Suck My Glock
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So I went and saw Kevin Costner's HORIZON Part 1 today at the earliest showing possible,...because I didn't trust the critics and I wanted to judge it for myself, before anyone else could contaminate the experience for me.
First off,...this is a looooooooong movie. So long in fact, that they had to break it up into 2 different releases. This first part is 3.5 hours. Part 2 releases in about 7 weeks.
This first half just takes its time laying the groundwork for several different storylines that at first do not appear to have much in common. But by the later half of part 1, you begin to see how these stories are on a course to intersect and co-mingle. But that apparently doesn't REALLY happen until part 2 comes out.
And this is why (in my opinion) the critics that have been harsh on the movie have been so. I think they are impatient and used to the more average pacing of movies and TV. This ain't like that. And for myself, I don't mind it at all.
I'm not gonna spoil it for you by explaining anything or giving away the plot. If you already like Costner's previous western appearances, you'll likely appreciate this.
As a native Arizonan who grew up with a rabid John Wayne fan for a father and who sat through ALL of those classics with him,...I was able to spot key places in the movie where previous iconic John Wayne classics have been filmed before. The whole movie was shot primarily in Utah, mostly Zion and Moab. If you've seen RIO GRANDE (1950), you'll recognize the location of the cavalry outpost as the same ranch and river and trees as the cavalry outpost in HORIZON. My only nitpick is that this beautiful backdrop is used to supposedly depict Arizona territory between the San Pedro river valley and the White Mountains (distance of about 200 miles). For the average American who has never been through southern Arizona, they won't notice and the Hollywood magic remains intact. Having spent time on the actual San Pedro myself,...it mildly irks me,...but I'll get over it.
If you think it will bother you to have to wait 7 weeks to see part 2, then just wait to see part 1 about 4 or 5 weeks from now, and then it won't be so bad. Maybe they'll still be playing part 1 when part 2 comes out and you can just go see them all in one go, with an intermission between them. I think I'd actually prefer to do it that way.
Just remember,...this movie takes its time. Its a long shaggy dog of a story.
First off,...this is a looooooooong movie. So long in fact, that they had to break it up into 2 different releases. This first part is 3.5 hours. Part 2 releases in about 7 weeks.
This first half just takes its time laying the groundwork for several different storylines that at first do not appear to have much in common. But by the later half of part 1, you begin to see how these stories are on a course to intersect and co-mingle. But that apparently doesn't REALLY happen until part 2 comes out.
And this is why (in my opinion) the critics that have been harsh on the movie have been so. I think they are impatient and used to the more average pacing of movies and TV. This ain't like that. And for myself, I don't mind it at all.
I'm not gonna spoil it for you by explaining anything or giving away the plot. If you already like Costner's previous western appearances, you'll likely appreciate this.
As a native Arizonan who grew up with a rabid John Wayne fan for a father and who sat through ALL of those classics with him,...I was able to spot key places in the movie where previous iconic John Wayne classics have been filmed before. The whole movie was shot primarily in Utah, mostly Zion and Moab. If you've seen RIO GRANDE (1950), you'll recognize the location of the cavalry outpost as the same ranch and river and trees as the cavalry outpost in HORIZON. My only nitpick is that this beautiful backdrop is used to supposedly depict Arizona territory between the San Pedro river valley and the White Mountains (distance of about 200 miles). For the average American who has never been through southern Arizona, they won't notice and the Hollywood magic remains intact. Having spent time on the actual San Pedro myself,...it mildly irks me,...but I'll get over it.
If you think it will bother you to have to wait 7 weeks to see part 2, then just wait to see part 1 about 4 or 5 weeks from now, and then it won't be so bad. Maybe they'll still be playing part 1 when part 2 comes out and you can just go see them all in one go, with an intermission between them. I think I'd actually prefer to do it that way.
Just remember,...this movie takes its time. Its a long shaggy dog of a story.
