Mike's Movie Pick of the Month: The Grey (2012)

Went to see The Grey not exactly knowing what to expect (best way to see a movie actually, no expectation). Heard many disappointing comments about "not enough action", "poor special effects", "wolves dont act that way" type of thing, but I did hear enough good things to give it a go. I am pleased to say I thouroughly enjoyed the movie from beginning to end and would have to call it a psychological horror flick. The psychological angle is obvious from how do we handle the pressure of surviving in the wild to how do we handle the deaths of our loved ones and even ourselves. The horror angle comes with the surrealistic spirituality and capablilites the movie places on the wolves. They are not supposed to be normal artic wolves but a race of wolves that have a supreme sense of spirituality. and it is this sense that forces the survival party to summon up their own sense of spirituality not to survive but to deal with their past lives and their impending deaths. A remarkably well written and well performed film that causes us to ask many questions as to how we might perform in a similar situation both physically and spiritually. Quite profound in its final outcome. An 8 out of ten for me.