After watching this today, I read the reviews and wow, what different viewing experiences, perhaps it is a generational thing? It seems a lot like confirmational bias, but, perhaps I am also guilty of that?
There were only two women that were vocal about their fears and the strongest, bravest character was the old grandmother character who gave a pretty good speech about being brave in the face of adversity.
I did feel a couple of men were a little rough in their evaluation of the women that were afraid, so that could definitely be something attributed to those times (when it was made) and something that hopefully wouldn't be written today.
I do have stories from one branch of my family that were actual pioneers in a wagon train, so I did relate to the physical challenges, fear and risk. My family stories actually support the idea of women wanting to stay where they were and men wanting to take the risk, but, now four generations old, who knows how close to the truth these stories are.
Overall I liked it, but it was far from perfect. This did help fill my need for story diversity.
There were only two women that were vocal about their fears and the strongest, bravest character was the old grandmother character who gave a pretty good speech about being brave in the face of adversity.
I did feel a couple of men were a little rough in their evaluation of the women that were afraid, so that could definitely be something attributed to those times (when it was made) and something that hopefully wouldn't be written today.
I do have stories from one branch of my family that were actual pioneers in a wagon train, so I did relate to the physical challenges, fear and risk. My family stories actually support the idea of women wanting to stay where they were and men wanting to take the risk, but, now four generations old, who knows how close to the truth these stories are.
Overall I liked it, but it was far from perfect. This did help fill my need for story diversity.