In fact, you can feel it from the expansive plain shots and the atmospheric brass melody at the beginning. The center of this film is almost out of the western category, and more like an epic. I have always been unfamiliar with this kind of Avatar-style plot and values (the generation is reversed, it should be said that Avatar is a sci-fi popcorn version of Dancing with Wolves), what shocked me was the atmosphere of the times created by the film - Dunbar and Indian People have forged an extraordinary friendship, and through his perspective, we also learned the kindness, hospitality and unique charm of this "backward" civilization. But no matter how many incredible coincidences, how many thrilling stories, how many heart-cleansing touches there are, they can't stop the wheels of the western expansion of the United States. Bloody or cruel, this is an inevitable part of American growth and cannot be avoided.
This is very similar to the style in "Once Upon a Time in the West", the cowboy who traverses the wilderness, shovels the railroad tycoon, and rejoices with a revolver. But the industrial modernization that came with the railroads has made irreversible changes. Cowboys can continue to walk the wild west with grit and uninhibited attitude, but their time has passed. In "Dancing With Wolves", the Indians can still exude the rough taste of nature, but in "Once Upon a Time in the West", there are only vicissitudes and helplessness.
The Texas pioneers swayed the blood of the Indians to seize the land, making the Big West a cowboy's arena; and the industrial modernization that followed mercilessly disappeared the era of cowboys, and handed over the kingship of the West to the hands of the railroad tycoons. No matter how you complain, that's what happened. Thinking of the phrase "The past is already written, the ink is dry" in Game of Thrones. When we look back, we can only sigh at the magnificence of the mountains and rivers, lament the injustices of history, and learn from the past.
8/10
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