HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA (Ch 1) Review - Wild West? - Electric Playground
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- čas přidán 3. 07. 2024
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Victor Lucas reviews Kevin Costner's latest movie, Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1. Part of a four part series of films headed to screens over the next several years. Directed and Starring Kevin Costner and also starring Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Luke Wilson, Jenna Malone, Danny Huston, Michael Rooker, Will Patton, Ella Hunt and many more.
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'Open Range' is a hidden gem ❤
The Disney Flickr with Rosanne?!? I beg to differ.
@@swissmrkc ...omg, bruh, no.
That's Home on the Range...
such a great film
A gem, but not hidden, I've seen it on TV at least 10 times.
@@HeRacesTheSun 🤷
It is AMAZING. The reality of how humans can treat each other so badly over land
I absolutely loved this movie. It’s so refreshing to see a well made, quality film with depth and heart!! People complain they couldn’t follow the story. Really? Just pay attention it’s not that confusing at all. It’s 3 separate groups of people, the group in the Southwest setting up the Horizon settlement while fighting off the Apache Indians. The 2nd follows Kevin Costner starting off in Montana and moving down to Wyoming and his involvement with a prostitute he befriends and ends up getting involved in her affairs, rescues her and heads down south to Horizon, and the 3rd follows a wagon train coming down the Santa Fe trail, having their difficulties and eventually heading down to Horizon.
This movies plot is literally no different than a classic Western novel. How are people so “It’s sooooo confusing!!?? I had no idea what was going on!! Drrrrrrr!! 😜”
@@AT-yg4nk my wife and I love it. I can't wait for the next one
I agree with you. I don't know how old you may be but from looking at a good number of reviews of "Horizon" it looks like the 40 and under crowd who have been raised on video games and other examples of immediate gratification entertainment, they just don't yet have the patience or curiosity to learn of their own nations' history. There is such a rich palette of characters and story lines here that anyone should be able to really enjoy it. But only if they have some self-discipline, patience and genuine curiosity about what their ancestors had to endure to create the countries that are the envy of the world. 🤠💖
@@ToddSauve Lol! Thank you. But to be totally 100% honest with you. I was born in 1985, I am 38, and I am totally that kid that grew up on videogames!!! But I’ve also been an avid reader my entire life, have always been curious and open to things and I absolutely love history!!! All history!! I know more about the “old west”, about the Native tribes, about the conquest of the west, etc than most people would even realize. I’ve read countless non-fiction, historical books and many many western novels. Larry McMurty is easily one of my all time favorite authors. I was born and raised and still live in Colorado, and I often visit the the Southwest region, Texas, Oklahoma. I have two teenage daughters and I make sure their well educated on the history of this country as well. Sad how many people aren’t.
@@AT-yg4nk I am glad to hear it! But three hours to dedicate to a fascinating period of history just to get an excellent set of films going is not too much for me. We seldom ever see a Western from the Hollywood studio environment any more and I find that a shame. I mean real Westerns that have a proper historical context and excellent research involved and portrayed. Marvel comics turned to film is the zenith of this current generation and that is pathetic. My great grandfather helped lead the original Icelandic settlers to Gimli, Manitoba in western Canada in 1875, and the next year he was helping lead supply caravans across the northern great plains from Fort Garry to Fort Edmonton, and every NWMP post in between. That was a six week journey there and back, and he and his partner had to sit up in shifts to keep the Plains Cree and Assiniboine from plundering and maybe even killing them in the middle of the night. He later established a ranch in the Cypress Hills of southwestern Saskatchewan right beside Fort Walsh. The family still own and run it to this day. So my roots run way back in the historic West and I truly enjoy a smorgasbord extravaganza like Horizon with its twelve hour length. It gives us a real taste of what life was like in those hard and extremely uncertain times, and should make us grateful for the easy life we enjoy today. 🤠🤠💖💖
I seen lots of movies, this one was so close to real. Its a shame we're losing lots of culture. We can't have it all. Very true to nature and well laid out.
People wake up. 😊
I actually saw this and I gotta say, it is better than I thought. And that's coming from one of my favorite westerns with Costner, Open Range. I feel like Chapter 2 should put us all right on the middle of chaos. I'll give Horizon a must see IF only your a Western genre fan and rate it a 7.5.
Good points. I do want to see where this leads!
Great review! I pretty much agree. I watched it with a friend and he liked it more than I did. Though he and I vowed to watch the sequel in the same theater come August, so maybe my sentiments about this film was boosted by good company.
Scenery is beautiful, will give a try and thank you
I know you didn't have anything approaching a better use of your time than to watch a beautiful setup to a sprawling American masterpiece.
Love the movie Horison ❤❤❤
Waiting for part rwo, in canada these people were treated mean , I really love this movie,so true, every thing in it😢😢❤❤❤
The screen I was at was full. Beautiful scenes
My father loves westerns but hates going to theaters. Will have to get him a copy on Blu-ray when that happens.
Great review! Totally agree. An unreal Western sleeper is Old Henry.
Thanks Vic, hadn't heard about this one.
