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Do you wish Alice and Uncas' love story was delved into more?

posted 14 years ago by Sportsman180
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As we all know, the ending of this movie is fantastic. The first time I saw it though, I was wondering why Uncas went ahead to save Alice by himself, for what was basically a suicide mission. Then, the agony on Alice's face and her jumping to her death, laying right next to Uncas' final resting place, is absolutely incredible. I realized then, that they were in love and Uncas' love for Alice wouldn't let him wait to save her. Now, while this realization is fantastic, there is a difference between a subdued portrayal of love and a nearly nonexistent one. I just wished there were a few more scenes where Alice and Uncas interacted, not even with dialogue but even something like Uncas helping Alice walk or looking at each other in the backgrounds of scenes while other characters were talking.

What do you think? Do you like how it was portrayed or did you want a little more like me?

[–] denham 11 years ago

The demise of Uncas and that of Alice would have been stronger still if there'd been rather more time spent on these characters; we could have heard a little more from Chingachgook, too. To whom does 'The Last of the Mohicans' refer? Not Nat Poe. If the difficulty is claimed to be the need to cut things down to under two hours, I am sure a minute here and there of the lengthy Fort William Henry footage could have been edited out for the sake of the gains elsewhere.

"I beseech ye in the bowels of Christ, think that ye may be mistaken."

[–] GoodSOVeryVeryGood 10 years ago

Spoiler alert would have been a kind thing to do ….

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[–] Donnas (1) 2 years ago

Yes. I have always felt this was a lost opportunity in the script. It would have rounded the movie out better.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

What was there two love they are both dead!

[–] brux (14724) a year ago

I thought it was fine the way it was. What I really liked about this movie was the new and primeval way they portrayed the American continent when it was almost virgin jungle ... before it got ruined. It was a masterful vision and depiction of how this country must have been like at that time.

[–] Kendricks (2239) a year ago

"Do you wish Alice and Uncas' love story was delved into more?"

No.
It would have taken up too much screen time and we already had a love story.

Additionally, more importantly, I like the "cruelty" of their unfulfilled love story.
They never had a chance, a bit like in medieval courtly love where the romantic ideal was, always, an unfulfilled love.
Might sound weird, but there's lots to it.

Sometimes, less is more.