That's the thing about wolves - if there was any animal on the planet that I had to label as Man's predator, it would be wolves. Hell, they continued to hunt and eat humans even after we invented chainmail and the crossbow. Bears are mostly territorial, lions only go after humans if they are starving, but wolves - wolves LIKE the way we TASTE, I'm convinced.
Funny as it may seem but for a while, this was seen as Oscar Bait by its studio.
More Buscemi at http://forum.reelsociety.com/Wolves are persistence predators and bipedal creatures are quite energy efficient long distance runners so we're quite a pain to hunt in their regular method. On top of that, we tend to actually not even bother running away. Plus all of our parts are in the wrong place. Our necks are all up there and we have arms and the only thing that reminds them of is a bear. Except there's eight of us and we're having a Mexican stand-off.
Anywho, back to the movie...
...watching without sound, it looks like The Way Back but without Russian accents.
I'd love to see The Blue: with birds or something (the mere premise of being stranded in the air is interesting on its own).
Back on topic, I'd totally see it if it turned out to be one of those really subdued movies, instead of all that action it'd probably be. Sorta like how Jarhead was a war movie.
Anyway, 'round here, it's looking like one of those more dramatic survival movies rather than Oscar Bait, but maybe it's just too early.
We can dance to the radio station That plays in our teethLiam Neeson strapping leather to his fists to fistfight a wolf? I'm sold.
You can get what you want and still not be very happy.If you are in the AMC Stubs program, you can attend an advanced screening on January 24th at a select AMC theatre near you.
More Buscemi at http://forum.reelsociety.com/I'm with whoever said Hippos > Wolves. There's a reason they're considered one of the most dangerous animals on the planet.
So, is this movie one of those "lost in the frozen wilderness, forced to fend for yourself" movies? I wonder if the main character of this movie has ever read "To Build A Fire?"
edited 20th Jan '12 11:29:34 AM by KnownUnknown
As far as I'm aware, the only remaining animal that actually preys on humans is the polar bear. Humans have been killed by hippopotamuses and wolves, but we don't really feature in their diets.
Scepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom. - Clarence DarrowLiam Neeson did an interview recently on The Daily Show. Apparently they shot the film on location in Smithers, British Columbia
, or as John Stewart put it "one of those towns that they named after the first man to die in the area". It's a small town as deep in the Canadian wilderness as is possible to brink a film crew to.
Also, they used real wolves whenever possible, and in the few scenes where real wolves wouldn't work (they didn't want the real wolves attacking people, obviously) they used animatronics - none of that fake looking CGI that never makes fur look like actual fur.
Also, they had the entire cast dine on wolf meat at one point, as part of Liam Neeson's method acting. Environmental groups were outraged, but what they failed to realize is that the wolves, just like any other animal, wanted to be eaten by Liam Neeson.
It's out this week - I can't wait!
edited 23rd Jan '12 11:01:05 AM by MyGodItsFullofStars
Going to see it with a friend tonight. Hopefully it's a lot more subtle and atmospheric than the promotional material seems to convey. Fortunately, according to reviews, it seems that IS the case.
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.

This looks so awesome.