Not to mention Mr. Glynn Turman. Veteran Actor who's been acting since the 70's! Nice to see him although in a limited role.
is he present in chapter 1?
His internet movie database says he's in chapter 2.
My wife and I enjoyed it. I say go see it and give it a try. It may surprise you.
Predator will appear in the second movie and save the series.
We loved it! We were so captivated by all the dif stories and beauty of the landscape that we didn’t even notice it was 3 hrs long.
I saw it when it came out looking forward to SAGA 2 next month! SAGA 1 was an introduction to about 4 storylines that that eventually will cross paths!
I wanna see it but maybe i’ll wait until all four parts are out then just buy the 4K box set 😂
Best seen on the big screen. TV won't do it justice
U SOUND LAZY AND CHEAP
You get your ass into a theater seat for this.... This is an epic big screen experience. Do it!!!
Thank me later!
Yeah, but you’ll miss this beautiful experience on the big screen.
If you don't see it in the theater... You won't see the rest of it. It needs to make $$ and it's WORTH IT.
If the movie flops, it won't be for lack of promotion. Costner went on literally every U.S. morning show. I even heard a radio commercial. When is the last time you heard a movie promoted on radio?
Thats how i know a movie is not good, when the promotion is everywhere, the studio is really trying to get a return on something that is shit.
I did think the promotion was excessive. And I find it amazing that someone cited his 10-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival as a mark of the film’s quality. They might as well be saying that the standing ovations at the State of the Union reflect the performance of the person in office. It’s all a charade.
I loved the multiple story arcs.
The balls. Seriously. You know the media and a lot of people left Kevin Costner behind a long time ago. I've seen everything that Kevin has ever done and Kevin kind of fell into the 30 million crowd where a lot of his movies would get to about that point and that was it. Kevin has made some absolute gems of movies in the time after Waterworld and The Postman. Completely overlooked films like Black and White, McFarland USA and one of my favorites Swing Vote which shows Kevin playing a very nuanced character that is just hilarious and heartfelt and I'm just telling you you have to go watch swing vote. And it wasn't until Yellowstone where he was able to gain some clout back but the thing is is that he's been producing quality work I mean look if you weren't a Costner fan before then you probably weren't going to like anything that he did. Costner is one of those guys that if you like him then you like him no matter what he does and he's really tried to change it up and do different things with different movies than what you expect. This is why those of us that love Kevin love him because he's really tried to do some nuanced things. I mean he's not an action hero guy but he has been with Waterworld. He's done definitely a lot of serious acting work but he's also been the guy that's put baseball and western movies on the forefront and been very much an American actor of things. He also has his supernatural movie with Dragonfly. so it's not like Costner hasn't run the gamut of different roles in his career but he's always been that guy that's been the outlier that's had his hits but that's also earned the right to be respected as one of the legendary greats in acting. He had some blockbusters but wasn't a blockbuster guy, but literally made the movies that he wanted and paid for certain movies if they weren't going to get made and just found a way to get it done. Kevin Costner's kind of an anomaly in a way. So I truly hope that people will give Horizon a chance but the thing is even if it doesn't make money that's not the point here and I think that's what people are starting to understand. What we're seeing is the last of the attempts in making a great movie series, look at what Kevin is doing but trying to create something that all of us are going... really homie are you serious I mean do you honestly think this is going to be a success?? But the thing is is the fact that he's doing it and that he's able to do it is amazing and it's going to be a quality piece of work, no way that you're going to go see this movie and say this was horrible it wasn't great because Kevin doesn't do that. This movie is going to be made, all four of them and they're going to be out there and they're going to stand the test of time. And at the end of the day we all have to be able to respect a person who has the courage to go out and create something like this for us wether we may not be ready for it or perhaps this kind of movie is just clinging to the notion of days past. Either way we all need to go and be a part of this because what we're seeing here is probably the last great epic to be shown in theaters.
I have no respect for anyone who puts nudity and sex in a movie, period!!!
Your post is so awesome. I don't know if I can say it any better. Thank you❤
I could have never said it better than you did. Chris . I have loved him in every movie he's been in and produced. I love this movie so much. And because of some people that didn't like it made a big thing about, hurt him. I can't wait to see the second one. I am sad however that he left Yellowstone and didn't finish the last season. But he had other things up his sleeve. God blessed him 💖🙏💖
the best movie to come out this year after dune 2 in my opinion. it hasnt been the best year for movies so this was a nice surprise
I'm glad it wasn't in cinemascope I hate having to go to the movies and have black bars on the top and the bottom of the screen I like the nice big picture it reminded me of being an IMAX theater instead of being at the movie theater end it looking like a TV screen that is letterboxed I miss the big picture at the movies so this was nice it kind of took me back to being a kid when the movies used to take up the whole screen
I will decide for myself. I fully jntend to See It
I'm surprised how it went by so fast whenever I was watching the movie somebody behind me said it's over already
Wow it's amazing, ok 11 million opening weekend and now 2nd at the box off. it will be here for ever because it is beyond AMAZING, You will cry, hold your breath, laugh and see so much more than you are used to. I'd like to see it more than twice before August...
