For viewers who love heroes and chivalry, you can watch this film

Bethany 2021-12-31 08:03:07

"Open Range" is a very typical, very old-school western. It is a big landlord who oppresses the people, a group of heroes who ask for their lives. It is a pity that the whole film lasts 139 minutes, but the thin plot is not enough to support it. The treacherous horns are typically modeled. The big landlord and the sheriff are on the same scene with the good protagonist, so the audience can only see their ugly faces in front of the protagonist. Motivation, past, character behind? All owe it. There is no empirical mention of how the residents of the town are being squeezed. Only four residents have talked with the protagonist, and the resistance of the residents is not contagious. If the film length is shortened slightly, these defects may not be so obvious.

At this time, the plot began to turn into a straight road. Mose and Button were injured by Baxter's men. Charley and Boss then confronted the sheriff angrily, and found that the sheriff and Baxter were the same. After failing to pay back, the two of them still wandered up and down the town, sometimes staying at the doctor Sue’s house, sometimes chatting in the bar, there was no tension at all, and the movie has been hesitating in this predicament. A sentence of bell. There is a very spicy film review in the United States: "Kevin Costner's new Western is a showdown movie in the mold of High Noon, but because it's Costner, nothing really happens until, like, 3:15." [High Noon is a 1952 Come out of the famous Western film Real-time (real-time), all the plots take place at noon. 〕This may be a bit unsatisfactory, but the film did have the first and only gun battle after a full 100 minutes, and the Hong Kong film audience who was used to watching Wu Yusen or Johnny Tou couldn’t be excited about the gun battle. The two gangs People spend most of their time shooting at each other in the open space.

Suffering from clichés, inadequate descriptions and too long plots, the rhythm of the movie is too slow. I believe that there are only three lovely (lovable, not lovely) protagonists who can regain his score: Qiyun Cossner’s appearance Looks like he was born to play this kind of gloomy cowboy role. He is different from the bohemian prodigal that Clint Eastwood often plays. Although the images of the two are equally handsome, the roles played by Qi Yun are often unbearable in the past. (Charley is also acting this time), always worrying, even more pitiful. In addition, Annette Bening played Sue and Robert Duvall as the friendly and kind Boss, which made the otherwise ordinary gunfights even more suspenseful because the audience was nervous about the lives and deaths of the protagonists.

Kevin Costner's self-directed and self-acted western film "Dances with Wolves" won him the Oscar for best director in 90 years. The limelight was nothing but bad luck, and he was shortlisted for many times and was the worst in Golden Strawberry. Actors, among the major productions "Waterworld" and "The Postman", both encountered Waterloo at the box office, and the box office scores of the remaining films can only hover below 50 million, which is as far apart as the peak period of living. This time I return to his old masterpieces, but regardless of cost, layout and vision, it is difficult to compare with "Dancing with Wolves". Kevin Costner has not attempted to innovate in the field. It can only be regarded as a skit, and it is difficult to bring the western film back to life. . But audiences who love heroic and chivalrous movies will probably add points to this movie just like me.

Rating: 7/10

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  • Liliane 2022-03-25 09:01:11

    I love westerns! Enough man!

  • Elsie 2022-04-24 07:01:15

    Only the magnificent west can raise magnificent men. Beautiful scenery and music.

Open Range quotes

  • Boss Spearman: Much obliged to you, ma'am.

    Sue Barlow: You're very welcome, Mr. Spearman.

    Charley Waite: Thank you, Sue.

    [Boss and Charley walk towards town]

    Sue Barlow: Take care of yourself, Charley.

    Boss Spearman: Are you just gonna go off like that without saying nothing?

    Charley Waite: Ain't nothing to say.

    Boss Spearman: I seen how you look at that gal and the way she looks at you. It ain't right to walk away without a word.

    Charley Waite: What do you want me to tell her, Boss? We probably ain't gonna make it? Be a big fat comfort.

    Boss Spearman: I don't know what you should tell her, Charley. I wish I'd have said more to my wife before she passed. This may be the last time she sees you in this world, Charley. Or you her. So tell her whatever you can. 'Cause she's entitled to more than just your backside walking away.

    [Charley returns to the house and knocks on the door, Sue opens the door]

    Sue Barlow: Charley.

    Charley Waite: I'm not sure what's worth saying or not.

    Sue Barlow: Well, you don't have to say anything.

    Charley Waite: Yeah, I do. Boss is right about that. He's right about a lot of things. It's just... I'm not who you think I am, Sue. I've... been places. I've done things. Most of them, I'm not proud of.

    Sue Barlow: You know, I always hoped somebody gentle and caring might come along. Years pass. A small town and all. And your hopes begin to fade a little every day until you hardly remember what they were. I've seen who you are, Charley. The way you looked after that boy and the respect you give Boss. It might be little bits. But they're enough for a woman who looks.

    Charley Waite: Men are gonna get killed here today, Sue. And I'm gonna kill them. You understand that?

    Sue Barlow: Yes. I want you to have this. It's always brought me luck.

    Charley Waite: I... can't take your locket.

    Sue Barlow: It's not your choice when it's a gift.

    Charley Waite: It's a good likeness of you.

    Sue Barlow: It's my mother when she was young.

    Charley Waite: She's beautiful. I want you to know that if I don't ever see you again that I meant everything I said to you and I appreciate everything you said to me. Ain't nothing that happened in this old town been a surprise. Except you.

    [Charley walks toward town]

    Sue Barlow: I'll be seeing you, Charley Waite.

    Charley Waite: [Charley speaks to Boss sarcastically] Happy?

    Boss Spearman: Yeah. If you are.

  • Boss Spearman: Charley.

    Charley Waite: You two wait here.

    Boss Spearman: Hold on, there, Charley. Hold on.

    Charley Waite: I ain't looking over my shoulder the rest of my days.

    Boss Spearman: Charley.

    Charley Waite: You said we was gonna kill them all. I aim to do just that.

    Boss Spearman: I meant kill them. Not murder them.

    Charley Waite: Splitting hairs, ain't you, Boss?

    Tom: Mister, I heard what you said. I won't come after you. I promise.

    Charley Waite: No, I expect you won't.

    Boss Spearman: [Boss steps between Charley and Tom] I ain't gonna let you do it, Charley. You do this, you ain't no different than Poole or Baxter or that gunhand of his that murdered Mose.

    Charley Waite: Him killing Mose is how this started.

    Boss Spearman: We come for justice, not vengeance. Them is two different things.

    Charley Waite: Not today, they ain't. Step aside!

    Percy: [Percy joins Boss between Charley and Tom] Listen to him, son. You done what you had to here because they give you no choice. Don't go making this into something bad.

    Boss Spearman: This ain't the way, pard.

    Tom: [Tom speaking to Boss] Mister, thank you. Thank you.

    Boss Spearman: Didn't do it for you, boy. Just make peace with your bad deeds.