwa is Hawkeye taking out the rest in the background?
He got an honorary Oscar in 2019 I think, He's one of the greatest villains I've ever seen.I love the way Magua speaks in the 3rd person when he tells his enemy he's gonna wipe out his seed. Before Magua puts his knife to Gray hair.
They portrayed him as a bit of a dick throughout the film. It distracted the viewer from realising he's actually very brave. When he sacrificed himself, that's when we realise how we've been misjudging him. The guy was torn between honour and duty.
@@harrywakatipu2547 he really loved the girl but he got friendzoned, he lost faith in his country and his army, his authority was questioned by the guy who his dream girl loved. I would be kind of a dick too. Really human character.
This scene is incredible, for the story it tells about people, and how it does it. You have two men, both enemies, willing to sacrifice themselves, and for each other. You have a man being willing to die so that the woman he loves, and the man she loves, may survive. In return, the man he saves repays the favor by granting him a quick and painless death, preventing a horrible alternative. Meanwhile another man, a young man, sets out on a futile endeavor to try to rescue the girl he loves. He does his best, but is overcome, and dies a brutal death. The girl, seeing this, and thinking all hope lost, takes her own life. Which is in fact a small act of defiance that spoils the villain's plan (and ironically and tragically unties her and the young man). Then you have the wrath and vengeance of the young man's father, and his brother. All played out in mere minutes, and with hardly a word spoken. An extraordinary and genius means of story telling. And beautiful, in many ways.
I think that what makes this scene one of the best in movie history is that there is so much communicated using no words at all. When Uncas touch his father shoulder like saying "father, she´s the one, i have to do this" or when he looks at Alice like saying "i´m sorry... i really wanted to be your hero". Mix that with one of the most epic movie scores and you get something so intense that for a moment you no longer know which one is the main love story.
One of the main reasons I will ALWAYS say that music is sooo important to filmmaking. It adds an enormous amount of everything into this sequence alone.
The last 7 minutes of this film has EVERYTHING! It has love, sacrifice, honor, bravery, courage, grief, revenge, all with NO words spoken! In fact, the last word of the movie is Cora yelling "Alice!" before Duncan dies :(
This end scene is one of the best in a film, music is magnificent and Alice's fear and terror to go over the cliff after Uncas' death. Outstanding in every way.
No doubt best scene to have ever graced the screen. Doesn't matter if you consider the movie as a whole to be one of the best ever (I do), no piece of film can trump these 7 minutes. Magic. Genius. So special. And besides Michael Mann, Randy Edelman and Trevor Jones are exactly equally special, this soundtrack is out of this world, it absolutely baffles me how any human can come up with such insane sound. Thank you all for bringing this into my life
YES, good call...after being such a pompous prick the entire film Duncan went out like a boss!! And Nathaniel taking him out of his misery was honorable in itself!!
It was, at this moment, you realize that Duncan and Uncas were true badasses. Willing sacrificed their lives for the women they love. 💪💪 Also- NOTHING on Earth is more powerful and dangerous than a parent’s protective love! 💪
I have agree with you, but I think Duncan was still a major prick. I can’t help but bring myself to think that way even though he did sacrifice himself so that Cora could live.
The way uncas looked at his father and puting his hand on his shoulder not saying anything but him looking at his dad telling him that he’s going to go after her
Wes Studi is fine actor and works a lot thank God but he outdid himself in this film as Magua. He was absolutely brilliant. What a performance! He should have been tapped for a nomination. A tortured villain has never been portrayed better on the screen. I loved Russell Means as well. He broke my heart in the very last scene as he prays for Uncas' soul. A better balanced cast? Better direction? Better art direction? Not many I can recall. One of the great films of the last 50 years in my humble estimation. And the music....the music...wow...
Wes Studi did an outstanding job indeed. He spoke several languages in the film and gestures. He said a lot with his face and movements. Oscar nomination worthy. And Mr. Daniel the chameleon also a fine actor.
One of the most powerful scenes in cinema history. Tears, goosebumbs etc... It is not just music, but also editing and the whole emotional build up of the whole film, that leads here... Incredible.
I love how the tempo of the music changes when it no longer about saving the woman his son loves but about revenge on the man that killed them both. Great piece of movie making.
When I was a little kid, my cousin and I used to run through the woods with sticks pretending we were in this scene. Awesome factor of this movie blew our little minds.
I absolutely love this film. Magua has become one of my favorite cinema villains. Wes Studi played him like a champ. Also. From the moment Hawkeye walks into the camp, until Chingachgook offers the final prayer for Uncas, I'm always riveted!
They don't make films like this anymore. This 7 minutes is one of the best endings of any film ever. I can't imagine DC or Marvel bringing this kind of climax. Love from an Indian film watcher 🇮🇳.
My people the Native American Indigenous Peoples of the America's were here for 20,000 Thousand Years plus we are still living descendants of our Native American Indigenous ancestors! We are still here and not going away anytime soon ! I am from the Ojibwe Tribe on First Nation Shkamok! In The Great Province of Ontario
I watched this film as a 13 year old kid at night with the family, with my knees tucked up into my face and I couldn't believe the emotions I was getting watching this. It was when the father gazes upon his son falling and his face of complete anguish actually broke me into tears. Then when the girl stepped over, something happened deep inside me, I didn't know what love was or what it meant until then. I see my little sister stepping off that cliff and It still kills me to this day.
I have the sound effects of this entire scene embedded into my mind , I feel like I could close my eyes and know exactly what’s happening . Simply one the best scenes in movie history. And the lighting in this whole film is immaculate
I fell in love with this film without ever watching it. I heard 'the kiss' score, and knew it would be a film my heart resonates with. I finally watched this a few days ago, and I have been stuck with this ending scene since. The music as Alice jumps - goes deep into the soul. Beautiful film.
You are absolutely right. Happy that you were able to discover this movie. Had scene it twice in the theater when it came out. It seemed as if many times you were actually there!! Best to you!
What an absolutely incredible movie. I never get tired of it. It's a movie about hero's. Even the villain (Wes Studi) was someone we could empathize with. This movie serves the story well and I think it's a masterpiece. Well done Michael Mann.