Horizon is a great and ambitious movie. We should support passion projects like this, especially when the movie is this good. Its not your run of the mill movie-going experience and thats a good thing. I was able to follow all of the stories and characters just fine
I agree it's one of the best movies of the year, will go and see chapter 2i in August the 16th❤
It sure was difficult getting to know the characters. We get bites here and there. The volume of the movie was poor quality so I missed a lot of dialogue. Plot lines hard to follow but still worth seeing. I know Kevin likes movies in the theater and so do I but seriously in four parts. I wish people would see it. It's still worth it,
I had trouble hearing some of Danny Huston's and Michael Rooker's lines in my mostly empty theatre. :(
Here's the thing though you're interested to see what happens in the second one and I think that's the point is that the first one is a lead up to the rest of the story so the first one is not necessarily meant to be the end-all be all or a movie necessarily on its own because we have more chapters to happen and that's the experiment here and what Costner is set is that he's hoping that people will take the journey with him because that's the story ❤
i had the same feelings on this movie.
i'm a big Costner fan, of course i love Dances but it's Prince of Thieves, Waterworld, and The Postman that are the holy trinity for me of his flicks.
Open Range is great, too.
Horizon ch 1 has some interesting stories and characters, and the message that "the West" was already settled by people who lived there thousands of years is a good one.
But i rather despise streaming shows and what i saw on the big screen was a streaming show, a confusing one without subtitles.
Everything covered in ch 1 deserved to be told more slowly in a nine hour series, so much felt disjointed and not given the proper time.
i do plan on seeing ch 2, i'm invested, however it does seem clear that this will all have to be completed on a streaming service, if ever.
I think it’ll all release. The marketing was pretty thin. I think people are surprised this is out there. Might end up being a slow burn. The opposite of Avatar.
@@EPN
i hope you are right : )
It's probably the best movie I've ever seen. You will not forget how impressive and historical it is. The saying when you know you know applies on a million levels. This is probably the best movie ever made.
I love this movie. I don't know why people didn't like it but that's on them. It was worth every penny and every hour to watch it. Kevin Costner is a genius. And I hope he puts out the next one too. Thank you Kevin Costner 💖
might need some better marketing. First I've herd of this since I herd he had some movies in production a while back.
Definitely!
Just search youtube for "Kevin Costner interview" or "Costner Horizon ". Kevin did hundreds of promos for this movie, both big and small media outlets, morning, daytime and nighttime talk shows all over from May to June non-stop. And they aired commercials non-stop during that time too
I loved it but the movie did have some pacing issues here and there. I do think it's a bad idea for this to be in the theaters. People are just going to wait for the whole series to finish and just watch it at home. As you said too, if you miss the first movie you're certainly not watching the 2nd part.
I'll watch them all though. I didn't hate it enough to not see the rest but really, I think it should have been a Netflix series.
Shame this isn't getting the $$$ box office it deserves. Modern audiences are missing out.
I'm confused, is this short stories, are th characters connected, HELP😢
There seems to be a lot of ideas and threads packed into one movie, I don’t think there is enough time for character development and for people to be invested in them…it might have been better as a streaming show…
The Forbidden West prequel I never knew about 😏
😂
Better then all the marvel movies put together
There are some marvel flicks that i love --- Ang Lee's Hulk and the Punisher flick with Tom Jane and John Travolta.
i also love the first Captain America and Amazing Spider-Man 1.
and i really enjoy Thor Dark World.
But regarding the rest of the Avengers pantheon i'd have to agree.
if Horizon is television and not cinema (felt like Yellowstone to me) then the MCU is even worse given all that people loved was fan service and cameos.
I loved this movie and look forward to #2. Kevin Costner should be respected for the work he has done. As far as time, the 3 hrs went by very quickly. I do not agree with your opinion
It looks low budget like a tv series.
Should I rather play rdr2 again
i've never played RDR but i think anybody who likes those games should treat themselves to this flick.
You should play RDR1 again because it’s a better game. :)
*Facepalm* Not everything has to be a "re-invention."
Disagree very much. The movie is great. Much better then just Ok. It a 9 out of 10 in my book.
I totally disagree with your score
I’m really glad you liked it! 👊🏻
I totally disagree with your Mom!
The first 20mins of Horizon made me want to be in nature, as in I'd rather watch grass grow than watch this garbage.
Then you must not like Western movies.
@@shawnroberts8650 I do, just not garbage like Horizon
So your review was just like the movie....too long and a little rambling back and forth on the same point. Could of been done in half of the time
I love the movie and have seen it two times. But your post is funny. 😂
Costner is Joe Biden. He too old, doesn't know how things are supposed to be. This one's a slog, there's 4 cool scenes and a lot of boring. It's TV. This is a disaster.
I won’t comment on the first part one way or another - from the “slog” part on - I’d say that’s pretty accurate.
What?? Mr. Kevin presented all of the true Western American history perfectly into a magnificent presentation! He is much younger than our President and should never be compared this way. Perhaps critics have been on their cell phones too long and just can’t discipline themselves to sit for 3 hours.