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lazarus1983 -> The Grey (2/9/2012 3:10:56 PM)
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So I saw this movie a few weeks ago, and it was quite good. The most attention seems to be on Liam Neeson being, well, Liam Neeson. A well spoken badass mutha.
But halfway through the movie I began looking at it from another angle. I began looking at the philosophy represented. I've shared my ideas with some friends, and most tell me I'm looking too far into it, and that I should just back and enjoy Liam Neeson fighting wolves.
In any case, I looked at this movie as showcasing man overcoming nature using the power of his mind, conceptual thinking. Most specifically, man used his mind to create tools to help combat the wolves and survive the environment. While the wolves are stronger, faster, and more resilient, they cannot rise above perceptual thinking. These wolves were able to adapt to their environment so well, and therein lies their strength. But what man can do, using the tools, the products of his mind, is make his environment adapt to him.
There have been plenty of man vs nature movies in the past. But I think the difference with The Grey is the direct conflict between man and animal. Conceptual thought, the ability to think in abstract; versus instinct, and lower level, perceptual thinking.
In any case, who here has seen The Grey? If so, any thoughts? Am I looking too deep?
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