Last of Mohicans (1990s) is a well crafted movie and the music is awesome, but as a "frogger" the inaccuracies in the british regimental dress and regimental colors have me talking out loud and throwing popcorn at the TV screen. The 35th is not dressed in their "orange" facings, the 60th units have lace and the regimental colors are all wrong. Duncan's uniform drives me totally nuts. But I must admit, I do love the Highlanders, even though they weren't at the Battle.
The movie does so much very well, but then has a tendency to add "dumb" elements, especially as it regards military matters.
The 1990 movie relates back to the earlier movies much more than the book. The deviations between the book and the 1990 movie are massive. Who lives, who dies, and who falls in love with whom totally changes between the book and the movie. The "big battle" scene in the book is between the Delaware and the Hurons -- would love to see JJD doing Delaware.
I still love the BBC Masterpiece Threater production of the Last of the Mohicans (1970s). Mike Miller tried, but couldn't watch it. Think he stopped with episode 2. Maqua is particularly "wooden" in his acting, but there are some insightful moments particulary between Hawkeye and Chingacook.
