I don't like this movie at all. I adore and admire the apaches as a people, and for fighting both Mexican and American soldiers for centuries. I am a great fan of Geronimo (indian name Goklayeh), and have read all books written about him (most recommended Forrest Carter's Watch for Me on the Mountain). This film does not show a veracious proclamation of Geronimo and contains many false facts. For example there's one scene where Geronimo killed some new settlers without any reason, something he never did. He was not a barbarian, and had a reason behind every action.
You can't see the genius and the mastermind Geronimo in this movie, neither can you see the greatest guerrilla warrior ever lived. Geronimo is a lost man in the film, fighting in vain. As a matter of fact he never surrendered without a reason, there were always a plan behind every action. He was clever, smart, astute and sluly. If Geronimo not surrendered as a volunteer, the army would never manage to capture him. In the film you see him hide with some warriors on a mountain cliff, before he is forced to surrender for the last time. That was not what happened. He surrendered for the last time in 1886, with the only purpose to make sure the tribe would live. The glorification is to much focused on General Crook, yes indeed he was a good man, but he does not deserve to be remembered as the hero in a movie about Geronimo.
You can't see the genius and the mastermind Geronimo in this movie, neither can you see the greatest guerrilla warrior ever lived. Geronimo is a lost man in the film, fighting in vain. As a matter of fact he never surrendered without a reason, there were always a plan behind every action. He was clever, smart, astute and sluly. If Geronimo not surrendered as a volunteer, the army would never manage to capture him. In the film you see him hide with some warriors on a mountain cliff, before he is forced to surrender for the last time. That was not what happened. He surrendered for the last time in 1886, with the only purpose to make sure the tribe would live. The glorification is to much focused on General Crook, yes indeed he was a good man, but he does not deserve to be remembered as the hero in a movie about Geronimo.