its wonderful to see the byplay between the characters.indeed if you think back the pivotal point was reached way back when they are forced to discuss hearst and langrishe makes them allies by inviting charlie to have a drink with him and by virtue that he is neutral between seth and al the folks hes drinking with ie dan and al it was both sides coming together at a very human level.al is shakespearian i this scene like a ghost commenting on the action as he has always been at times.however the instant mood and style change as bullock walks out in a split second he is action snapping a mans name only to convey everything he means.
Al knows Bullock so well that it's how he puts his hat on that lets him know somethings up, 5 second scenes like this tell so much about characters. Happy to see someone else appreciate that tiny moment
Despite being a near perfect epilogue, I love how this movie just laid Hearst's power bare. It's about the community rising up and not accepting what they did decades ago. This movie is about how standing up to a bully defeats them.
@Willem DaFuckedUp *ending was rushed,* Not really...it's just like with good shows it doesn't have to over emphasize the point of the ending...Trixie will be okay becasue Hearst's credibility has been shucked by Bullock, Jane protects Bullock from the same fate as Bill, and Joanie is with her, Al is consigned to live out what time he has left knowing he has people who care for him...and Fields assures bullock that charlie was at peace when he died and that's all one can hope for when it's your time... *Hearst plot ultimately means nothing,* Not at all...Hearst cannot be touched for the murder of charlie, but the beating he receives by the people of deadwood is meant to be the sign his power in deadwood is over...he can't just burn the town down anymore...and the people have shown they know what and who he is and will not let him run roughshod over them anymore... Again Hearst survives but his power and presence in Deadwood is rendered mute, he can never again enter deadwood and not fear being beaten or mobbed by the people for his actions. And the townspeople no longer fear him as shown by the auction. *and numerous character plots are left unresolved.* Such as?
@Willem DaFuckedUp They completed several character's arc, such as Jane finally being able to resist men, they got rid of Hearst and showed how Deadwood finally became at united community willing to fight for their own town, something they wouldnt never have done in the first season. Shitty fanservice, for god sake mate watch more films
Alma was amazing there, gosh I love that woman. I also really like the little things showing an evolution between Bullock and EB, like Seth calling him by his first name instead of the usual "Farnum" and EB trying to help Bullock any way he can. It shows an amount of respect between them that definitely wasn't there during the 3 seasons. Love it.
@Frank Castle Yep. No one in camp will ever forget the tragedy. I really love how Merrick clearly say the Ellsworth name with a smile and a lot of pride, same for Al. All the good guys know that this was a sweet victory for Ellsworth over Hearst, Whitney having the last laugh over his murderer, and that's awesome. Wonderful writing.
What a contrast. HBO has two ordinary at best writers for GOT's and stuff up the ending. And Deadwood has a legend in the brilliant David Milch. The contrast in talent cannot be more striking. Finally we Deadwood fans were given some sort of closure magically gifted by the actors, all the people that worked on this movie and by David Milch. The story of US Marshall Seth Bullock is long and is extremely interesting, one lives in hope this may soon be made into a television series.
I have my doubts Benioff and Weiss even read the Song of Ice and Fire books when they decided to adapt them into Game of Thrones, they probably just read the Wikipedia summaries. It’s a striking contrast between the first 4 seasons when George RR Martin was working on the show and could reign in the pairs’ inane ideas and the later half of the show when they were revealed to be the hoopleheads they are. Even when they had book material to draw upon for Season 5 they cut so much quality content and replaced it with poor fan fiction material that locked them on course for the show’s abysmal finale. A shame HBO didn’t get someone of David Milch’s quality to take over
So many things have been so eloquently stated about the genius of this show. To me Deadwood is part of the big three along with The Sopranos and The Wire. The Sopranos literally blows holes into the concept of the American Dream, while The Wire exposes the failures of the American system with a wide lens. But Deadwood always carried a sense of hope despite the carnage and corruption. In a way it is the perfect show about America, warts and all.
