"The Grey" - Survival Movie 2012

Bill Siegle said:
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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Don't want to get too far OT..... but Bill your comment caused me to think of survival - "Some rise up. Some quit.". I think this happens to people *all the time* - people rise up or people quit - in difficult life situations. For the most folks here on WS & S, "survival situation" = recess at school - playtime!!!! However, like you mentioned, difficult/"survival" situations may evoke different responses from different people.

Maybe the idea, "Some rise up. Some quit." is most applicable to the individual's preparedness to the "survival situation" at hand. Now i'm thinking..!!!

I've personally seen a couple bad situations where this was happened, but it's OT.....

Just a thought, but thanks for the mental jog.
 
upnorth said:
Rare yes, but they happen. I had a long conversation with a buddy of the Key Lake miner that was attacked in one of the stories below.
http://ontariowildlifefieldresearch.blogspot.com/2011/09/wolf-attacks-and-encounters-in-canada.html
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Reported bayonet wounds were extremely rare during WWI; the forward aid stations saw very few of them - perhaps because those who were so wounded died immediately on the battlefield (think about it). If we want to know what wolves are capable of, we need look no further then the number of local dog attacks in our own communities. These animals are carnivors and they are very capable of taking down human sized prey, especially in packs. If Hollywood has a fault, it's that
they have a long established habit of overly humanizing animals.

n2s
 
DrivebyTrucker said:
You know what would improve this movie? Zombies
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These wolves were just as relentless as zombies but mixed in speed and intelligence! Scary adversaries IMO. To my mind it was two packs and two Alphas. One man, one wolf. Both wanted to protect their packs and even dealt with dissention in the ranks. If you stuck around after the credits rolled you know who won.
 
Bill Siegle said:
These wolves were just as relentless as zombies but mixed in speed and intelligence! Scary adversaries IMO. To my mind it was two packs and two Alphas. One man, one wolf. Both wanted to protect their packs and even dealt with dissention in the ranks. If you stuck around after the credits rolled you know who won.
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Who won? 'cause I walked out as soon as they started rolling. Knew I shoulda stayed. :-)
 
The broken beer bottle knuckles make me /lol as well.
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For those who haven't seen it yet ... The bottles are hardly a first choice of weapon. It is a desperate last-ditch improvisation.
 
jackknife said:
The best survival movie I think was an old one with Robert Ryan, called Inferno. A guy breaks his leg in the desert, and his wife and her boyfriend leave him there to die. If I recall right, they set it up for him to have an accident. Ryan has a stag handle pocket knife and few odds and ends, and makes it. Good movie.

Carl.
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Thanks for telling me how it ends, I hate watching movies.
 
Bill Siegle said:
Wolf took the last breath.
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"Wolf took the last breath."?

I haven't seen it, no worries on a "spoiler" - i don't get *that* emotionally involved in survival type movies, but i was thinking this movie would've had the stereotypical Hollywood ending. Then again, given what i know of the main character, the quoted ending makes sense.
 
I can finally comment on this now, saw the movie last night.

I thought it was terrible. I don't care if it's unrealistic it's a fiction movie it's suppose to be. It had so much potential though but I lost interest about half way through. The scenery was beautiful, had good camera angles etc... but nothing exciting happened. I just found it to be boring. It was a couple guys being chased by possessed demon wolves, it was more of a horror suspense movie than anything.

In the beginning after the plane crash I thought this is great, peoples reactions seemed pretty realistic for the situation, this has some serious potential. Nope..... Just my .02 cents, just didn't entertain me.
 
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VTguy17 said:
I can finally comment on this now, saw the movie last night.

I thought it was terrible. I don't care if it's unrealistic it's a fiction movie it's suppose to be. It had so much potential though but I lost interest about half way through. The scenery was beautiful, had good camera angles etc... but nothing exciting happened. I just found it to be boring. It was a couple guys being chased by possessed demon wolves, it was more of a horror suspense movie than anything.

In the beginning after the plane crash I thought this is great, peoples reactions seemed pretty realistic for the situation, this has some serious potential. Nope..... Just my .02 cents, just didn't entertain me.
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I agree. The airplane crash was well done, the movie was nicely shot, solidly acted, and offered great scenery. The villans were Ok, although not great - they really did make them look like zombies- where they would have been much scarier if they had been portrayed as simple wolves. But, the real problem was with the rest of the story. The plot was weak and you sense that they really had to stretch to the level disbelief in order to maintain the highten level of suspense. The most basic rules of survival had to be suspended again and again, just so that the pack of wild dogs (yeah wolves) could remain a menace. We would hope that in a real world scenario the survivors would have the presence of mind to properly search the wreckage to salvage everything useful; that they would use panels and wiring to sling some sleds together to haul supplies; that they would worry more about the basics then stupid things like collecting wallets (guess what - those on the passenger manifest who don't make it out will be presumed dead - and the remains can be salvaged afterwards). As for the wolves, they could have been dealt with any number of ways. I would have camp out on a tree platform where I had access to water, fuel, food (wolves if nothing else), plenty of warm clothing (from the dead passengers) and awaited rescue/or summer/or the elimination of the wolfpack - I would have eaten them. Just a few walking sticks or spears would have made alot of difference. Instead we got the usual - watch me do something stupid and get killed - kind of movie. What a waste of real potential; they paid for an A+ movie and ended up with a forgettable B- instead. Directors and editors with this level of talent should be made to dig ditches for a living; I have no doubt that they got the job by flashing their union cards.

n2s
 
Well I have been following this thread and the nays really out weigh the yays, think I will pass. Chris
 
August West said:
Well I have been following this thread and the nays really out weigh the yays, think I will pass. Chris
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Well your just in luck August - Starwars Episode I in 3D is re-opening this week :D Jar-Jar demonstrates how survival is done, all in a delightful Jamaican accent....BUT NOW IN 3D!!!!!! (I think your better off seeing The Grey, its not perfect, the plane crash and cinematography are worth it alone. I'll re-iterate, this show is about getting into the heads of the individuals, not an action flick. If you appreciate character development, you'll like the show.)

I still thought the final shot following the credits was vague. You don't know if the protogonist survived or not and in all liklihood didn't.
 
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I am a big Star Wars fan but Episode I is the worst episode and 3d kinda makes me woozy. But I might go see Haywire just to watch Gina Carano kick some butt. Chris
 
I kinda rolled my eyes at the wolf attack notion, considering the very few attacks that have been in North America, until I saw the gentleman make glass knuckle dusters out of airplane bottles and taped them to his hand. With that kind of writing, it should have some other unique parts in the film.
 
^ the wolves didn't just attack that could have been a decent movie. these were possessed demon zombie wolves hell bent on the extermination of mankind. Too bad there wasn't a priest to perform an exorcism
 
In Search and Rescue we see smart people make really dumb decisions all the time. I think the main point of the movie was to show that common men (not CIA trained ex special force ninjas) are thrown into extreme circumstances and have to survive (and don't). The wolves are merely a convenient villain to make the plot more interesting. If you walk into this movie thinking it's a training film you will be disappointed. People mess up in survival situations and these guys did just that. Think how many folks you know have no clue how to start a fire, build a shelter or hunt for food. We are in the minority.

Only thing I would change is the use of profanity. It was over the top and not necessary.
 
I watched The Snow Walker last night online via Hulu (free!). Pretty good movie and worth a look. The lead actress (Annabella Piugattuk) portrayed her part well.
 
I gave up on it when they decided to improvise the tyrolean by jumping off a cliff and into a tree, what a dumb-ass movie, I had high hopes!
 
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