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I tried watching it a few times.

 

Even had it recorded.

 

Was so bad we never made it past halfway.

 

Erased it.  

 

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We watched it, so many different story lines it's hard to keep straight.  The time line is also hard to keep up with, specially when they show everyone shooting cartridges out of BP pistols in 1862.  The gun mistakes are atrocious.  Will probably watch the rest of it just to see if it gets better but I am not paying to go see it in the theater.  

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I thought it was really good !

Too long for the second season to come out like everything. 

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I refuse to pay for Netflix, I'm already paying enough for cable. Costner is not that good anyway, his best role INMHO was Open Range.

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1 hour ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:

I refuse to pay for Netflix, I'm already paying enough for cable. Costner is not that good anyway, his best role INMHO was Open Range.

Costner is just a small part in this.

 

Enjoyable and well done.

 

Yes, several story lines coming together and some time distance as well. No big deal.

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We live in an instantaneous society. Gotta have everything NOW....or sooner.  Horizon is what cinema used to look like. Sit back, use your brain, and follow the story lines. They are each interesting in their own way. If at the end of the series they connect.....so be it. If they don't .....so be it. If you don't like great plot lines, great scenery, great scores, great cinematography....well, then I advise you don't watch.

JMHO

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I watched it on Netflix and it's one that requires attention.  It's a good example of several, possibly intertwined story lines.  A good cast, although Costner is, in my opinion, the weakest character.  I didn't care for the final few minutes highlighting what appears to be scenes from the second part.  Overall though, it's pretty interesting.

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23 minutes ago, Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L said:

Saw part one on the big screen and still desire to see part 2 on the big screen!

 

This one is probably best seen on the big screen. I saw it in an IMAX theater, complete with that awesome IMAX sound. What a show!

 

Part two cannot arrive fast enough!

 

😀

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So, I watched two hours last night. I thought it was pretty darn good. The Indian raid on the town was pretty intense and I thought the gunfight with the long-haired guy was pretty realistic, except of course for the fact they were shooting cartridge conversions that didn't exist in the time frame.

This was filmed around the Zion National Park area, right in my back yard!

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Well...

 

Better cartridge conversions (much more reliable for filming than C&B guns, I am sure) than the ever present Colt SAA and Winchester '92 in a zillion other westerns. 😉

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They weren't using cartridge conversions in the wrong time frame. 

 

The movie started in 1862, but progressed, you had to pay attention to the short shots of the dates that were carved on the door/wall/ rock, one of those. 

 

The Costner shoot out was post 1870 IIRC, not sure exactly but I was looking closely for those kind of continuity issues, kind of a hobby of mine.

 

I thought they did a very good job with those kind of details.

 

They changed the names of some places and people, shifted timelines a little, but pretty much every major scene/incident actually happened.

 

I grew up in the San Pedro River Valley, read everything I could about the history, visited the places things happened.  Costner did it right.

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11 minutes ago, Howlin Mad Murdock SASS #4037 said:

They weren't using cartridge conversions in the wrong time frame. 

 

The movie started in 1862, but progressed, you had to pay attention to the short shots of the dates that were carved on the door/wall/ rock, one of those....

 

I was going to argue that as well but did not have the time. Thank you for pointing that out. Cold fingers with an outdoor job this time of year on a small phone and all...😁

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wife has it on our agenda to watch , but we are still in the holiday party mode this week , one more - i hope the last , im sick of holidays and parties and ready to veg in a good series if that be the one so be it , 

 

not sure i ever mentioned it here but i hate - HATE - the holiday season from halloween though new years , now im beginning to resent the first half of january , i may soon hate 1/4 of the year ............ill put up with it but i really dont like it , tooo many bad things in my life happened in this time period in the past and im not liking whats going on now either [OK , maybe because of that past} bah humbug 

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My biggest complaint with the movie was I immediately came home and ordered an 1851 Richards Mason Conversion I didn't need. 😁

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14 hours ago, Windy City Kid said:

My biggest complaint with the movie was I immediately came home and ordered an 1851 Richards Mason Conversion I didn't need. 😁

good thing i already have a few of those , i hadnt thought about that , 

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I payed pretty close attention to the time/date clues and I guess I missed the 1870's one.  Everything I saw pointed to the time frame being around the start of the civil war and that's what I based my observation on about the cartridge conversions.  If there was a reference to Costner's gun fight being 1870ish it must have been so obscure that I missed it which made the movie seem to jump around to different time frames. 

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1 hour ago, Jack Spade said:

I payed pretty close attention to the time/date clues and I guess I missed the 1870's one.  Everything I saw pointed to the time frame being around the start of the civil war and that's what I based my observation on about the cartridge conversions.  If there was a reference to Costner's gun fight being 1870ish it must have been so obscure that I missed it which made the movie seem to jump around to different time frames. 

It doesn't jump around as much as it just fails to provide a reference date as the stories progress forward in time.

 

 

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