Has anyone seen this movie >"The Grey"

[protectionist]

This is one of the most awful movies I have ever seen. The setting is in a remote, uninhabited (by humans) area in northern Alaska. The temperatures are below zero Fahrenheit, and it is snowing most of the time.

A plane crashes and a bunch of survivors (all men) struggle to survive against the weather and constantly menacing wolves.

Even though I hated this movie from beginning to end, somehow I felt compelled to keep watching it, thereby extending the torment.

This is one of the free movies being offered on YouTube right now, but be warned. If you tune in, you enter at your own risk. Brrrrrrr.

 

[petro]

It was okay.
But living in Wolf country and spending a lot of time in the woods, I have yet to even see one. I hear them.
They are wary of humans and attacks are even more rare than Black Bear attacks.
Never once have I heard of a pack stalking humans.

 

[Foxfyre]

This is one of the most awful movies I have ever seen. The setting is in a remote, uninhabited (by humans) area in northern Alaska. The temperatures are below zero Fahrenheit, and it is snowing most of the time.

A plane crashes and a bunch of survivors (all men) struggle to survive against the weather and constantly menacing wolves.

Even though I hated this movie from beginning to end, somehow I felt compelled to keep watching it, thereby extending the torment.

This is one of the free movies being offered on YouTube right now, but be warned. If you tune in, you enter at your own risk. Brrrrrrr.

I think I'll pass. Not my cup of tea.

The movies I like are not full of gratuitous graphic sex and violence and/or all special effects. They have strong story lines, well developed relatable characters competently acted, competent and imaginative directing with attention to detail, intelligent editing.

There are very few movies made in this century that fit that criteria. Sounds like "The Grey" doesn't either.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

I Would not see a movie that makes wolves the enemy.

 

[Foxfyre]

I Would not see a movie that makes wolves the enemy.

It isn't realistic. I think I read somewhere that in a 100 year study they found only 16 cases of a wild wolf biting a human and in almost all those cases the wolf was rabid.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

It isn't realistic. I think I read somewhere that in a 100 year study they found only 16 cases of a wild wolf biting a human and in almost all those cases the wolf was rabid.

I miss nothing by skipping a wolf hating movie.

When a wolf pack travels the old wolves identify the best path then travel in the middle of the pack protected by the young fighters at the head and seasoned frighters at the rear.

 

[petro]

What a perfect Hollywood coincidence also that the characters while trying to get away from the Wolves, getting picked off one by one, manage out of thousands of acres of woods to to stumble upon the den.

It felt like Ripley stumbling upon the eggs of the Queen alien for a final showdown.

 

[whitehall]

Anthropomorphism gone amuck. Try the review forum.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

It was okay.
But living in Wolf country and spending a lot of time in the woods, I have yet to even see one. I hear them.
They are wary of humans and attacks are even more rare than Black Bear attacks.
Never once have I heard of a pack stalking humans.

How Could Such Freaks Make Our Laws?

Regardless, all predatory animals need to be exterminated. An endangered species is an unfit species, and so are the PETA creatures. who protect them.

 

[Rambunctious]

Its like Jaws.... super wolves with an attitude....it was good enough for when I was recovering from a sprained ankle....

 

[initforme]

How Could Such Freaks Make Our Laws?

Regardless, all predatory animals need to be exterminated. An endangered species is an unfit species, and so are the PETA creatures. who protect them.

Perhaps the craziest quote of the century. Well done. Perhaps if humans venture i to where predators live they accept the risk. Otherwise stay home.

 

[Andrew_Jackson_FTW]

I only saw a part of the movie a while ago . Wasn’t enough to keep me interested. Interesting though that rotten tomatoes gives the grey sn 80% rating, which is quite favorable.

I remember One of my Poker friends died in the theater while watching The Grey.

 

[protectionist]

It was okay.
But living in Wolf country and spending a lot of time in the woods, I have yet to even see one. I hear them.
They are wary of humans and attacks are even more rare than Black Bear attacks.
Never once have I heard of a pack stalking humans.

This was a movie. not a news report.

 

[protectionist]

I think I'll pass. Not my cup of tea.

The movies I like are not full of gratuitous graphic sex and violence and/or all special effects. They have strong story lines, well developed relatable characters competently acted, competent and imaginative directing with attention to detail, intelligent editing.

There are very few movies made in this century that fit that criteria. Sounds like "The Grey" doesn't either.

Liam Neeson is probably the only well-known "star" in the bunch. but the actors all played their parts well. as well as the director.

That isn't what made the movie bad.
It was bad just because of the very GRIM plot and overall setting.

 

[protectionist]

It isn't realistic. I think I read somewhere that in a 100 year study they found only 16 cases of a wild wolf biting a human and in almost all those cases the wolf was rabid.

It is a MOVIE.

 

[protectionist]

I miss nothing by skipping a wolf hating movie.

When a wolf pack travels the old wolves identify the best path then travel in the middle of the pack protected by the young fighters at the head and seasoned frighters at the rear.

It was not a "wolf hating movie". In one part, when asked why they were coming to us, Liam Neeson said we're in their territory.

 

[protectionist]

What a perfect Hollywood coincidence also that the characters while trying to get away from the Wolves, getting picked off one by one, manage out of thousands of acres of woods to to stumble upon the den.

It felt like Ripley stumbling upon the eggs of the Queen alien for a final showdown.

Movie.

 

[protectionist]

Perhaps the craziest quote of the century. Well done. Perhaps if humans venture i to where predators live they accept the risk. Otherwise stay home.

Of course that's correct, but the characters didn't "venture" to where they were. They got there as a result of a plane crash.

If any one is culpable, perhaps it would be the mechanics who cleared the plane as being qualified/safe for take-off.

 

[petro]

Movie.

A not very good one when the premise is completely ridiculous.

 

[Foxfyre]

Liam Neeson is probably the only well-known "star" in the bunch. but the actors all played their parts well. as well as the director.

That isn't what made the movie bad.
It was bad just because of the very GRIM plot and overall setting.

I understand. But there are movies with unhappy GRIM plots that still tell a good story very well and become great movies. "The Green Mile" comes to mind. Also "Schindler's List" "Where Eagles Dare"

I'm just going by your movie review for my evaluation of course as I haven't seen "The Grey" and probably never will. And if it is the story itself that ruins the movie, it definitely wouldn't be the first to be in that situation.

"War Horse" was one of Spielberg's rare flops because it replaced telling a good story with horror.