I liked it o-k. I've begun to realize I like films that use a natural setting, like Cliffhanger, The Edge, A Perfect Getaway, even The Shallows. Most of these films seem to have obvious short-comings, but I still enjoy watching them, and The Grey is sort of like that.
One thing I thought was so dumb was how the one guy never loses his glasses until he's trying to traverse the chasm. You just know it's going to happen, and he should have done something to prevent it. But that's a minor quibble, I suppose.
I don't think I remember the ending, other than he was going to battle with the wolf.
SPOILER !!!!
I thought it kinda indicated he had mortally wounded the wolf, but his own fate was still uncertain. Idk.
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Cornelia123 (784)
7 years ago
I really enjoyed the film when it came out.
I rechecked the ending. Liam Neeson start to recite to himself the following words, that were put up on the wall of his family home:
Once more into the fray...
Into the last good fight I'll ever know...
Live and die on this day...
Live and die on this day...
He had wrapped those mini bottles around his hand and broken them, and wrapped a knife on his other hand. So it ends with both the wolf and him ready to attack each other. Then after the end titles, you see the bloodied wolf and him laying half on top, and the wolf is still breathing, and obviously he is too, so I figure that that means that they BOTH were going to die, they had no more fight left in them and were awaiting death.
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[email protected] (690)
7 years ago
Ah, ok. I remember seeing the wolf's heaving breath (which alluded to the earlier scene), but I didn't recall seeing Neeson.
Thought I saw it twice, too, but not in the theatre. I guess that's a little more clear.
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Cornelia123 (784)
7 years ago
Well you just see the back of Neeson's head, which is on top of the wolf's tummy. So yeah, they both die.
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