I love this movie so much

Absolutely Fantastic

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

The writers and producers of REVENANT must have looked carefully at this movie to find some of their ideas. The setting were similar, the time frame was roughly the same, both heroes underwent like trials and tribulations. I cite he bear attack in Revenant and the wolves attack in this one. Indian vengeance, beautiful scenery and very cold weather were present in both. Differences there were. Jeremiah Johnson was not as long, was better lighted, and had a positive ending. Furthermore, this movie was properly researched, unlike the REVENANT. The tribes depicted here, the Blackfeet, the Flathead, and the Crow all lived near the Rockies and were enemies of each other and of the white man if the situation warranted. The Pawnee in REVENANT were in the wrong place and had good settler relations. I thought the manner in which the Indians pursued Redford was suspenseful and exciting. This was a very good film and Redford had a strong performance. The supporting actors, his Indian wife, mute son, and fellow mountain man added a humane element. The ending seemed to indicate that a truce was in the offing and that Jeremiah Johnson would be free of free of his pursuers.

I'm tempted to call this Robert Redford's masterpiece.Positives: 1. A remarkably good performance by Robert Redford, who back at this time had decided on a path to acting excellence. 2. An equally remarkable performance by Will Geer as a gnarly old mountain man. 3. On-location photography that is nothing short of stunning. 4. It doesn't glorify the life of a mountain man, just exemplifies it.Negatives: I can't really think of any,This is not the same kind of film that "Dancing With Wolves" was, because it doesn't have the joy that film has. Yet, it is every bit as much an epic film. Highly recommended.

I just read an account of Robert Redford stating that one of his takes at the end of the movie where he gnashed his teeth at Paints-His-Shirt-Red was inadvertent and was the one that wound up in the film. When I saw it, I felt he was containing his rage and showing a measure of respect for his Crow Indian foe long after his Flathead wife Swan (Delle Bolton) and companion Caleb (Josh Albee) were slain by the Indian or one of his tribe. It was a way for the viewer to comprehend that Jeremiah Johnson understood that the Crow revenge for going through their sacred burial ground was to their way of thinking justified. At least that's what I got out of it.After watching the movie, one gets the impression that getting back to nature might not be the best idea going. At least not 1800's style. Hunting, trapping and freezing to death to make a living is not the panacea one might envision in a wistful reverie about living off the land. Of course the Indian threat is much less today, but surviving brutal winters outdoors is never fun. It's been below zero every morning where I live for the past week.What's never made clear in the story is why Jeremiah Johnson gave up on civilization in the first place. One could come up with a few ideas but they'd be only guesses. A brief mention is made of the Mexican War but Johnson didn't have a problem with violence when you come right down to it. I would like to have better understood his motivation.The picture is gorgeously filmed and the scenery is outstanding. As a man without a plan, Johnson winds up wherever life takes him meeting colorful characters along the way. There's a sort of romanticism to it in it's own way, but always slammed with a harsh measure of reality every time other human beings are involved.

A veteran (Robert Redford) of the Mexican War (1848) rejects society, where "It should have been different"; to become a mountain man. Unfortunately the economy of the mountain man era has ended in the late 1830's leaving the main character to wander the wilderness until he happens to meet a veteran mountain man (Will Geer), who teaches him the ways of the mountain man. The film explores the need that human beings have for human contact, in spite of whatever sense of isolation and alienation that society may expose them to. The film is also one of the first to portray Native Americans in a complex manner; revealing them to be something more than a white caricature. The film uses a powerful dialog, that while limited; is packed with deeper meanings that would be lost to many who watched the film. The limited dialog is carried by stunning scenery, which further serves to make a statement about loneliness and isolation. Add to this the bitter cold in which the main character is at constant battle with and the viewer will want to throw another log on the fire. The main character conducts a war of retribution against the Crow after they kill his Flathead wife and an orphan boy. In the end the outcome is left to the viewer.