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When not troubled and misled by official taught pre knowledge of the aftermath of the civil war, this movie will pass with flying colors as the text book example of what the slow-walking of tasks, duties and problems looked like in the 19th century. So how sluggish did Christian Bale in fact slow walk his obligations ? First the old Chief died of old age and yellow fever even before ever reaching Bear Valley, to never set eyes on his promised land ever again. Second, all of Capt. Blocker friends turn out to have died during his death march on horseback, a march at the speed of your typical Christian burial procession of US Presidents, or Godfathers . The viewer who has watched this to the bitter end should be handed the congressional medal for endurance. From previous movies we know that Rosamund Pike and Christian Bale did their finest performances in roles of dangerous psychopath's . The most saddening part is, that even though Rosalie openly had set eyes on Capt. Blocker - a name which could not have been chosen more wisely and striking, illustrating the chronic slow-walking by Bale - in the end after spending almost half of their lives together, Madame Quaid lost her three children and husband farmer at the beginning of this saga, the Captain is even still sleepwalking his decision whether he will start a relationship and new life with Rosalie Quaid. One wonders how Capt. Joseph J. Blocker ever was able to establish his stellar reputation with the Blue Jacket Army brass finest .. The most disturbing message which director Scott Cooper tries to carry through onto his ever more faster dwindling and dying audience, is his message of false guilt feelings for the native Indians, resembling the guilt laid upon Germans after the second world war. This sorry and pithy message simply is not true, as there has never been a true story recorded where another Indian Chief actually made an attempt to rescue Chief Yellow Bear from his deadly slow walking envoy to the eternal hunting fields.