Survival movies

How about Black Hawk Down.....tell me thats not the ultimate in REAL survival. Every time I watch that movie, I can't get but REAL MAD, but I walk away from that movie just amazed at the toughness of our men in uniform.
 
markhait said:
How about Black Hawk Down.....tell me thats not the ultimate in REAL survival. Every time I watch that movie, I can't get but REAL MAD, but I walk away from that movie just amazed at the toughness of our men in uniform.
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People are capable of amazing things in extreme situations. My favorite part is when they are in chow line and Hoot is talking about his safety being his trigger finger. That is one of my faverite movies ever. Mark Bowdins Killing Pablo is being made into a movie too, I hope it is as good.
 
In to the wild was posted. IMO that movie is crappy. Especially in terms of survival.
Rescue Dawn. I just did not care at all for this movie.
 
Lost in the Barren.It's an old Canadian film about 2 young guys one Native and one white who get lost in the tundra.It was a great movie from what I remember of it.
The day after Tomorrow had some useful survival hints in it.
 
JackBauer24 said:
In to the wild was posted. IMO that movie is crappy. Especially in terms of survival.
Rescue Dawn. I just did not care at all for this movie.
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What was wrong with rescue dawn? It was a very meaningful movie that showed what the guys had to go through to make it back. True story too.

I can agree with you on the "Into the Wild," movie, it had just about nothing to do with survival. It was more about "hobo survival" than wilderness survival. The guy had issues and got himself killed. It had a few good points, but he died, so that wasn't a surprise. I would have liked to have seen more of the movie done while he was in the wild.
 
As much as people seem to not like it, I really thought "No Country for Old Men" was a good survival movie...right up until...well, I won't spoil it.
 
I recently saw a move I had seen years ago and forgotten about, that is an atypical survival flick. It's called Strangers In Good Company, a low key and touching story about a group of elderly women on a bus trip who become stranded in a remote area. They don't defend themselves against mountain lions, they don't resort to cannibalism, and not a zombie in sight. But the do OK for themselves.

No Country for Old Men was fantastic, I thought. A survival movie in a way.
 
batosai117 said:
What was wrong with rescue dawn? It was a very meaningful movie that showed what the guys had to go through to make it back. True story too.
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I just found it very boring. There wasn't a sufficient amount of badassery to keep my pea brain interested.
 
JackBauer24 said:
I just found it very boring. There wasn't a sufficient amount of badassery to keep my pea brain interested.
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LOL, I hear ya on that one. I thought that there would be a little bit more action too. I still got sucked into the movie due to the "hope" of some sort of action that might come up after two hours of watching the darn thing.

A survival movie for those who think about messing around is Fatal Attraction, lol :D. Just adding to the list.
 
batosai117 said:
What was wrong with rescue dawn? It was a very meaningful movie that showed what the guys had to go through to make it back. True story too.

I can agree with you on the "Into the Wild," movie, it had just about nothing to do with survival. It was more about "hobo survival" than wilderness survival. The guy had issues and got himself killed. It had a few good points, but he died, so that wasn't a surprise. I would have liked to have seen more of the movie done while he was in the wild.
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It is very loosely based on a true story. When I first watched the movie, I was so impresed that I researched online for more information on their ordeal. After reading more about it, I was quite upset about the movie.

Here's a couple links.
http://www.rescuedawnthetruth.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_Dawn
 
RescueRiley said:
There was a great fiom that was out back in the 80's about a researcher who goes to Alaska and goes wild in the bush I think it was called Cry wolf I've seen that one like 10 times...The edge is great.
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I think you're thinking of Never Cry Wolf, based on Farley Mowat's book of that title. I don't recall him going TOO wild in either the book or the movie--unless you call eating mice "wild." Which it's okay if you do--I guess it just struck me as creative. (Now you've got me thinking. I grew up in an outdoorsy and eccentric family, and have eaten more than the usual share of funny wild plants and animals. And I do get odd looks now and then when I whip out this or that piece of survival gear to solve some problem in the city. . . .)

To the extent that "survival" is about attitude more than wilderness-specific context, one movie that comes to my mind is Schindler's List. I remember being deeply inspired by the scene where the Jewish captives, locked into an open-to-the-wintry-outdoors cattle car, were reaching up through the bars of the window and breaking off icicles from the roof and melting them down into water to drink. Here these people were being subjected to what were intended by the Nazis to be fatal hardships, and they were resourcefully USING the very hardships as means to survive.
 
I can't believe nobody has said " The last trapper " ? This film would make even the laziest couch potato want to get out into the wild yonder.
The main character is even the real deal and plays himself !!!!
You have amazing scenery, Bears , Beavers, huskies and a bit where the main character uses his Mora.....what more could you want ?
 
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