How satisfying was it to see Alma throw down and make Hearst understand that she would not be overbid. It was somewhat about Utter, but it was more about her never seeing Hearst get the better of Bullock .
Gerald McRaney is such an amazing actor, most of the time he gets these roles where he is a highly intelligent, old, wealthy businessman who is also calculating and diabolically evil at the same time. He doesnt get enough praise imo, and he was also awesome in House of Cards as well.
He's so good that even though it's been Years since I watched the original series, I felt seething rage well up my spine just upon seeing Hearst's smug face on EB's stage. Which pretty much never let up through his final scene at Jail.
Al Swearengen muttering shit from the upper decks is fucking hilarious. Ian McShane knows how to deliver foul insults and psyche-outs like nobody's business :)
I've watched the movie three times and still find myself clicking on clips. What a great farewell it was. For those who can't help but make comparisons between Deadwood and GoT, I can only offer that Deadwood was superior anyway. And it didn't suffer from a change in authorship towards the end. And now I want to watch it a fourth time, and more. What a fucking masterpiece it is.
Deadwood only had 3 seasons and it's far superior to GoT. Imagine if it had 8. Sheesh. The writing was amazing. GoT turned to shit once they stopped taking dialogue from the books. GRRM's writing was the only reason GoT's early seasons were good.
"Suffer" is indeed an apt description. GoT making a left turn toward the end was one of the great let-downs in TV history. Ten years for nothing Deadwood remains a masterpiece.
Are you on the Deadwood Reddit? Occasional insightful posts. Also (if you haven't already) highly recommend watching some of the David Milch interviews on CZcams, holy shit that guy is smart
The auction scene itself has no action at all yet it keeps you at the edge of your seat the entire time. I cheered so loud when alma bid easily one of my favorite scenes in the series
A bit of conjecture, but all the different characters bidding makes me believe that they all had this spontaneous, completely unspoken agreement with one another that they would all pitch in to help pay for whoever's bid won. The show really nailed home the idea that they all have each other's back, almost instinctually - they're a community that really cares about one another. Welcome to fucking Deadwood.
In real life, Al earned enough money hourly at his saloon to have easily won the bidding over anyone else. In the movie , however, Hearst would not have let him win. Thus the others were bidding, but with Al's money, as you probably noted him nodding to signal his friend's to bid. Until Seth jumped in, doomed to lose. Enter Ellsworth widow.
Timothy Olyphant is SO fucking good in this movie. I watched the series after already knowing him from Justified, and while he was still very good his performance felt like that of a much less experienced actor. His performance in this, post Justified, is phenomenal.
Love for his family was stronger at the end. He danced off with his daughter and left Alma standing alone like a fool. Wish she had found another Ellsworth who would look out after her and treat her like a lady, not free lunch.
@@carloswaluda8048 Oh yes he could absolutely afford it, I was just pointing what the lands current worth would be today. The Hearst family are worth around 2.5 Billion Today.
Why? He did nothing illegal. Learn more about Rauschenberg. His pictures are in every major art collection and museum in the US. The man collects art. Some right wing asshole with a power fetish had a go and tried to ruin his life..and all because they are Luddites that can’t get laid.
I thought they did a good job of making a movie to give this show as best of a conclusion as possible since. It was a hell of a lot better than the sopranos movie which I thought was terrible. That could’ve been so good yet they wasted half the movie on creating a whole new storyline that had nothing to do with the show. The brightest spot of the Sopranos movie was the woman who played Tony’s mom as a younger woman she was outstanding, but besides that it was terrible. Another movie that ended a series was El Camino.
@@vanyadolly This is why Deadwood didn't make it past 3 seasons. Nobody knew what the fuck they were saying! It's like the game Scrabble was invented just for these people! I thought about cracking open the thesaurus and dictionary during S1E1, but chose to wing it. I still have no idea what was said a quarter of the time.
