Horizon: An American Legend is a beautiful ode to an entire genre, cementing Kevin Costner’s return from the big screen, free from the shackles of Taylor Sheridan. yellowstone park. It’s big and bold in a way that no other filmmaker has ever attempted – the first chapter of a multi-part epic, self-financed with his own earnings – that only someone of Costner’s fame and celebrity could attempt To achieve this, and more importantly, he dares not allow himself to be the center of attention, emerging for an hour as one of the coolest movie stars you will ever see. There’s no doubt that Costner is a movie star; and movies have never been better – his love and affection for John Ford is evident in every second of this nearly three-hour epic.
We are introduced to the desolate wasteland of the American frontier. The allure of the Old West and how it was won is the focus here; the film follows the journey 15 years before, during and after the Civil War, focusing on the families who risked it all to colonize America; an open image showing the willingness of Native Americans to risk everything At the cost of the desire to defend their land, a family is murdered, and then we cut to a town built on their graves – following the promise of the mythical “Horizon” city. Hopes and dreams are everywhere, but each time they are cruelly shattered by the reality of the situation. Wealthy travelers discover that they must sacrifice their ideal comforts to meet the needs of the majority; and a prostitute becomes embroiled in her landlord’s scandal when her past catches up with her. There’s something very McCabe and Mrs. Miller about it, and there’s something very Wild Bunch about it – brutal, intense firefighting one moment, dancey, rollicking optimism the next. . There is a hint of James Cameron’s picture of happiness and joy in the moments before disaster. horizonThe slow mowing sequence of villagers dancing before a vengeful native Indian tribe arrives to massacre them is one of this year’s most beautifully crafted scenes. Perhaps even more impressively, Costner gives Native Americans their own voices and avoids seeing them as the savages of old Westerns, complex characters driven from their land by white invaders.
The film’s structure feels like a novel; set aside the opening chapters and you’re introduced to our three main characters – Hayes Ellison, the stubborn, war-weary Costner himself, weary but skilled with guns, Abbey Lee plays Marigold – a prostitute who finds herself on the run with him. There’s a back-and-forth double-cross, a murder that occurs at the end of a beautiful creek that flows through a deserted hamlet, and this is the Wild West, alive with all the attention of experts. Every scene looks real and life-like – it’s your chance to escape the harsh realities of the West, with the thunderous triumph of Costner’s insane ambition – the carriage narrative woven throughout horizon Just like the Apache warband attacks in the West, the audience was mesmerized. We follow these characters through Hell and sympathize with them in the best way possible – and it all feels set up, as if this is the pilot for a three-hour-long miniseries of the most daring variety you’ve ever seen. Will see this side of Twin Peaks: The Return. In his ode to the Wild West, Costner created a legend unlike any other of its kind. How was the United States formed? Probably not the best slogan – “How America Was Occupied” would have been a better approach, but the film effectively shows the brutality of both sides. Character struggles abound, as flawed, desperate souls fight for their piece of the land.
and Chapter two Due to launch later this summer, it’s clear Costner is drawing on his work experience yellowstone park Tell the story – its incomplete nature and Dune: Part One,it is known Dune: Part 2 Its commitment to being a follow-up product is worth the wait. The fact that the two films are so close suggests that Costner didn’t mess up. Whether you’re spending time in the muck and dirt of the Santa Fe Trail or in the badlands of the Borderlands, Kittredge mother-daughter duo (Sienna Miller and Georgia McPhee Hounding in a makeshift escape tunnel and frantically fighting his way out to survive, it’s an awe-inspiring story, directed by Costner with a gravitas that reminds you of his work as Movie star status; in front of and behind the camera. He longs to return to the Old West days of the movies.
Sam Worthington, Luke Wilson, Mike Rooker, Will Patton, Jena Malone and Jeff Fahey are all players horizon. Whether it was 1st Co. or Sgt., they all excelled in their respective roles. Main. It’s refreshing to see Rooker utilized outside of James Gunn’s filmography. The characters are bright, individual, full of style and gravitas. There’s no room for a revisionist Western here – if you’re looking for something darker and edgier django unchained That’s not it– horizon The rarest of rare breeds – genuine, smoke of gunpowder For those who grew up on this style of television, the Western. This is a TV show; Abel Gance’s Napoleon The original Wild West. You’ll expect a “This Season…” style conclusion when you’re like The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan, which ends with a heavy preview of what’s to come: For a second you wonder, is this a time jump? But it’s easy to pick up on what’s coming, and if you’re already attuned to the film’s wavelength, you’ll be back for more in no time.
Promise of horizon Just like its characters await us – at the end of the film, the main actors go there for one reason or another; they follow the leaflets distributed across the United States, not knowing that they will face death and despair. This is the bloody history of a country that was divided — and by any means necessary — and Costner seems intent on telling it at all costs. This is a nostalgic vision of the past: Seeker and its ilk are used as business cards. Chapter One Might be an awkward title, but it lets you know what you’re in for.
Conclusion: 9/10
