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Prompted by my goodbuddy, we saw HoHW yesterday. Altho I understand Peter Sobczynski's comment on Ebert.com--"The finale is a particular disappointment-it is staged and performed about as well as can be but the whole scene is just so unlikely that it fails to have the impact that Sheridan and Mackenzie clearly desired"--both of us found the movie--including the finale--quite satisfying, even if the end of the story isn't a tidy, Hollywood-style ending.
It was well worth my time, and probably I'll see it again, as I missed some of the somewhat-mumbled dialog.
'Ebert' gave it 2-1/2 stars; I say 3 or 3-1/2, AKA good but not VERY good.
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Tin-eared audiofool, large-scale-Classical music lover, and damned-amateur fotografer.
William Bruce Cameron: "...not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."
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Probably my favorite film of the year and we go to the theater weekly.
The literary prowess of reviewer Peter Sobczynsky is worthy of a high school freshman:
"Even though none of them are especially revelatory, the performances are probably the best thing to be had in the film."
(Roger Ebert rolls over)
Jeff Bridges is always fun to watch, comic relief from a grim crime spree but not much more here.
Ben Foster is the reason to see this movie. His presence in this film is not unlike Joe Pesci in Goodfellas. Explosive, even (especially) with his eyes closed.
...an old fashioned film/movie.
How refreshing!
Good story, great acting, excellent writing and good cinematography.
Slow in places for character development and to set the mood.
No gratuitous violence, car chases or CGI.
Looks like reality.
Jeff Bridges should get nominated again.
Chris Pine did a great job.
Highly recommended.
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I really enjoyed this gritty little tale of two bank robbers in West Texas. It was slow but well-developed with tons of character development. The characters were real and the "locals" ever real-er. There's a lot of local color and and some laughs at their customs and behavior. I particularly liked the fact that this film's social engineering was focused on Native Americans in the form of Bridges' deputy Ranger, Gil Birmingham. Bridges relentless barrage of racial teases seemed endless while Birmingham's character was most tolerant of his superiors asininity.
When I first became aware of Chris Pine I thought "no big deal" but I know believe he is going to be "a big deal". His agent is certainly trying to spread his roles around and he seems to handle them deftly for his age and experience. Ben Foster proved again that he is headed to being one of the country's Master Character Actor's as he always loses himself in the role. I didn't find Bridges permanent cowboy accent as objectionable here--it was a Texas Western afterall.
This is pretty much a big screen film even though it's not necessarily big screen action. The dusty, dry, wide-open spaces of West Texas will give you a thirst.
Yep, I'd hit the walk in on this one.
One is that Pine is excellent in his somewhat-subdued role of the instigator of the bank-robbing plan (for a 'good' purpose) but not one who takes to the robberies as much as the brother just out of prison does. The writing has some clever lines--brother: 'Mr. Pibb? Only assholes drink Mr. Pibb.' Pine: 'Drink up, asshole.'While I love movies in Panavision, and the scenery deserved the wide AR, the entire movie looked to me (in two viewings) to be a little soft...not out of focus, just slightly poorly resolved, as if it was shot on 720P video.
Still worth my time, twice.
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Tin-eared audiofool, large-scale-Classical music lover, and damned-amateur fotografer.
William Bruce Cameron: "...not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."
Edits: 08/19/16
I was never a Star Trek fan until the latest iteration. The gags were in critically short supply and the whole thing seemed too damned serious. The latest episode had great humor, IMO, and I hope Pegg keeps contibuting. Pine seems to have some range without relying on cult of personality like Damon, Affleck, or Pitt.
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