Uncas reaping 5 Huron within 30 seconds, only to be played with by Magua, showed how scary Magua was and why he was a war leader. Then in a blood rage, Chingachgook cuts through the entire Huron party and took no damage from Magua while shattering Magua’s body. We learned who the true warrior was, what Uncas could have been, and what a loss it was besides a son. There is so much story telling with just visuals.
the fact that his father had already prepped and loaded the Kentucky long rifle and that Hawkeye already assumed that, no words.... show their character. They wanted his suffering to end and made it happen with no words, as efficiently and expeditiously as possible. RIP duncan
I love how the raw emotions are portrayed as it would be in real life, with minimum dialogue, using their expressions, actions and body language with the music in the background. It's on point without getting into excessive dialogues and losing the essence of what they're trying to portray. It's just perfect in every way. Just epic.
Duncan was always the man. It's just that some people saw him as the 'bad guy' because he had eyes for Cora Munro. Nothing wrong with that. He followed all the rules and even stayed behind at the waterfall scene and never fled.
Talbot6832 I dont why....but I think the creator of "Dune" must have taken inspiration from the character of Duncan and made his own character known as Duncan Idaho. Almost an honourable hero, that died so that the main character could live.
Didnt he actually translate wrongly? He said take me instead, but that was only what Day Lewis character said and wanted? But the indians took Duncsn by his word ... ? Thats always what I thought happens, a heroic sacrifice more by accident ... which however he took without whining or protesting, which makes him great anyway ^^
No dialogue, all emotions. This is what we call epic.
And the music speak for all.
Legendary scene.
Thanks for pointing out the no dialogue aspect because I didn’t notice!
Nice. I had to watch it again.
Its hands down cool. I love home. USA
The best
And Duncan was the hero. Badass Duncan!
@@laalki80 he was a bit of a jealous dick through the whole film but he more than redeemed himself at the end. A true patriot. All of the casting was sensational in this film
Best 7 minutes of a film ever. One of the most under rated films of all time I would say.
"I second that"
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agreed
The best thing about these 7 minutes is the fact that it's all settled at the beginning. From the moment the chieftain speaks nothing could go otherwise - that was just the trigger, everything after that was predictable. It's just a clear consequence of the way the characters think and act, their skills and ablities... It had to happen like this. And the music perfectly underlines it. It is a story of destiny unfolding - not in a philosophical sense, just very practical. Noone could have really acted differently and no other outcome was possible. The whole film set up these 7 minutes. Some of the characters could have saved their lives... but they would have to act out of character.
So much has happened in those 7 minutes... But it was all decided earlier. All this was just what had to happen.
For me that's the most touching part of this scene. What do you prefer? Would you choose to survive, whatever it takes? Or be yourself until the last second?
Indeed. Fantastic movie
Best scene of a father going beast mode after seing hes son die, this bring down the tears every time.
There was a scene where the father said: no father should have to bury his son. That's the one that gets me
Destroys me
@@TahirAli-eg6hf I think that was Theoden in TTT
@@TahirAli-eg6hf yea that was one of the Lord of the Rings films.
A rather stupid statement to be honest though, considering throughout history roughly 4 out of 5 children die before their father....
@@TahirAli-eg6hf thats lord of the rings
7 minutes of absolute perfection in every possible way.
Bruva it hits me the same way no cap
No single scene, choreographed over 5 mins, hits like this overview all cinema productions. This scene is a masterpiece, deserving any and all accolades. Even though Daniel Day Lewis is a master of his craft bar none, in this scene he was secondary to the directors' vision of perfection
The arterial spray on uncas's chin is somehow way more violent than if they showed the actual knife cut 👏
эт точно. остальное всё мура
Accept the rubber stones jiggling.
He went to his death for a girl he never spoke to. She jumped off after watching him die for her. So much going on here it's crazy
The plot doesn't make much sense in this scene, but emotionally it's super powerful.
Iirc in the books she was 15 and they became close as back then she was a woman in all ways. They made it less a love story between the two due to the age thing.
In the book uncas fell in love with Cora, she was partly Indian. In the book Magua killed Cora and Uncas before he fell down from the rock. Alice was in love with Duncan, they stayed alive and came back to Scotland. And coronel Munro too. So the film has totally different plot, but more tragic for the heroes.
By the way, there was a great scene about Uncas and Alice making love in the waterfall. But writers cut it of from the plot, Jodi May was underage, so her mother insisted in it.
Magua didn't kill Cora, he was treating her and one of his men thought it was serious so he killed her
@@scarletjade1041 yep, that's right, thanks. I forgot it.
Magua was the embodiment of the saying “fear the old man in a profession where men die young” until he pissed off the one he shouldn’t have: the man older than him.
Man i just said somethin similar to this in this thread!
Awesome dude!
お父さんの息子さんは女性の為にしかも同じ部族では無い白人である会って間もない女性の為に命懸けで戦い命を落とし、その仇を取ったお父さんは本当の父でなんとコメントして良いか分かりません。
Especially after killing his son.
That's a hard saying right there bother 🔥🔥
Am I the only one who views Magua in sympathise way?
Unquestionably the best 10 mins in cinematic history. Breathtaking, emotionally exhausting, with a justice. Friendship, honour, wrath. Oh Jesus, it's simply a masterpiece.
Movies like this, _Master and Commander_ , and arguably _Dances With Wolves_ : we need so many more of that kind.
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90s had the best films.
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What a powerful emotional rollercoaster of a scene this was Sacrifice,loss,Honour and revenge all perfectly put together in 7 minutes
A scene thats always filled me with mystery and wonder at the intensity and complexity of feeling and pathos. Compelling and unbearable at the same time.
Vc é fera!
Right. Yo I was like running right behind Chingachgook. Omg this shit was too real.
Perfectly stated. Also - the scenery and the MUSIC! Without a doubt a masterpiece and really underrated film.
well said..respect to the director
I watched this with my parents in 1993 when I was 10 years old. When the father comes around the corner, pure agony and pain, I hid my tears cause I didn't want my parents seeing them. They both hugged me afterwards. Nearly 30 years later this scene still makes me overcome with emotion.