She’s a majority stakeholder in the bank; that doesn’t mean she owns all of its assets. If Utter died intestate the property would eventually be sold at auction, where she would have to bid for it like anyone else.
I don’t get how 13 years earlier Hearst paid EB 100k for his hotel...but he was being cheap with 4K to Charlie than stop’s bidding around 7k....did Hearst go broke?
It could also be that Hearst made that sell to E.B. back when Deadwood was just growing and still a boom town...the price and cost of things was probably a lot more also Hearst was looking to invest in the camp and thought by placing such a high price he'd not only guarantee a sell but also surpass any possible offers on the table or in the future. Also after the deadwood fire in 1879, the town was no longer a boom town and many people moved or left becasue they couldn't make their fortune's again. So the town and holdings are not worth as much" as they once were.
Even with all his power, Hearst would have to justify to someone to have bought a piece of land twice it's estimated value. Would have made him look petty and foolish.
That cigar was created in 1875. This movie takes place in 1889. So what the hell are you saying? Research People Research ! There's always that negative dude in the comments trying to nitpick and hate on something. You've been served a slice of humble pie today.
Interesting considering the majority of it's reviews were positive. With audience and critics alike. I loved the movie. I can tell you're just a toxic little bitch.
That interplay between Al, Dan, and Seth when he was walking out was just chilling. I love how much they've got each other's backs now.
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its wonderful to see the byplay between the characters.indeed if you think back the pivotal point was reached way back when they are forced to discuss hearst and langrishe makes them allies by inviting charlie to have a drink with him and by virtue that he is neutral between seth and al the folks hes drinking with ie dan and al it was both sides coming together at a very human level.al is shakespearian i this scene like a ghost commenting on the action as he has always been at times.however the instant mood and style change as bullock walks out in a split second he is action snapping a mans name only to convey everything he means.
@@mikekemp9877 I thought it was funny in that scene when Jack first attempts to give Charlie a drink and Al intercepts thinking it was for him
Al knows Bullock so well that it's how he puts his hat on that lets him know somethings up, 5 second scenes like this tell so much about characters. Happy to see someone else appreciate that tiny moment
They had to. Charlie Utter didn't deserve it, everyone in that place was in agreement on that.
Despite being a near perfect epilogue, I love how this movie just laid Hearst's power bare. It's about the community rising up and not accepting what they did decades ago. This movie is about how standing up to a bully defeats them.
@Willem DaFuckedUp *ending was rushed,*
Not really...it's just like with good shows it doesn't have to over emphasize the point of the ending...Trixie will be okay becasue Hearst's credibility has been shucked by Bullock, Jane protects Bullock from the same fate as Bill, and Joanie is with her, Al is consigned to live out what time he has left knowing he has people who care for him...and Fields assures bullock that charlie was at peace when he died and that's all one can hope for when it's your time...
*Hearst plot ultimately means nothing,*
Not at all...Hearst cannot be touched for the murder of charlie, but the beating he receives by the people of deadwood is meant to be the sign his power in deadwood is over...he can't just burn the town down anymore...and the people have shown they know what and who he is and will not let him run roughshod over them anymore...
Again Hearst survives but his power and presence in Deadwood is rendered mute, he can never again enter deadwood and not fear being beaten or mobbed by the people for his actions. And the townspeople no longer fear him as shown by the auction.
*and numerous character plots are left unresolved.*
Such as?
@Willem DaFuckedUp They completed several character's arc, such as Jane finally being able to resist men, they got rid of Hearst and showed how Deadwood finally became at united community willing to fight for their own town, something they wouldnt never have done in the first season. Shitty fanservice, for god sake mate watch more films
When Bullock hugged Alma you could tell Skylar was still angry with Walt somehow.
😆😆😆
True
Not that is a great response
Lol. I don't know why they didn't just get some money from the storage locker.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I love how Hearst lost in the end. Revenge for Utter and revenge for Ellsworth.
