runnoft-1
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I saw this movie in the theater when it first came out, and loved it then. When it became available to own on VHS (and then later DVD) I bought it. I've seen it probably 25 times, and each and every time I see it, I glean a bit more from it.
I love everything the Coen Brothers do, this being their best, in my opinion. EVERY line, I mean EVERY line, is genius. The comedy is often subtle, or "dark", but some is outright. I'm not familiar with Homer's Odyssey, (which the movie is VERY loosely based on) but actually bought a copy of the book to further engross myself in this movie; to see the correlations, besides the Cyclops.
Terrific acting, terrific music, humor, action, romance, comedy, drama... does it lack anything? NO is the answer. The Coen Brothers combined brain is a theatrical genius. To me, no movie made prior or since, by them or anyone, comes NEAR the caliber of the brilliance of this movie. Do NOT miss it, OR the soundtrack!
Just a note: I don't pick movies apart, I look at the total package. This one is a 90 minute vacation of pure enjoyment.
I love everything the Coen Brothers do, this being their best, in my opinion. EVERY line, I mean EVERY line, is genius. The comedy is often subtle, or "dark", but some is outright. I'm not familiar with Homer's Odyssey, (which the movie is VERY loosely based on) but actually bought a copy of the book to further engross myself in this movie; to see the correlations, besides the Cyclops.
Terrific acting, terrific music, humor, action, romance, comedy, drama... does it lack anything? NO is the answer. The Coen Brothers combined brain is a theatrical genius. To me, no movie made prior or since, by them or anyone, comes NEAR the caliber of the brilliance of this movie. Do NOT miss it, OR the soundtrack!
Just a note: I don't pick movies apart, I look at the total package. This one is a 90 minute vacation of pure enjoyment.
I'm watching the movie right now, so I don't know how it ends.
Um, Christmas-time in Wyoming, and there's green leaves, green grass, flowing water, shirt-sleeve attire, no breath fog.. meaning, it's not very cold in Lusk, Wyoming in December?? WHAT? The Indian woman was washing clothes outside, sleeves rolled up, in December, in Wyoming. Wyoming has long, wicked-cold, windy winters. That immediately took a lot of the reality away. It was filmed in Arizona, they should have just set the story there, as "Wyoming Territory" didn't have much to do with the story. There were homesteaders and Indians in Arizona, too. It's just too unbelievable. Maybe later it snows in the movie, but I've been to Wyoming, and seen it snow in JUNE, and I've been there in February and it was very cold and windy. Nobody went out in just light jackets.
They filmmakers must take us as people who all live in LA or NY, people who know nothing about geography and what places look like, and people who don't ever travel. I've seen some movies supposed to be Wyoming, but filmed in Canada, and you can't tell. The terrain in THIS movie didn't look at ALL like Wyoming.
Bad acting, especially the Grandfather Indian character. Unneeded choppy "Indian Accent". Words used I don't think someone new to the language would use.
Here's another: A mother and her son are sitting right by a fireplace that has a good crackling fire in it. She feels his head and determines he has a fever. How could she tell? Being a mother, I know better than to forehead-feel a kid for a fever when they're a few feet from a fire.
Snore.
You want a good western? See Lonesome Dove. See Tombstone. See Open Range. See anything else.
Um, Christmas-time in Wyoming, and there's green leaves, green grass, flowing water, shirt-sleeve attire, no breath fog.. meaning, it's not very cold in Lusk, Wyoming in December?? WHAT? The Indian woman was washing clothes outside, sleeves rolled up, in December, in Wyoming. Wyoming has long, wicked-cold, windy winters. That immediately took a lot of the reality away. It was filmed in Arizona, they should have just set the story there, as "Wyoming Territory" didn't have much to do with the story. There were homesteaders and Indians in Arizona, too. It's just too unbelievable. Maybe later it snows in the movie, but I've been to Wyoming, and seen it snow in JUNE, and I've been there in February and it was very cold and windy. Nobody went out in just light jackets.
They filmmakers must take us as people who all live in LA or NY, people who know nothing about geography and what places look like, and people who don't ever travel. I've seen some movies supposed to be Wyoming, but filmed in Canada, and you can't tell. The terrain in THIS movie didn't look at ALL like Wyoming.
Bad acting, especially the Grandfather Indian character. Unneeded choppy "Indian Accent". Words used I don't think someone new to the language would use.
Here's another: A mother and her son are sitting right by a fireplace that has a good crackling fire in it. She feels his head and determines he has a fever. How could she tell? Being a mother, I know better than to forehead-feel a kid for a fever when they're a few feet from a fire.
Snore.
You want a good western? See Lonesome Dove. See Tombstone. See Open Range. See anything else.