From: russell-watson@att.net   
      
   On 16 Aug 2003 22:43:15 GMT, anomj7t7@aol.com (AnomJ7t7) wrote:   
      
   >Just saw "Open Range" today...not a perfect movie, some weak points were   
   clunky   
   >dialogue,some overly sappy sentimentality and the films length in proportion   
   to   
   >the amount of story,   
      
   Well, it is a Kevin Costner flick. As the review in the local paper   
   says, he never says or shows you anything just once that can be said   
   or shown twice. He goes on to cite a piece about Costner's character   
   ordering china to replace some that gets broken in the doctor's house.   
   I have to say that having read the book, though, the dialogue in it is   
   kind of hard to follow, also. The author is much better with   
   descriptive phrases than with conversation, so maybe some of that   
   carried into the film. I'm still looking forward to seeing it. I had   
   hoped to catch a late afternoon showing on Friday because I got off   
   work early but it didn't work out.   
      
   >but the cinematography and period detail were some of the   
   >best I've ever seen....but,holy crap, was that gunfight toward the end   
   >realistic! It absolutely made the movie.None of that "fast draw" nonsense   
   which   
   >became such a staple in western movies....but men chaotically and frantically   
   >squeezing off rounds, attempting to be accurate while at the same time   
   >desperately ducking bobbing and wincing, trying to keep from getting   
   shot....in   
   >other words,how gunfights really happened....at least in the historical   
   >accounts I've read.That one scene masterfully captures the incredible sense of   
   >disorder that a shootout such as that must have engendered.No quick   
   >kills....nobody being a good enough shot for that....just the nasty realistic   
   >unpleasantness of men confusedly trying to finish other men off during   
   >whirlwind of smoke and sporadic gunfire (which was incredibly loud by the   
   >way).Don't let ho hum mediocre reviews make you miss out on going to Open   
   >range....the gunfight at the end makes it all worthwhile.   
      
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