It's a masterpiece
10 years old! It's a bit too young, there are such violent scenes in this movie. Wonderful movie though
@@rosa7479 This is a slight aside, but I watched this film when I was 11 when it came out. I think it was rated 15 in the UK. My parents let me watch aliens, predator, the Schwarzenegger films when I was maybe 10/11 and they were all rated 18. My mum watched The good, the bad and the ugly with me and my brother when we were probably about 10/11 too and that was rated 18 (and still is, I think, although I'm not sure why) because it was her favourite film as a kid. No-one really seems to give a shit about the rating system in the UK. I'm not saying it's a good thing necessarily, but it did instil a love of film in me and I appreciate my parent's honesty and trust. In most of the Indiana Jones films absolutely horrifying things happened but they're PG here and there's a surprising amount of swearing in children's films from the 80's, but it's (rightly, I think) considered reasonable because thats how life is and so why sugar coat it? The violence in these films never made me or anyone I knew want to be violent or replicate it because we recognised it was just a film. Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, Mad Max 2 Beverly Hills Cop, Full Metal Jacket...I watched all those films before I was 13. Again, all they did was make me enjoy cinema. Funnily enough, the only film that my brother and I couldn't sit through was Beetlejuice, because it was too scary and I think that was a 12 rating. We actually cleaned the house whilst my parents were out so as to distract ourselves. I think it was the giant striped worms. I haven't seen the film for years.
Instead of tears my small 10 year old mind could only give silence before the badassery that was the old man squashing his son's killer like a bug and then scraping him off his moccasins in disgust. Uncas was a good son but I'm thinking a little less the lover boy and a tad more time spent with dad learning the secrets of mountain top knife fighting and ass stomping techniques of the mohicans wouldnt have been time wasted but its the same with every generation you just cannot get kids to plan ahead and they always need dad to come bail them out.
1996 when i was four. same.
2024 and this still is a master piece backed by a forever soundtrack
I recommend everyone above 16+ to watch it
wow Thanks for so many likes everyone
Every time is like the First time
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2024 IT'S STILL THE BEST
BEST OF THE Best!!!
Fantastic in every way, still to this day.
Not sure if anyone mentioned it, but Duncan was incredibly brave. Sacrificing himself for them in the fire no less. The highest bravery anyone can achieve.
Thanks for the likes guys!!! I had no idea until rewatched this!
indeed he was the bravest
And then Hawkeye recognizing it and even though they were rivals, he had the level of respect to put him out of his misery with a well placed shot no doubt to the heart.
duncan is a misunderstoond figure of the movie but in the end he takes all the things that the movied has not showed yet.. clever director.. essential comment of yours..
Piece of cake. I sacrifice myself suntanning at the french Riviera.
Should have stayed in England.
Master class in casting. Master class in acting. Master class in editing. Master class in film scoring. Wonderful.
Agreed. But no like since you’re @ 69 so…. Nice
Wes Study played the part perfectly
Why am I weeping?
"Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young."
and watch out for an evil sooki sayer that has falsey hearts
And that man is old for a very good reason
Amen.
With a little help from his friend. But he had probably killed them all single handed.
@@efcpl not friend, son.
Wes Studi has got to be one the best villains I've ever seen.
Best villains are not thugs but have a honour code. Wes Studi did not torture his victim, he was willing to kill with some dignity. Its a movie remember, real life is more messy.
@@boshirahmed they make them out to be "honorable villains" which largely conflicts with actual History.
Had she not Dove off the cliff, she would be enslaved, raped and even cannabalized
@@Lord_of_the_Pies Yes but films are made for entertainment and made to make people feel good about themselves. It's better than most movies which show natives as just helpless victims. Really life is more horrible and there is real acts of mercy in real life too. Both sides had hero's and villains.
@@Lord_of_the_Pies It doesn't conflict with anything. The movie never says that all acted in this fashion. They're all individuals. Judge them on that score.
And insanely underrated as an actor.
When Michael Mann finished editing this final scene, he must have realized he had created the greatest action sequence ever made.
It's great because it's not just action. The chariot scene in Ben Hur can't be beaten for pulse-pounding adrenaline but this has more emotional depth and meaning.
My god
Absolutely
Amen!
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I will forever love this scene. Alice, who was young, naive, fearful and sheltered this entire movie, still has no verbal dialogue. Still in her last few moments, she’s no longer scared, her shelter has been pulled out from beneath her, she has seen too much, she has grown. The expression on her face right before she lets herself fall off the side clearly lets Magwah she fears him no more. There is nothing more anyone can do to hurt her. She finally takes control and makes her own decisions…even if that choice is death. She actually appears stronger, braver and more beautiful than any other scenes in the movie. She’s absolutely broken and beautiful in this scene. She just conveys so much in a 40sec scene. It’s lovely.
Yeah, in the beginning, you hear how her character is excited to be in the colonies even though the Seven Year's War is on.
@natalierozean5989 Thank you for this comment
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Absolutely. Every second of this last scene is brilliant. Beyond words
In James Fenimore’s book, the “Dark Child” was supposed to be the Colonel’s mistress’ child, possibly a part black child, who was Alice’s caretaker. That would explain her strength and Alice’s submissiveness at the beginning of the film. ❤❤❤❤😮😮😮😮
This scene where Uncas puts his hand on his father´s shoulder. And thats it. You know he is going into fight. No long speech. Everything is said in this look. Today they would do Netflix 10 episodes series about this.
So true. The art of show and don't tell seems to be a rarity these days.
Lol so right, this scene is a masterpiece, just watched the movie tonight for the first time(can you believe it) I'm still emotional, even the facial expressions of the bad guy, you can see how ripped up and dark his heart is, and he seems to be futally fighting
@ hands down the best climactic good guy vs bad guy movie scene ever filmed in my opinion. No words said, just an ear orgasmic song being played..2 bad ass warriors face to face...5 strikes is all it took to kill magua, exactly how it would go down in real life, not this back and forth for like 5mins that happens in other movies. While I can be sympathetic to maguas pain for what the white man did to his family. It gave me great satisfaction seeing chingachgook take him out, still does everytime I watch it from the first time about 30 years ago as an early teenager till now as a 40+ plus year old man. Top 5 favorite movie of mine...maybe even the favorite.
@@bigmyked8479 wes study slayed that role.
hahaha
2023 still greatest scene and soundtrack in movie history
Fuck this. I watched this movie for the first time now. A whole movie. When it came to this last part, I fucking cried. Fuck this.
Can we talk about the drums at 5:15. Just heartbreaking and poignant to the theme of the movie. So underrated. Sad and symbolic.
@Larry Moran movie link plz🙏
Daniel Day LEWIS, last of the Mohicans and its soundtrack = Magnificent ❤❤❤❤❤
@@DarkImplement we all cried!
The emotion on Chingachooks face after seeing his son murdered from afar is one of the most intense moments in cinematic history. You can see it's not just the death of his son, but of his people. We all enjoyed what happened next. But was equally sad.