Alma was amazing there, gosh I love that woman. I also really like the little things showing an evolution between Bullock and EB, like Seth calling him by his first name instead of the usual "Farnum" and EB trying to help Bullock any way he can. It shows an amount of respect between them that definitely wasn't there during the 3 seasons. Love it.
@Frank Castle Yep. No one in camp will ever forget the tragedy. I really love how Merrick clearly say the Ellsworth name with a smile and a lot of pride, same for Al. All the good guys know that this was a sweet victory for Ellsworth over Hearst, Whitney having the last laugh over his murderer, and that's awesome. Wonderful writing.
Considering Bullock beat the ever living crap out of EB in one episode ... I guess they let bygones be bygones.
@@MrJamberee I can hear Richardson saying "The Sheriff is killing the mayor" right now. 😉
Alma was at her best in that scene where her and Seth were shaking the hotel to pieces, hahaha. She had some serious game back in the day.
Excellent comment !!
Revenge is a dish best served with peaches.
I used to think "Revenge" was a dish best served cold. Turns out it's actually just a word.
With a dash of “unauthorized cinnamon “
I love the moment when Heart walks out, not just defeated in the auction but realizing how much the camp was solidified against him.
“As a base of operations, you cannot beat a fuckin’ saloon.”
What a contrast. HBO has two ordinary at best writers for GOT's and stuff up the ending. And Deadwood has a legend in the brilliant David Milch. The contrast in talent cannot be more striking. Finally we Deadwood fans were given some sort of closure magically gifted by the actors, all the people that worked on this movie and by David Milch. The story of US Marshall Seth Bullock is long and is extremely interesting, one lives in hope this may soon be made into a television series.
Al will always be the soul of Deadwood though!
@@Waltersop Al is what he is because of Bullock. He would have been a one-dimensional crook if not for his "better half".
I have my doubts Benioff and Weiss even read the Song of Ice and Fire books when they decided to adapt them into Game of Thrones, they probably just read the Wikipedia summaries. It’s a striking contrast between the first 4 seasons when George RR Martin was working on the show and could reign in the pairs’ inane ideas and the later half of the show when they were revealed to be the hoopleheads they are. Even when they had book material to draw upon for Season 5 they cut so much quality content and replaced it with poor fan fiction material that locked them on course for the show’s abysmal finale. A shame HBO didn’t get someone of David Milch’s quality to take over
I really loved Charlie Utters character. This scene meant so much.
I’ve always loved how Al attended meetings from his balcony
A god's eye view of the masses below.
Drinking his coffee.
So many things have been so eloquently stated about the genius of this show. To me Deadwood is part of the big three along with The Sopranos and The Wire. The Sopranos literally blows holes into the concept of the American Dream, while The Wire exposes the failures of the American system with a wide lens. But Deadwood always carried a sense of hope despite the carnage and corruption. In a way it is the perfect show about America, warts and all.
How satisfying was it to see Alma throw down and make Hearst understand that she would not be overbid. It was somewhat about Utter, but it was more about her never seeing Hearst get the better of Bullock .
Also like to think its payback for having Ellsworth and Utter killed.
Gerald McRaney is such an amazing actor, most of the time he gets these roles where he is a highly intelligent, old, wealthy businessman who is also calculating and diabolically evil at the same time. He doesnt get enough praise imo, and he was also awesome in House of Cards as well.
He's so good that even though it's been Years since I watched the original series, I felt seething rage well up my spine just upon seeing Hearst's smug face on EB's stage. Which pretty much never let up through his final scene at Jail.
He is great in Jericho.
Loved him in Longmire.
Al Swearengen muttering shit from the upper decks is fucking hilarious. Ian McShane knows how to deliver foul insults and psyche-outs like nobody's business :)
I've watched the movie three times and still find myself clicking on clips. What a great farewell it was. For those who can't help but make comparisons between Deadwood and GoT, I can only offer that Deadwood was superior anyway. And it didn't suffer from a change in authorship towards the end.
