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There are three standouts to be considered here. First is Sandra Bullock..for being Exec Prod of this one. IF she selected this script, then she truly knows her own acting chops. And it was great to have a woman take the lead in a murder mystery. The other two stand outs are Gosling and Pitt whose depiction of their roles and subtext of their relationship should have been recognized in some sort of awards. They both are truly destined for impressive performances on the right roles that hopefully be coming their way. First portion of the film is SLOOOOOWWWWW and doesn't need to be...even a slight speedup would have been welcomed. And once the story started to move along it becomes addictive. And the twists and turns that occur kept everyone predicting different outcomes. Again cudos to Gosling and Pitt!

The concept of Acting in a film was obviously not a reality then. The overuse of music themes must have been popular then. The storyline that was believable, attractive or interesting must not have been required then. But the shots were great, the riding stunts good and the over use of dynamite (must have had long long fuses) pseudo effective. I understand 'they' also dubbed in the voice for the Lone Ranger since the actors voice was deemed unusable. If so, maybe that contributed to the bad acting on his part. Michael Horse as Tonto wasn't believable as an Indian..but his name seems to indicate he was a native American afterall. Hell, it was a BOMB then and seeing it now (93) was indeed a good laugh. And I'm surprised a cable network hasn't re made it.....obviously as a mini series starring Johnny Depp.

This film is a lovely portrait of a love story from the 40's. Based on the age of the Director and the fact it's a remake that's understandable. However, I feel it could have been better if someone wrote dialog to fit the stars. Keanu Reeves, who is good in this role, sometimes seems to recite dialog rather then say it. That may be his failing of that the dialog needed to be updated or adapted..not sure which. Visually the film is a series of oil painting like shots...lovely and somewhat unrealistic at times, but beautiful. All performances seemed strong and of course Anthony Quinn is a classic himself. Keanu Reeves always amazes me that he will take such a role as this, then do a completely different one...brave actor not just doing the same thing time after time like so many other actors..albeit their same role films are often financially better.