Why dosent Magua move before Chingachook delivers the final blow?
@@eronifitiao6660 He is too weak. All the areas where he has been hit now has him stunned.
@@NostalgicGamerRickOShay Plus he faced his death honourably. Compared to the book Magua, Wes Studi played him as simply angry and wanting vengeance, but not shady, underhand and sneaky.
@@eronifitiao6660 That downward chop by Chingachkook with the club would have shattered his scapula. He would barely have been conscious through the shock and pain.
Like the fight between Hector and Achilles in "Troy", a good hit to the shoulder means the fight is over. Its just a matter of the victor to finish off the loser.
The roundhouse blow, unforgettable
Doubtless the greatest 7 minutes in cinematic history.
No dialogue, no pause, no fake special effects - just an epic crescendo of raw human emotions, from hope to shock, terror and pain, from despair to honour, courage and sacrifice, from anger to defiance, bravery and revenge. All mixed with, and powered by incredible music and breathtaking cinematography that (literally) take your breath away.
I dont think there is a single person watching this scene that doesn’t feel their heart pounding throughout the entire sequence and fully vindicated when Magwa finally meets his brutal and well deserved death.
This is what true art is all about.
Some of the expressions shown by the protagonists during this sequence are priceless - Alice watching Magwa with haunted eyes from the doorstep of death is just unbelievably beautiful.
An absolute masterpiece.
Wes Studi,facial expressions and body language say it all.A most under estimated performance from a superb actor.Anyone agree?
+Sacred Atheist
Everyone is coloured
+Paul Cruden Y. But so many great actors in those 10 minutes. My favorite is still Jodhi May as Alice. Even so Russel Means expression when he sees Uncas fall is giving me goosebumps as well...
+Paul Cruden He was an awesome actor, among awesome actors in probably the perfect movie so I guess he blended in. I agree though. He should've had more credit given for this. In my opinion these are probably the top, maybe, four(?) best actors ever, in one movie, in one scene.
+A Van Also, the best soundtrack.
Harry Wakatipu erm .. that should be present tense he's still alive. He was in Penny dreadful last year playing an Apache wearwolf
There won't be a movie like this ever again.
No
It’s definitely becoming increasingly unlikely but every now and then you get this film … Waterloo, Master and Commander, or 1917 … great films with fantastic attention to historical detail …
how this movie was not even nominated for best picture is beyond me. By far top 10 movies of all time with arguably the best ending sequence in Cinema history. Michael Mann is a genius
I agree 💯. I have not seen any other movie with a fast pace as well as realistic events played out like this one. Hats off to All who took part in this Flick.
@@richardsalas4122 Totally different type of film, but give “The Razor’s Edge” with Bill Murray a view. By far, the most important film this 64 year old has ever seen. Also a huge fan of “The Last Samurai.”
Don’t get me started l! I’M Irish, but everything that Daniel Day Lewis touches is gold
Yeah i still remember this ending when i saw this as child, and im 30 now. For some reason havent watched this since. Man the charge of the old last mohican as his son died stuck to my mind. Also the girls suicide jump
Was it not? Absurd.
42 years old and A LOT of movies seen....this is still hands down my favorite sequence in any movie.
Love how hawkeye held those guys at bay. It was uncas dads fight not his. Classic!
45 and I know this movie is EVERYTHING. I try to pass on the love but most kids these days don't have the attention span unfortunately. Still on my bucket list to go to the park in North Carolina where they filmed that final scene.
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I've barely got a year on you and I've always thought the exact same thing.
I say this without any irony whatsoever, this might be the most dramatic sequence in cinema history.
You may very well be right about that. It still absolutely blows my mind that this didn’t get a Best Picture nomination. Granted that was a pretty damn strong category that year featuring Unforgiven, A Few Good Men, The Crying Game, and Scent of a Woman.
Definitely should have gotten best picture.
@@Mikezilla115 This blows The Crying Game away.
It's DEFINITELY up there. The music, cinematography, action, everything is perfection. Stunning.
It is definitely in the top 5.
Have you seen final duel in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly?
Crazy that I watched this as a little boy, I am now 35 and still get goosebumps every time. There is nothing I can’t do when I hear this music.
Why is it crazy you watched this? Cartoons had way more violence back then
@ten3195 you read it wrong. I'm just saying after all of those years the song still makes me feel a way.
Same here I am 33 now this movie is just amazing
Yes I'm 35 too, but when I was child it was better. 😔
I have this same reaction. When I hear this music I just must stop. And I feel so much sadness
My brother was an extra. He was the one Mohican killed first. He’s got lots of pictures from this awesome movie.
You mean the Huron? The Mohicans are the ones doing the killing in the scene
@@BlueDebut He probably meant the first Mohican to die
Good for him, it must be great experience.
@@belattai9435 there were only 2 Mohicans left Uncas and Uncas dad so I think he was either Huron or Mokawk.
@@therealfanboyz9646 my friend was also in the movie as extra actor. He died as a moron err a Huron
The way Uncas looks at her after being cut by Magua is exactly why she jumped…incredible scene.
They just don’t make movies like this anymore. Minimal to no special effects. Just purely good acting and an excellent story. Last, but not least the music for this scene really brings it all together.
Plenty of special effects but they are all practical. That's what makes it so good.
The great Michael Mann; when he was at his absolute best.
That’s why movies like this never feel dated.
This film, and Braveheart, just epic grand movies. Perfect.
Master & Commander feels like it was made like this. Doesn't have the same emotional depth but it was just quality film-making.
A lesser director would have had Day Lewis kill Studi at the end. Such a powerful scene having the father get revenge for the death of his son.
Even a lesser director would have delivered the truth of the book
absolutely agree, such a brilliant touch, and matching it with this insane theme, simply perfection
Yes sir
@@gillescabon3388 :Yes, in the book, Hawkeye DOES kill Magua. But this was taken from the original screenplay for the 1936 version.
After all he was the last Mohican, not Duncan
Only people with soul can understand this film. For me this is still the best film ever made.
I agree. I truly love it
I still love this movie
so gingers can't understand the film, thats so sad for them, the silly ginger twats
This is the purest deepest soul movie
Totally
Wes Study was born for this role...
