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Went to see it first night it was available. Is my take crazy?
My conclusion was they took a promising story and turned it into another politicized Hollywood social statement. White men portrayed as ridiculous heartless haters of victimized Indians made hostile by unjust white men.
The old white ranch owner and his sons attacking the protagonist, the widow, and the family of the dead Indian chief at the end was so ridiculous and unlikely it gave their entire agenda away.
More of the same Hollywood narrative of portrayals of unjust white "supremacy".Last edited by Pineywoods Paul; 01-28-2018, 01:57 PM.
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Originally posted by Pineywoods Paul View PostWent to see it first night it was available. Is my take crazy?
My conclusion was they took a promising story and turned it into another politicized Hollywood social statement. White men portrayed as ridiculous heartless haters of victimized Indians made hostile by unjust white men.
The old white ranch owner and his sons attacking the protagonist, the widow, and the family of the dead Indian chief at the end was so ridiculous and unlikely it gave their entire agenda away.
More of the same Hollywood narrative of portrayals of unjust white "supremacy".
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Wife and I went and watched in last night. We both liked it a lot. Not sure that I would classify it as a western.
Yes, the movie was slow. The movie is about an army captain taking a dying indian chief and his family from New Mexico to Montana on horseback. So yeah, I would think slow would kinda be expected.
There is a lot of death.
A few folks here called it hollywooded or having a liberal slant. I didn't quite see it that way. If you only look at the ending scene with the old man rancher and his sons, yeah I guess I could see that, because that one scene does come across that way. But the movie as a whole, it doesn't necessarily portray the white man or the Indians as the good guys or bad guys. It sorta plays both sides equally. Both sides were hostiles. It shows that in the end, both sides made their mistakes. It's just straight up brutal and probably shows what people endured during the time.
For those that saw it, did you realize that the Colonel that gave Bale the orders to take the chief up to Montana was the same guy who played Ike Clanton in Tombstone? And Bale's bearded buddy also played the long haired stoner Slater in Dazed and Confused.Last edited by Grizz83; 01-29-2018, 11:48 AM.
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Originally posted by Grizz83 View Post
For those that saw it, did you realize that the Colonel that gave Bale the orders to take the chief up to Montana was the same guy who played Ike Clanton in Tombstone? And Bale's bearded buddy also played the long haired stoner Slater in Dazed and Confused.
Haaa! I knew I recognized both of them but couldn’t place where. Thanks for clearing that up.
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Originally posted by barnett77859 View Postwell I just have to say I thought it was a great movie action packed good and easy to follow has a good ending don't know how it could have been any better
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