And now I want to watch it a fourth time, and more. What a fucking masterpiece it is.
Deadwood only had 3 seasons and it's far superior to GoT. Imagine if it had 8. Sheesh. The writing was amazing. GoT turned to shit once they stopped taking dialogue from the books. GRRM's writing was the only reason GoT's early seasons were good.
"Suffer" is indeed an apt description. GoT making a left turn toward the end was one of the great let-downs in TV history. Ten years for nothing Deadwood remains a masterpiece.
Are you on the Deadwood Reddit? Occasional insightful posts. Also (if you haven't already) highly recommend watching some of the David Milch interviews on CZcams, holy shit that guy is smart
Who would have thought that through this whole epic, Mrs Ellsworth would be the biggest gangster👍🏻
She had good teachers.
The auction scene itself has no action at all yet it keeps you at the edge of your seat the entire time. I cheered so loud when alma bid easily one of my favorite scenes in the series
Guy who played Dan was "Have you seen my baseball" Warren in There's Something About Mary.
He was also in Wild with Reese Witherspoon.
I always wondered if other people picked that out! LoL Plus we have Skylar White and the voice of Tai lung from Kung Fu Panda!
She has always been a true badass.
A bit of conjecture, but all the different characters bidding makes me believe that they all had this spontaneous, completely unspoken agreement with one another that they would all pitch in to help pay for whoever's bid won. The show really nailed home the idea that they all have each other's back, almost instinctually - they're a community that really cares about one another. Welcome to fucking Deadwood.
In real life, Al earned enough money hourly at his saloon to have easily won the bidding over anyone else. In the movie , however, Hearst would not have let him win. Thus the others were bidding, but with Al's money, as you probably noted him nodding to signal his friend's to bid. Until Seth jumped in, doomed to lose. Enter Ellsworth widow.
"Can be combative!" I love how that was a direction in the script, but Ian thought it was a LINE.
Timothy Olyphant is SO fucking good in this movie. I watched the series after already knowing him from Justified, and while he was still very good his performance felt like that of a much less experienced actor. His performance in this, post Justified, is phenomenal.
Alma’s bid gets you right in the feels. ~_~
This movie was everything we hoped it could be.
Should've been Seth and Alma riding off in the sunset. The love those two had for each other ...
Love for his family was stronger at the end. He danced off with his daughter and left Alma standing alone like a fool. Wish she had found another Ellsworth who would look out after her and treat her like a lady, not free lunch.
But that’s not how it happened for the real life Seth Bullock he was happily in love with his wife Martha
For those wondering $7300 in the 1870s is worth about $144,148.81 today.
So Hearst really couldn't afford that or what?
@@carloswaluda8048 Oh yes he could absolutely afford it, I was just pointing what the lands current worth would be today. The Hearst family are worth around 2.5 Billion Today.
@@CommissarKane I see the Kane reference so there's no doubt you're well versed in the Hearst lore :)
@@carloswaluda8048 the man was literally bidding against the bank
this is the moment when Heisenberg became Tony Egg
That look Al gave Alma when she began to bid was such a look of awe, respect, and affection. 3:01
Very surprised they still had Jeffery Jones in this movie
Why? He did nothing illegal. Learn more about Rauschenberg. His pictures are in every major art collection and museum in the US. The man collects art. Some right wing asshole with a power fetish had a go and tried to ruin his life..and all because they are Luddites that can’t get laid.
Hearst could have outbid her, but that is where he lost his moral resolve.
He's smoking a modern cigar with the wrapper on it LOLOLOL. Label is right there!
Every time I rewatch Deadwood 0:29
Are you kidding me she spent $7,300 on property that's worth trillions and she didn't even know 😂
What he gets for having Ellsworth and Charlie Utter killed.