I think all of the cast was born this. This is truly a masterpiece. This gets better year after year because "Today" can't mimic this. Daniel Day Lewis? Wes Studi? Russel Means? Madeline Stowe? Johdi May? We Native Americans weep to this. I can only imagine what other feel. To see our country's history living and dying at once is truly powerful. I'm just happy we're all still alive. Including you, friend :)
@@strangerinthealps5874 I understood that you're a Native American, ois that correct? I like Native American culture, especially people of Midllends, e.g. Navajo, Commanche, etc. As far as I know they were nomadic at some point, my nation (Kazakh) is also nomadic and I notice some close similatiries, and that's very interesting. My nation also was colonized and almost wipped of.
There is NOTHING more deadly than the righteous fury of a father that has lost his child.😢😮
That's what drove Magua
@@rossgage9730magia was the bad guy
@@dude2323 that all depends which perspective you have
actually there is something more furious than a father who has lost a child... its a MOTHER who has lost a child... now that is really scarey.
Wrath of Man 2021 must watch!!!
One of the best representations of "Show, dont tell"
absoluytely, u got totally the matter
Yes, a much more difficult thing to do.
Now in north america we have way too much show happening, so destructive
Exactamundo, there's more beauty and meaning in the last 7 minutes of this film than from all the crap that is coming out of Hollywood nowadays.
It has to be! There’s no dialogue which is why it’s my favorite scene ever
Who’s still watching this in 2022 thinking its the most epic and beautiful scene ever?
8 January 2023....and counting .....
12. Jan. 2023 from GerMONEY the biggest Shithole today. Have seen this film as child, and think the same. Must see this film "again".
One of the best 7 min in cinema
Soundtrack the first CD I ever owned (yeah, I’m old). Objectively, Heat might be the better Michael Mann film, but this one always holds a special place in my heart.
It's amazing
The greatest 10 minutes of film of all time.
i love how the old pappy doesnt stop to fight anybody he just runs after magua knowing hawkeye has his back
It's the ultimate don't fuck with Dad scene ever. Hawkeye, the hero of the story can't even keep up. You don't. Fuck. With Dad.
@@chrisschonfeldt5789abso-freakin-lutely.
This is what made this film so great. Hawkeye is the main character. But his scene is Chingachgooks. If this was 2024, Magua would get the upper hand in the fight to ensure Hawkeye had to join in to save the day. But not in those days. Its Chingachgook's scene, so HE gets his 30 seconds. Hawkeye actually shows all his strengths protecting him - he rifles 2 men, muskets 2 men, then holds another 4 at riflepoint with an empty rifle.
So brilliant
Had his back to the end❤
Still my favourite movie scene ever (2021)
So many brilliant details:
- Uncas looking at his father with a "I have to do this" look (0:32)
- Cora realizing that Hawkeye is about to mercy kill Duncan (0:54)
- Alice in shock that Uncas is willing to risk his life to try and save her (3:19)
- Uncas refuses to give up, even badly wounded (3:59)
- Alice decides to commit suicide so she's suddenly completely serene (4:57)
- Magua's indifference to Alice's suicide (5:48)
- Cora's pain at her sister's death (5:54)
- The music picks up again cause our heroes are out for blood (6:03)
- the look of despise Chingachgook gives to Magua (7:12)
- Awesome filming of Magua's falling to the ground dead (7:30), often copied in other movies, Ex: Le Chiffre's death at "Casino Royale"
I don't see indifference at all in magua's face. I see stupor in his face at first when Alice approach the cliff and a defiant look: "you are not serious" he's thinking. After he sees the determination in Alice's gaze the expression change, he realize that she would never retrace her steps, but he still make an attempt to call her back. He's incredulous. Alice throws herself. At that point, defeat appears on Magua's face, Alice has beaten him and he can't do anything but accept it. A flash of rage. He mask it. He swallow it. "ok, you made your choice" think selfishly and start to move on and shame kick in, he look down, the idea to be rejected so bad that she preferred to kill herself instead of pass one more minute with him. He swallow it and finally rise his chin and move on. All of these without a word...amazing actor
@@elite_eight4486 I thought he offers his hand in a way out for her, like "ok girl, there is strength in you I can see it, dont throw your life", he kinda respects her right there. When she does throw herself over the cliff he is shocked, he is in an emotiinal turmoil, but still he takes it at his stride "I did not had this in mind but so be it..."
- Magua´s look towards Uncas "What are you waiting for. Fight!" (03:22)
There is also one little thing many people overlook - Hawkeye actually holds the rest of Magua's war party hostage with an EMPTY rifle while Chingachgook axes Magua.
Watch it again. Just before they break through the final bushes, Hawkeye has his long rifle in one hand, with a bullet in it (he just shot someone and reloaded), and a musket he picked up from a dead Indian, with a bullet in it, in the other. Chingachgook has his 'axe' in one hand and a musket , with a bullet in it, in the other.
They face 4 Indians. Chingachgook muskets one and kills the second with the 'axe', then discards the musket. Hawkeye kills the other 2 using his rifle and musket at the same time, then drops *his* musket (but keeps his long rifle), and then picks up a musket with a bullet in it from a dead Indian.
Chingachgook then breaks through the bush, and kills the Indian on the other side with his axe. Another Indian levels a musket at him, but is stopped by Hawkeye who drops him with his newest musket. Hawkeye then discards that musket and levels his rifle at the remaining Indians, who admit defeat and refrain from fighting.
There is no way he could have got a bullet in his rifle offscreen as he was holding two weapons. That rifle he held up the Indians at the end was EMPTY.
@@elite_eight4486 🙏🙏🙏
Breaks my heart every time Uncas is killed. A brutal ending for a brave man.
Still my man Uncas was the most badass in this whole clip, going head first against raining bullets, taking 4 of them down. RIP in peace Uncas
@@whispersilk Yes, unfazed by the round impacting in stone right by his face. He had a job to do and gave it his all.
It always tears me up watching this. Uncas was so in love with her
@@whispersilk No the dad was the badass!
@@gitaaa7740 Yeah he certainly was, he got his Revenge for his son. And I would too.
Duncan is the unsung hero! He truly loved Cora and demonstrated his love with his sacrifice. RIP Duncan. ❤
Duncan was a disillusioned fool. Yes, he did redeem himself but...
Didnt he ... just translated too directly. It was Hawkeye wanting to take him instead, Duncan said exactly this ... and the indians, well, acted accordingly. Always be careful as a translator
@@voxdraconia4035No Duncan willingly sacrificed himself. He said "take me I'm an English officer take me"
Correct.
