The first time I watched "Yellowstone", I felt deja vu, very much like the male protagonist-another miniseries "Blood Vengeance" by Kevin Costner, who is getting older and more manly.
After the Civil War, two families fought on the plains of the South, suffering children and hurting their companions, resulting in the most notorious bloody dispute in American history. The price of peace in the end was the sacrifice of innocence and justice.
After more than a hundred years, after the industrial revolution, the technological revolution, and the intelligent storm sweeping the world, on the wilderness of the North American border, human beings still refuse to let go of their own kind.
The Dutton family owns the largest ranch in the United States, adjacent to the nation's first national park, an Indian reservation and land purchased by land developers.
They are immigrants who have crossed the oceans, pioneers who have traveled all the way to the west, building their own pastures, families and history in the wilderness. They had nowhere to go, and they still won't budge.
On the other side of the field, another group could only keep retreating because of their arrival. They used to be the only ethnic group in the entire continent, but now they can only live in remote places, struggling to survive under the "gift" of the country, and they will not be "thankful".
They have too many differences, but they also have more and more the same, love for family, recognition for warriors, respect for homeland, protection for livestock, and of course hatred for enemies.
The new Indian chief wants to stir up trouble and get back what belongs to his own ethnic group; real estate developers are ready to build a new dream paradise for the urban elite; the municipal department is pressing step by step, how can the city develop if the ranch does not give way?
Since you are unwilling to give way, let's have a good fight. The interests of the family, the mission of the ethnic group, the friendship of the blood, and the reasons for human beings to provoke wars are always high-sounding, but unfortunately the results are always messed up.
Mr. John is a typical North American tough guy. He rides a horse and gallops, and his gray hair may be vigorous and masculine. He is the strict father, the godfather of the ranch, and the "king" of the land. He is arrogant, stubborn, domineering, and all his children are like him, or none at all.
The loyal eldest son is a shepherd who can’t be a rancher, the capable son is a lawyer not a cowboy, the only daughter is smart and capable, but she has already gone to the city, and the younger son, who comes and goes like the wind, left home for Indian women. Everyone has their own ideas, and everyone has their own way to go, but this wilderness can arouse their inner wildness and nostalgia, and in the end they reach the same destination.
Interestingly, like "Blood Vengeance", the fuse of the conflict in this play is also the loss of livestock. Where the cows graze, it is purely out of instinct, but where people fight is out of their own choice. Dutton Ranch's livestock strayed onto an Indian reservation because of a broken fence, and a multi-party dispute has kicked off in this beautiful piece of Montana.
The Indians were unwilling to return the livestock. Old John, in a fit of anger, ordered his eldest son to take advantage of the night to bring people and horses into the Indians' territory. He wanted to bring back the lost livestock. The youngest son rushed over to resolve the dispute, but when the first shot was fired, everything was in chaos.
The helicopter pilot told old John that I had never been in this situation in Afghanistan and nearly died in Montana. Therefore, people can go to thousands of miles for the sake of their family and country, or they can kill each other in their own homes. When the gunfire stopped and the sun rose, who would have the bad news?
Probably every American has a "Westworld" in their hearts, and "Yellowstone" shows the real West. The filming method is the same as that of the movie. The infinitely beautiful Montana still has cowboys and Indian tribes, as well as foreigners who come and go. Of course, there are laws, institutions, and politics here. But time seems to have drawn a boundary, and they are still the same as a hundred years ago, and they must compare favor and hatred.
A modern but very old-fashioned American drama, telling the story of an old man who is still cool in his sixties, his family and his opponents.
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