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I finished that Costner movie last night, I enjoyed it but the last two hours definitely werent as good as the first
The brutality and the horrors of war in that first hour was freaking insane, really draws you in on an emotional level similar to Saving Private Ryan
I can understand some of the criticisms, theres several different completely separate storylines(one of them sucks but the rest are good) so the movie kinda feels uneven and unfocused but you gotta go into it understanding its just the first 3 hours of a planned 12 hour epic so theyre just laying the foundation here
You got the war between the red man and the white man, the love story between the grieving widow and the soldier, the drama between the prostitute and the stranger, the cross country wagon train trying to make it safely out West, all the different murders, the villain family of killers hunting the baby, the father-son power struggle in the Apache nation, etc
Its a lot to keep track of and none of it gets resolved so I understand why people left the theaters feeling flat like what the heck
Theres so many different themes being played out here that it probably wouldve been better if it was chopped up into 3 different one hour episodes of a tv show cause thats what it felt like
Its really beautifully shot and the scenery is gorgeous, a lot of really solid performances out of mostly every actor and it ended with an action montage of all the wild ass chaos from part 2 that looked bad ass as heck so I hope they dont wait too long to release it cause I am All In