Duncan intended to take his place.
“My compliments Sir, take her & get out”
His last words
Eventually be proved himself but he had to be humbled a few times
Hands down the most intense 7 minutes of movie history. I saw it in the theater, remember looking around and seeing every person in the theater sitting on the edge of their seats, eyes wide open, clenching the armrest. Goosebumps.
Didn't realize how powerful the last fight scene was until I became a father.
Same. I'd avenge my son no matter what.
@@kendrickjames1045 agreed. All bets are off at that point.
I'm not a father but I still felt that. I'm sure there is a TV trope thing about it, you do not fuck with Dad. That moment where he comes around the hill, the look on his face. He didn't care if he lived or died. Do not cross a man with nothing to lose.
ANY GOD FEARING FATHER WILL GLADLY HAVE HIS SON OR DAUGHTERS VENGEANCE.
I knew once the son got done and the father saw it that it was the killers last breath on the spot.
One of the Best movie scenes in the history of film making .Period
The girls goes from just a character in a great movie to perhaps, the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen right before she jumps to her death. Mind and heart completely blown.
FBI OPEN UP
And then she jumped to her death again in the witcher :)
@@fredrik357 Calanthe, still beautiful!
So true, right before she jumped, that Look was hauntingly beautiful especially with that one Braid in her Hair, that Uncas made for her with Love to comfort her(sadly a Detail in the Skript, that they had cut out of the film)
@@Magpie91 I never knew that omg cries***
In my humble opinion, this still is the best movie ever made: the score, cast, acting, cinematography and plot/character development remain untouchable almost 30 years later. The sequence from 06:04-07:32 is perhaps the best dramatic-action cinemtatic revenge sequence ever (with the possible exception of the end of Godfather I).
Don't forget about brave heart from Mel Gibson.
If you’re into these type scenes and music and tranquility then this one is a must..I have many and glad this is one of them
But from 4:00 mins and on is it really hits
@@wherleybienaime6256 Honestly Braveheart was a hollywood tale, not even resembling the actual history.
simply the best 🙏🙏🙏
2021 still one of the best movies I've ever seen in my 49 years of life
For real
Am 49 I agree
Yes!!!
AGREE!!!!
Big facts
It is impossible for me to watch this without crying through the majority of it. It’s the most moving piece of cinema ever captured.
The scene where Jodhi May stares off the cliff into eternity, then gazes at Magwa, before leaping to her death moves me still. The admiration for her that flickers across Magwa's face says it all - a brave death is better than being held captive, knowing the fate that awaited her.
What I find sad is ''knowing'' she would have been rescued with Magua's death.
She's strong.
Michael Mann is the greatest, ain't he?
If she had just waited LOL I guess she thought only one guy had come after her... stupid.
@@madquest8 she loved the brother . So him dying was like the final straw. She came to the west for a better life. But instead lost her father, a friend, and now a lover.
This is the greatest part of any film I’ve ever seen. It’s perfect. Not one word spoken and it’s perfect. The music! Just hearing this song makes me want to get revenge whilst running up a mountain, grabbing the muskets of those I’ve killed as I go. It’s amazing
Almost perfect. I still don't understand what superior motivation would have prevented Uncas's father from joining him.
@@robdevaun4168 Fostered son or not he was waiting for his son.
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and Russell Means, Eric Schweig and Wes Studi steal it from Daniel Day Lewis
It suddenly became a movie where the native actor took over.
@@NormAppleton I like the fact the villain is killed not by the main hero but by the real title character who ends up being the last of the mohicans,and how he knifes that Huron while running through the bush without even stopping is just class,when he’s fighting mogwa is Hawkeye taking out the rest in the background?
Nobody could act that role as good as Wes Studi.
Total perfection, the look, the expressions and his demeanor, classic.
True. A Native American playing a Native American, and speaking his native Cherokee language, which, coincidently, is similar to the Huron language.
It's Wes and DDL that steal the show.
Wes Studi had me halfway rooting for Magua
Wes studi movie
I think it's the acne scars 🤣
My favorite moment is when Uncas watching Duncan burning puts his hand on his father shoulder, letting him know that he's going to rescue Alice.
Can we all appreciate how awesome Wes Studi was in this sequence...
Amazing performance
His movements look so natural
The guy you loved to hate.
He got an honorary Oscar in 2019 I think, He's one of the greatest villains I've ever seen.I love the way Magua speaks in the 3rd person when he tells his enemy he's gonna wipe out his seed. Before Magua puts his knife to Gray hair.
He should have received an Oscar!!! He perfectly depicted an intelligent and complicated enemy.
Duncan's atonement and sacrifice is surely one of the most romantic moments in any film...
I keep thinking, what if we were in his place, would we have been able to make such a heroic sacrifice?
They portrayed him as a bit of a dick throughout the film. It distracted the viewer from realising he's actually very brave. When he sacrificed himself, that's when we realise how we've been misjudging him. The guy was torn between honour and duty.
@@harrywakatipu2547 he really loved the girl but he got friendzoned, he lost faith in his country and his army, his authority was questioned by the guy who his dream girl loved. I would be kind of a dick too. Really human character.
@@harrywakatipu2547 Very well said my friend and i'm sure Duncan would be proud of that title! "Duncan The Brave"
Uncas and not Duncans
This scene is incredible, for the story it tells about people, and how it does it. You have two men, both enemies, willing to sacrifice themselves, and for each other. You have a man being willing to die so that the woman he loves, and the man she loves, may survive. In return, the man he saves repays the favor by granting him a quick and painless death, preventing a horrible alternative. Meanwhile another man, a young man, sets out on a futile endeavor to try to rescue the girl he loves. He does his best, but is overcome, and dies a brutal death. The girl, seeing this, and thinking all hope lost, takes her own life. Which is in fact a small act of defiance that spoils the villain's plan (and ironically and tragically unties her and the young man). Then you have the wrath and vengeance of the young man's father, and his brother. All played out in mere minutes, and with hardly a word spoken. An extraordinary and genius means of story telling. And beautiful, in many ways.
Goosebumps reading that...well said.
Thanks for summarising
Bravo boss
Hats off
Well written 👍🏻
amen
One of the few perfect moments in cinematic history. A true moment of "show, don't tell"
Never has music and film gelled together more perfectly than it does in this film...