I thought they did a good job of making a movie to give this show as best of a conclusion as possible since. It was a hell of a lot better than the sopranos movie which I thought was terrible. That could’ve been so good yet they wasted half the movie on creating a whole new storyline that had nothing to do with the show. The brightest spot of the Sopranos movie was the woman who played Tony’s mom as a younger woman she was outstanding, but besides that it was terrible. Another movie that ended a series was El Camino.
Great series! mcshane and olyphant magnificent. Hsts off to milch for story, cast and balls to make the a almost real senario to deadwood.
Joanie Stubbs of the Bella Union and Tom Nuttall of the No. 10 had their own little scheme going for the Utter property??
More a case of everyone telling Hearst tha no fucking way he was getting this, Deadwood does, not you.
If Google is correct, in today’s (2022) $$, Charlie’s land sold for a Quarter of a Million dollars at auction. Well done everybody! 👏🏼👏🏼
"And neither, if you continue, sir, will you find yourself unaccompanied" can somebody tell me what this means? Seriously. 😂
That if he continues to bid, she will as well.
@@robertperrotto870 thank you. I'm not a historian by any means but I do wonder if people talk like that back then? Lol
She means she'll keep outbidding him
@@vanyadolly
This is why Deadwood didn't make it past 3 seasons.
Nobody knew what the fuck they were saying!
It's like the game Scrabble was invented just for these people!
I thought about cracking open the thesaurus and dictionary during S1E1, but chose to wing it.
I still have no idea what was said a quarter of the time.
When she is bidding, isn't she bidding to buy the property from the bank she owns?
Never let facts get in the way of a good story :)
She’s a majority stakeholder in the bank; that doesn’t mean she owns all of its assets. If Utter died intestate the property would eventually be sold at auction, where she would have to bid for it like anyone else.
Hell yes!!
You know if they hed just pulled their resources.
Wow
Quasi Fiduciary
Did this guys recycle wyath mustache from tombstone movie Bullock looks like him
That style of mustache was popular in those days. Not uncommon.
Google a photo of the historical Seth Bullock. His appearance actually is closer to what’s depicted here than on the series.
I guess hindsight
I don’t get how 13 years earlier Hearst paid EB 100k for his hotel...but he was being cheap with 4K to Charlie than stop’s bidding around 7k....did Hearst go broke?
Nah, I just think they fixed something. They were throwing numbers around way too easily in the show. This is much more accurate.
It could also be that Hearst made that sell to E.B. back when Deadwood was just growing and still a boom town...the price and cost of things was probably a lot more also Hearst was looking to invest in the camp and thought by placing such a high price he'd not only guarantee a sell but also surpass any possible offers on the table or in the future.
Also after the deadwood fire in 1879, the town was no longer a boom town and many people moved or left becasue they couldn't make their fortune's again.
So the town and holdings are not worth as much" as they once were.
Even with all his power, Hearst would have to justify to someone to have bought a piece of land twice it's estimated value. Would have made him look petty and foolish.
The numbers they were throwing around in the show were prices adjusted for inflation. For the movie, they went with period-accurate figures.
Was E.B. smoking a Romeo and Juliet cigar they didn't have those back then. Details People Details !
That cigar was created in 1875. This movie takes place in 1889. So what the hell are you saying? Research People Research ! There's always that negative dude in the comments trying to nitpick and hate on something. You've been served a slice of humble pie today.
EB wasn't smoking a cigar. Hearst was smoking a cigar. Details!
So sad that this movie sucked so bad. Loved this show.
..."And neither if you continue sir, will you find yourself unaccompanied."
Elaborate, cretin. Or are you just trying to stir up drama?
this movie sucked really bad.
Oh wow, such an intellectual titan with a really well though-out analysis. 🙄
Interesting considering the majority of it's reviews were positive. With audience and critics alike. I loved the movie. I can tell you're just a toxic little bitch.
That's like your opinion man.
I liked the movie. It was like an R rated Ken Burns Documentary on the post-Civil War period.
I’m just saying, I’d still lay the pipe on ALMA garret.