Open Range

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I definately enjoyed this movie. Robert Duvall continues to prove that he is god, and Costner...well, he gives a very good performance in a role that was built more off the emotion that he gave off in his face instead of his words(he was a quiet man).

 

One thing that pissed me off about the movie(well, not the movie, the dumbasses in the theater) were the people pissing and moaning over the last gun fight scene. It goes to show that people have gotten so trained to like guys flipping in the air shooting the bad guy in the head in slo mo on the way down that a real, nitty gritty, ol western shootout is basically lost on them.

 

I also heard people moaning about it not having enough action (there was only one gunfight in the movie...like it should've been) which also pissed me off. All that great acting and charater buildup and people are pissed because they didn't shoot more.

 

I did find some of Kevins directing in the beganning to be...well...strange. The movie just cut at weird times...it just didn't seem...right.

 

Besides that, I really enjoyed this film and will be getting it on DVD when it is released. ANyone else see it. I have a feeling that most other peoples thoughts won't be as glowing as mine seeing as I am a Kevin Costner mark and a huge Robert Duvall mark.

[TheOriginalOrangeGoblin 0]

Yes you're the only one who saw it.

 

But it did look ok form the trailers so I am interested in seeing it. I am a fan of westerns and Costner did costar in a great western(Silverado). Plus it's DuVall and Michael Jeter's last role.

[Guest Boo_Bradley]

Duvall's last role? Why?

[WrestlingDeacon 0]

For one Duvall isn't dead and for two he's already got another film coming out this winter with Michael Caine called Secondhand Lions. He's also making a movie currently with Dustin Hoffman called The Lost City, set in pre-Castro Cuba.

[Guest Choken One]

Hoffman & Devull? HOLY SHIT!

 

I'm still waiting for ultimate Actor orgy with

 

Pacino, De Niro, Devull, Hanks and Denzel (Affirminative Action's a bitch)...

 

Fuck the plot...just put these guys in a Casino and let them run with it...

[Dr. Zoidberg 0]

No, I saw the flick. I enjoyed it quite a bit. It's been awhile since I saw a good western movie, and this one was good. From the very few scenes that we saw of him, the guy that killed Homes (I think that's his name...the fat guy?) with the broken arm, he pissed me off. Robert Duvall did an excellent job, and I'm glad that Costner found a role that was actually good. All in all, it was a good movie, and the final gunfight was really cool. Especially that shotgun blast through the wall. THAT was cool.

[TheOriginalOrangeGoblin 0]

Duvall's last role? Why?

I said JETER'S last role, not Duvall's. I mean IT IS Robert Duvall as in it's a must see.

[TheOriginalOrangeGoblin 0]

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[WrestlingDeacon 0]

your syntax was off. They way it read, it sounded like you were saying it was both Jeter and Duvall's last role.

[Guest Smark-Raving Mad]

I enjoyed it, but I think I would've appreciated it more if I had had more than three hours sleep going into it.

 

This movie is pretty close to what I envision the Old West was. Life was slow at times, and when you had gunfights, they weren't pretty, good-guy-never-misses, one-sided slaughters. There were a lot of wasted bullets in that last fight.

 

My only real problem is that I think there was a little too much movie after the final shootout. It was dragging for me at that point.

[Swift Terror 0]

I've been wanting to see this, being a fan of both Westerns and Costner. From these posts, this movie sounds like a throw back, like a Zane Grey novel brought to life. I for one appreciate a low-tech, non-CGI gunfight every now and then. I'm sick of handguns being fired sideways, behind the back, etc.

 

Long live the Western!

[Ripper 0]

I enjoyed it, but I think I would've appreciated it more if I had had more than three hours sleep going into it.

 

This movie is pretty close to what I envision the Old West was. Life was slow at times, and when you had gunfights, they weren't pretty, good-guy-never-misses, one-sided slaughters. There were a lot of wasted bullets in that last fight.

 

My only real problem is that I think there was a little too much movie after the final shootout. It was dragging for me at that point.

I also liked how everyone didn't die from one shot. Like it really was. There were guy with 8-10 bullets still inthem walking around back in those days. They make guns alot more powerful now...although that scattergun blast was the SHIT.

 

I think it could have ended about 10 minutes earlier, if they had sliced some of that ending off. It was needed but still.

 

And that kid that played Button is probably the fugliest thing I have seen on film. Really...geez.

 

Duvalls "I ain't talking to that son of a bitch!" lines were the best of the movies also.

[AndrewTS 0]

I saw it, mainly as a thing to do "with the family." I was pleasantly surprised, with it being a Costner flick and all.

 

I liked it, then afterwards people in front of us were pissing and moaning that they didn't like it, and it was too long. Bratty kid suggested they see "Bad Boys II" next time.

 

Too funny. It *was* long but I didn't really mind. It seemed to fly by.