I think that what makes this scene one of the best in movie history is that there is so much communicated using no words at all. When Uncas touch his father shoulder like saying "father, she´s the one, i have to do this" or when he looks at Alice like saying "i´m sorry... i really wanted to be your hero". Mix that with one of the most epic movie scores and you get something so intense that for a moment you no longer know which one is the main love story.
l30r1c exactly!
My thoughts exactly... so much is said without words; the expressions alone make it so powerful.
l30r1c In this scene, actors play it, music speaks, no words needed.
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One of the main reasons I will ALWAYS say that music is sooo important to filmmaking. It adds an enormous amount of everything into this sequence alone.
Yes : conan the barbar arnold schwarneger
no speech, no dialogue just pure actions. the music speaks the loudest.
The last 7 minutes of this film has EVERYTHING! It has love, sacrifice, honor, bravery, courage, grief, revenge, all with NO words spoken! In fact, the last word of the movie is Cora yelling "Alice!" before Duncan dies :(
Until the father prays to the great spirit along the horizon
What about when DDL shouts Uncas
Dont forget Uncas's father screamed his name too as his body was sent tumbling over the cliff.
Best scene of history movie, still watching in 2021
Best 7 minutes put together. I was introduced to this movie in 2002. Now 2021 I'm still watching it from time to time. Especially the 7 minutes scene
Legends
This is true 👏👏👏👏👏
This end scene is one of the best in a film, music is magnificent and Alice's fear and terror to go over the cliff after Uncas' death. Outstanding in every way.
Every time I watch this scene it hits like a punch in the gut. Everything is just absolutely perfect. The best 7 minutes ever put on film for me.
Hits like that knife stab into the ribs by magua
Yep, it even beats anything John Wayne did..and for me that's really saying something
No doubt best scene to have ever graced the screen. Doesn't matter if you consider the movie as a whole to be one of the best ever (I do), no piece of film can trump these 7 minutes. Magic. Genius. So special. And besides Michael Mann, Randy Edelman and Trevor Jones are exactly equally special, this soundtrack is out of this world, it absolutely baffles me how any human can come up with such insane sound. Thank you all for bringing this into my life
@@mondrasik Literally couldn't have said it better!
just a movie bro
The best 7:30 movie ending in movie history period
Absolutely. I cannot even imagine it ever being surpassed. A true masterpiece of an ending in every respect.
With best accompanying music. I lost count how many times I saw this. It never gets old.
Hollywood is dead now. I miss good old movies. 😢
“My compliments sir. Take her and get out”
Go on Duncan, you went out good. ❤
The dude was fully prepared to burn to death so the guy he hated could take the girl he loved to safety.
YES, good call...after being such a pompous prick the entire film Duncan went out like a boss!! And Nathaniel taking him out of his misery was honorable in itself!!
Merci voila
@@emmettredding1this whole movie was frickin honorable and awesome!
Duncan died like a proper English gentleman.
The greatest sequence of drama and action while playing the perfectly match music score in history of cinema
5:12 Her beauty and how the pace of the music has changed ... too much to take... absolutely brilliant
She was so pure and innocent...
Those drums are the most amazing sounding thing I've ever heard. Underrated movie. Devastating and very poetic.
That's my favorite part it's so sad but brilliant love it and I can't stand people who don't get it
@@emmawoods5991 Uncas & Alice, the real romance in the movie
@@loveanimals288 x
I love how Magua is the bad guy to us, but he still fights with honor and dies with it to.
didnt saw him as bad guy , hes a men, a Warrior fighting for his Tribe/Clan/family
Villain's who you can empathize with are the best ones.
@@Sturminfantrist yes magua is not a villain. He was just fighting his tribe's war against foreign invasion in their land and territory
In Magua's story, he's the hero. "Gray Hair" is responsible for the death of his children, and he avenged them
I saw him more as a man concerned for his people rather than a full fledged bad guy.
It was, at this moment, you realize that Duncan and Uncas were true badasses. Willing sacrificed their lives for the women they love. 💪💪 Also- NOTHING on Earth is more powerful and dangerous than a parent’s protective love! 💪
I have agree with you, but I think Duncan was still a major prick. I can’t help but bring myself to think that way even though he did sacrifice himself so that Cora could live.
@@orlandobabe He was a product of his time, that's all. 🤷♂
The way uncas looked at his father and puting his hand on his shoulder not saying anything but him looking at his dad telling him that he’s going to go after her
Wes Studi is fine actor and works a lot thank God but he outdid himself in this film as Magua. He was absolutely brilliant. What a performance! He should have been tapped for a nomination. A tortured villain has never been portrayed better on the screen. I loved Russell Means as well. He broke my heart in the very last scene as he prays for Uncas' soul. A better balanced cast? Better direction? Better art direction? Not many I can recall. One of the great films of the last 50 years in my humble estimation. And the music....the music...wow...
Wes Studi did an outstanding job indeed. He spoke several languages in the film and gestures. He said a lot with his face and movements. Oscar nomination worthy. And Mr. Daniel the chameleon also a fine actor.
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That's the thing though. He is the antagonist role, but he's not playing a villain as such.
Jim Ferrier would like this post 3 times if I could one of most underrated and under appreciated films ever
He is a welcome presence in Heat (1995) too. That is an equally excellent Michael Mann film.
I’m a Marine been to war and this scene makes me cry so much emotion
Thank you for your Service may God bless you 🙏 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
The mercy killing.
Yo me too. Literally lol. Afghan 2011 CLB8. Security platoon and detainee operations security detail for camp leatherneck.
....Crying like a bitch.
Hahahahaha
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Gives me the chills every time I watch it. A fathers love and a fathers rage - end fight is epic.
One of the most powerful scenes in cinema history. Tears, goosebumbs etc... It is not just music, but also editing and the whole emotional build up of the whole film, that leads here... Incredible.
Superb scene, with outstanding music, direction and photography.
If this does not 'get' you, you have neither heart nor soul.
+Dudu Guy I've read the book and it gets me. ;)
+FurryAminal ... died!!
I have neither heart and soul then.
One of the greatest movies ever...
+Dana Feriu yes
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+A74320 yuij
I have a very old book from 1907 of J.F Coopers The Leatherstocking Tales (Lederstrumpf) roman
So sad, powerful, tragic, poignant and intense. Packs a great deal of emotion.
Too bad this movie is somehow underrated. It should have won some Oscars, at least for music, costumes and photography!
