"The Grey" - Survival Movie 2012

Lol I must agree this movie is for entertainment. Unless one plans on buying a plane and staging a crash in a remote part of Alaska inhabited by bloodthirsty wolves bent on the destruction and ingestion of all mankind then by all means use this as a survival or how to guide. I think were getting a bit too serious on this topic, it's just a movie guys.
 
Daryl (from the walking dead) would use his Busse on them wolves! Eat them and make socks.
 
I look forward to this, might see it in the next couple of weeks. I watch documentaries for education and Hollyweird for entertainment. Though I always play the "what if" game in my mind. If I think it through now, I will be better prepared should I ever find myself in same situation(not plane crash/being hunted by psychotic wolves/bears/zombies) But maybe stranded in a northern hemisphere and not knowing what to expect.

I annoy my wife by pointing out things I would do differently in movies! LOL!

Snow Walker was an excellent movie that gets little mention. I also enjoyed the "cultural enlightenment" that Peppers character gains.

Bill
 
Good movie. I have to say that I liked this one better then The Edge. Folks that are looking into this as a movie about survival and survival techniques have it wrong. It is really a movie about how individuals confront their own death. The opening scene with the plane crash (which was excellently done - felt like you were in the plane!) reminds you that death is a random thing. Some characters get picked off by wolves, some due to disease/environment, some just choose to die. You really get excellent character development. I liked the fact that Liem wasn't a big, bad, know it all survival guru with all the answers. He is just a guy who sharp shoots wolves on the job in the comfort of camp. He's a guy who was on the verge of his own breakdown and about to kill himself. The plane crash revitalizes his will to survive, but in the end he must face his death. The last scene is obscure as to the result. For those who might go see it - stay to the very end of the credits. They play a 2 second clip that gives you a clue as to the outcome (but it is still obscure)....

I liked it.
 
I do know that wolves do attack and kill in North America because all of my grandparents were killed when they were children by wolves.
Does that make sense ?
No?
It's a movie. It don't have to make sense.
 
I want to check it out. I think some of the negative comments for the film come from animal rights ideology as every review I have read goes into a long drawn out lecture just how unrealistic the wolf behavior is portrayed. Sure it's unrealistic for a pack of wolves to chase 7 men down etc but for the love of God this is work of fiction for entertainment. No one says the raptors from Jurassic park relentlessly chasing human with guns over an island full of other options is unrealistic because we accept the movie as fiction but "The Gray" oh no!
 
I go to movies to escape from reality, not to take every movie so seriously and pick it apart because it is too far fetched. IT'S A MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I liked it and i liked The Edge. If they make a movie that is suppose to be as real as real gets in a survival situation, then I am not certain it would be all that entertaining. Movies are made to entertain.
 
This movie has nothing to do with reality... actually, they distort what was left of it.
After the plane crash...any single one of them have a knife of some sort (ya kidding me right?:rolleyes:)
With all the knives in possession, no one had the idea to make a spear for defense:rolleyes:
 
They did, they just decided to use electrical tape to fasten 12 gauge shotgun shells to them instead. I'd think setting up a field of traps within a 50 yard radius of their camp would be the smart thing...
 
kalis said:
I read an article about wolves a couple of years back. European wolves are the same species as North American wolves, however the European branch will hunt & kill and eat humans. They are found mostly in Eastern Europe. Places like Croatia, Yugoslavia, etc. Supposedly, there has never been a recorded instance of a North American wolf attack on humans. These must be European wolves.
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I think I've read that theirs only been two recorded attacks on humans in North America- Wolf are on the bottom of my list for things I fear in the forest.

The movie Gray will not shine well for the wolfs in North America..
 
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Here is a list of FATAL wolf attacks , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_attacks_on_humans

In the Canadian province of BC there have been a few non-fatal wolf attacks on people one of them quite serious. Predation on pets and livestock has made the news a few times in the last 2 or 3 years as well .

For much of the last century wolves were often shot at on sight ... but in the last thirty years or so hunter numbers and the carrying of rifles has declined in Western Canada which along with the increasing acceptance of wolves as a beneficial part of the ecosystem has seen them re-populating areas where they haven't been seen for many decades.
 
The parka may have been ditched as it just doesn't look as cool on him as the sweater, from the audiences perspective.
 
fmajor007 said:
I can tell you this is known to be true here in Bosnia. I know a couple guys who've been out hiking and been "tracked" by wolf packs (consisting of 2-4 animals that these guys saw). These guys are trustworthy friends and not into drama and hype (though i live in a different part now, it's still usually on my mind when i'm out). Wolves have been known to prey on the "wild" horses in Western Bosnia/Hercegovina as well as preying on sheep/goats in some of the more remote parts in north eastern Bosnia.

I'd expect Member Name "Rinos" to chime in as he lives in Split, Croatia (i used to visit there monthly - beautiful city BTW). Incidently, Croatia used to be part of Former Yugoslavia (as was Bosnia, etc.....).

The Balkan's have a couple shepherd dog breeds that were bred specifically to guard against predation like this - the Sar (pronounced SHAR) Planinatz and the Tornjak - both big!
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I don't recall any accident involving pack of wolves and humans in recent years in this parts,though,couple of solo attacks on humans hapened.
the number of wolves is grown but they are rarely seen,in wintertime they come close to villages and sometimes beside sheeps they also attack guard dogs.
in remote mountain areas sometimes are more dangerous stray shepherd dogs,they are big(i used to own both :thumbup: šarplaninac and tornjak)dogs often roming in packs,completely unafraid of humans...

but i remembered last year article of super-pack of 400 wolves terrorizing village in Russia

[video=youtube;vACtukwBHTw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vACtukwBHTw[/video]

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by the way,second day snowing here :)
 
"John", Liam Neesons character did now and then describe why things were being done, why the animals were behaving the way they were and gave the audience hints to help suspend reality. It is a movie and pretty good, for a movie. The bottles were out of character, I thought. At least for an experienced outdoorsman. and the cliff scene a bit far fetched, but overall not a bad mattinee show.
 
I liked the movie myself. Pretty enjoyable flic I thought. The setting was enough to make me remember those cold Noreasters that used to hit NY when I was growing up there. I liked the reality of how different folks do actually react in a survival situation. Some rise up. Some quit.
 
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