Hidalgo

[Mog Elffoe]

thanks for the reply.

I checked close, and the guy that fell into the quicksand didn't look like the falcon guy.
I easily was confused at that point, and could have missed it.

And I'm pretty sure the guy who helped him out of the trap was a pretty bald, random guy who just appeared out of the desert and was then shot.

Nope, that was definitely the falcon guy that gets stuck in the quicksand and then shows up to help Viggo later. No mystery there at all. I have to assume that you had already given up on the movie to have missed that.

I enjoyed the movie quite a bit myself, but hey--different strokes for different folks, right?

 

[Mark]

I enjoyed the movie quite a bit myself, but hey--different strokes for different folks, right?

Very true. Very true, indeed.

 

[ASH]

Wow.. Okay, I was looking forward to this movie and now I wish that I had gone and seen 50 First dates...It was not horrible. I was entertained.

I liked the adventure in the desert. I got a very pulp movie feeling from it, but I did not like the fact that it was taking itself so seriously...I did not know it was supposed to be a true story. I did not like the whole american indian side of the movie, it just did not seem to fit with the adventure in the desert in my mind. I wish this was one that I rented...


Oh and the dude that fell in the quicksand was most definately the same dude with the falcon.

 

[Orius]

Frankly, true or not, it makes an awesome story, I think. And really, just because something isn’t true, that’s no reason you can’t believe in it!

I agree. Who cares if it's real? It certainly looks like it would be a great movie to watch.

 

[KnowTheToe]

Eh, I'll probably catch it on rental when someone I know decides to rent it. Maybe it's petty, but the fact that they keep hyping it as a true story when they know darn well it isn't bothers me to no end. It'll certainly prevent me from enjoying the movie. So better to wait and get hype out of my system before seeing it.

Almost Every movie ever based off a "True" story have very little root in truth, but I have avoided movies for the same reason.

 

[JoeGKushner]

A few of my amigos and I just saw this film the other day and while it's no great piece of work, it was a good action movie.

In some ways, it even got me to thinking about how to use other cultures in my own campaign. The foreign power that's offended is an interesting twist to the old "You meet in a bar." style.

I found that the different plots with the women were a little annoying though as neither of them went anywhere. There was no final reckoning for the 'Christian Woman' if you will nor any idea on what happened to the slave that was bought.

As far as the people cheering the foreigner, well, people love a winner man. Didn't you see Rocky IV?

 

[Sarigar]

From the quote on the second post - Discussing the criticism of "Hidalgo," Dennis Rice, senior vice president for publicity of the Walt Disney Studios, who called the movie "factually based," said yesterday: "We want to make sure that everybody knows we haven't made a documentary. It's very much a Hollywood `popcorn' movie." He continued, "We believe that we made a movie based on the life of Frank T. Hopkins, and we stand behind the screenwriter."

When I see any movie that comes out with the disclaimer "factually based", or "based on a true story" I know I'm not going to see anything factual in the movie. I think the facts go as far as there was a man named Frank T. Hopkins. I don't go to the movies for a history lesson(or religion), so I'm never disappointed when they get it wrong.
That said, I liked the movie. Great movie, no, good movie, yes. There are some good gaming ideas, good fights, good escapism.