It should have
The most evocative film scene ever in a movie that has absolutely everything. The music 🎶 score is sheer perfection. 🎵🎶
Why Hollywood doesn't make more films like this anymore?!
yes.. why??? :(
+Charzey I doubt it
the answer is easy... blockbuster shit like transformers brings more money...
Well, Revenant comes the closest to what we can get, and that movie was amazing.
+aimannorzahariwod Revenants got nothing on this
I love how the tempo of the music changes when it no longer about saving the woman his son loves but about revenge on the man that killed them both.
Great piece of movie making.
💔💔💔
When I was a little kid, my cousin and I used to run through the woods with sticks pretending we were in this scene. Awesome factor of this movie blew our little minds.
that is a beautiful memory!
I absolutely love this film. Magua has become one of my favorite cinema villains. Wes Studi played him like a champ.
Also. From the moment Hawkeye walks into the camp, until Chingachgook offers the final prayer for Uncas, I'm always riveted!
They don't make films like this anymore. This 7 minutes is one of the best endings of any film ever. I can't imagine DC or Marvel bringing this kind of climax. Love from an Indian film watcher 🇮🇳.
There's more films than just Marvel and DC. Your comment doesn't make any sense
@@robertromero9488the real sadness of modern times Is that people use Marvel films like a comparative model.
Great! making fun of me made you feel good? Congratulations on that you idiots
AMEN! Just good movies. No messages or motives JUST good cinema 😢 happy to have been apart of the 90’s to 2000’s cinema! 🦅🇺🇸
This scene gets me every time. Every freaking time.
My people the Native American Indigenous Peoples of the America's were here for 20,000 Thousand Years plus we are still living descendants of our Native American Indigenous ancestors! We are still here and not going away anytime soon !
I am from the Ojibwe Tribe on First Nation Shkamok! In The Great Province of Ontario
I watched this film as a 13 year old kid at night with the family, with my knees tucked up into my face and I couldn't believe the emotions I was getting watching this. It was when the father gazes upon his son falling and his face of complete anguish actually broke me into tears. Then when the girl stepped over, something happened deep inside me, I didn't know what love was or what it meant until then. I see my little sister stepping off that cliff and It still kills me to this day.
The best 7 mins of any film. That music as well total perfection
i would give every actor in this scene an oscar, extras included lol, simply magnificent, life altering scene
On point comment. life altering.
Totally. The look in Alice's eyes was enough to break even Magua, and those eyes are unforgettable.
Nearly 30 years later and there isn't a movie that comes close to this type of climatic conclusion.
the bad guy was freaking terrifying
Steve Waddington should've come out of it with something (Duncan).
Watched this with my grandad 20 years ago and nye I'm watching it with my son... Amazing film
Yea à movie would should pass génération after génération
I realy d9nt loke to watch movies a second time but this yess with all of mine children.
Like a good book.My daughter is reading The Hobbit now. Both my daughters reminisce about me falling asleep while reading it to them.
Same. I watched it with my grandpa in 1997 and am now watching it with my son.
Daniel Day-Lewis is the actor of actors. Unfathomably gifted and supreme in any role.
how good was he as the butcher
@@stormskye3578 I could spare many of you easier then i could spare him.
I have the sound effects of this entire scene embedded into my mind , I feel like I could close my eyes and know exactly what’s happening . Simply one the best scenes in movie history. And the lighting in this whole film is immaculate
I fell in love with this film without ever watching it. I heard 'the kiss' score, and knew it would be a film my heart resonates with. I finally watched this a few days ago, and I have been stuck with this ending scene since. The music as Alice jumps - goes deep into the soul. Beautiful film.
The music builds and builds as the tension Increases. It's so epic
You are absolutely right. Happy that you were able to discover this movie. Had scene it twice in the theater when it came out. It seemed as if many times you were actually there!! Best to you!
What an absolutely incredible movie. I never get tired of it. It's a movie about hero's. Even the villain (Wes Studi) was someone we could empathize with. This movie serves the story well and I think it's a masterpiece. Well done Michael Mann.
Uncas reaping 5 Huron within 30 seconds, only to be played with by Magua, showed how scary Magua was and why he was a war leader. Then in a blood rage, Chingachgook cuts through the entire Huron party and took no damage from Magua while shattering Magua’s body. We learned who the true warrior was, what Uncas could have been, and what a loss it was besides a son. There is so much story telling with just visuals.
the fact that his father had already prepped and loaded the Kentucky long rifle and that Hawkeye already assumed that, no words.... show their character. They wanted his suffering to end and made it happen with no words, as efficiently and expeditiously as possible. RIP duncan
Duncan sacrifices himself for his love, the most honorable of all. It makes my tears flow every time.
I love how the raw emotions are portrayed as it would be in real life, with minimum dialogue, using their expressions, actions and body language with the music in the background. It's on point without getting into excessive dialogues and losing the essence of what they're trying to portray. It's just perfect in every way. Just epic.
The reason there is no remake of this movie now is that no remake can ever top what Mann has done.
If they remade it, it would be all woke and cringe as fuck. A movie like this could not.be made now
@@Lord_of_the_Pies damn you're right. They shouldn't even dream of making it. Even if they dreamed it they should wake up and apologize.
@@cinocage Daniel day Lewis would get halfway through shooting and be forced to apologize for playing a half native character..lol
@@Lord_of_the_Pies He was adopted. Even so. They may just make him evil.
Oh lord, can you imagine? A modern remake of this masterpiece would be so cringe worthy like everything made these days.
Wow. What an ending for a fantastic, beautiful movie about love, freedom, and family.
Duncan ended up showing the audience what a supremely honourable man he was.
Duncan was always the man. It's just that some people saw him as the 'bad guy' because he had eyes for Cora Munro. Nothing wrong with that. He followed all the rules and even stayed behind at the waterfall scene and never fled.
He's NOT perfect, that's what I loved about Duncan's character arc, in the end he was a flawed hero, but still a hero
Talbot6832 I dont why....but I think the creator of "Dune" must have taken inspiration from the character of Duncan and made his own character known as Duncan Idaho. Almost an honourable hero, that died so that the main character could live.
Didnt he actually translate wrongly? He said take me instead, but that was only what Day Lewis character said and wanted? But the indians took Duncsn by his word ... ? Thats always what I thought happens, a heroic sacrifice more by accident ... which however he took without whining or protesting, which makes him great anyway ^^
He said it wrong on purpose he wanted to save them and took one for the team so to speak.