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Summary: A terrifically entertaining move
Review: I enjoyed this movie. The black and white suited it perfectly as did the soundtrack. I found no fault with it, except that I thought I saw Johnny Depp wearing lipstick on the train. So, to each his own. If you like Ingmar Bergman films, then you will probably like this as well.
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Summary: Boring
Review: I did not like this movie at all. Dont watch it. Also, the sound track isent Neil youngs best either.
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Summary: One word to describe this movie - SLOW
Review: While I sat through the whole running time of this movie I kept wondering when it was going to end. Not that the movie was bad, the performances from every actor, especially Johnny Depp, are quite good, BUT THE MOVIE DRAGS. I know it is intentional, BUT PLEASE TRY TO KEEP MY INTEREST. IT IS SLOW. TOO SLOW for its own good. I cannot watch this movie again. It's probably good for ONE viewing - and in that case rent it. You won't want to sit through it again.
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Summary: Jonny Depp at his best Niel Young floats
Review: This film compares to Macabe and Mrs Miller. Many reviewers hate it because it breaks so many rules. The sound track really works with the film. Niel Young goes places I'd never heard him go before, reminds me of Jerry Garcias Dark Star. If you don't like to be challenged by a film don't see this.
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Summary: Good, bad and somewhat ugly
Review: The screenplay is probably the best thing about the film. The spasmotic and threatening verbal interaction between crass and ignorant characters does more to portray the hard world of the West than does the gun play. Blake (Johnny Depp) is the innocent from the East sent to work in the wild wild West. He is the pure and decent man corrupted by the world. Nobody (Gary Farmer), a Native American, adopts him and guides him as he tries to escape the corruption. Blake is pursued by evil men, such as the bounty hunter Cole Wilson (Lance Henriksen), intent on killing him for some perceived crime. The end clearly reveals the angel vs. demon aspect of Nobody and Cole. The fade-to-black segue is overused as is the overamped electric guitar soundtrack. The cast is loaded with talent and there are some quiet references to cult and folk heroes, such as Benmont Tench of the Heartbreakers and Lee Marvin, who played probably the most memorable bad guy cowboy role in any western -- Liberty Valence. The obvious play on the name William Blake provides the basis for the screenplay -- an ode to Songs of Experience, I should think. The only thing I did not like is Depp's acting. He had one expression -- blank. Fortunately, it made little difference as his character is merely the vessel of the human spirit and not its personification.
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Summary: Uhhh, don't watch this
Review: Do you want to hear the most annoying sound in the world? No, I'm not refering to Jim Carey in Dumb & Dumber, I am refering to the Neil Young Soundtrack for this movie. I think he played the same annoying note with his out of tune guitar for the entire movie. The movie sucked and was only worsened (is that even a word?) by the soundtrack. Trust me, I felt like a "Dead Man" after watching this cinematic torture device. Watch Ishtar or Waterworld instead.
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Summary: Shoot ME before I watch it again!
Review: Boring, pointless, dull, endless.
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Summary: Nothing works in this one
Review: With well over 100 glowing reviews here, a little counterpoint may go unnoticed, or worse, engender hostile evaluations. But I found this an incredibly boring, tedious, irritating, and silly movie. The spectacular photography only accentuates the ridiculous sets, the endless guitar noodling, played, I am sure, straight through while a sleepy Neil watched the film for the first time, the staggeringly bad performances by many fine stars, and the anachronistic dialog and consistently perplexing locations make for a jumble that I, at least, cannot sort out. Nor do I want to.One imagines slightly stoned college kids watching this mishmash and finding its observations about the white man's stupidity and cruelty movingly profound. They're not. And the humor is neither wry nor surprising. It is predictable, forced, and completely unbelievable. When a film tries to create a surreal world, slightly fantastic and yet somehow touching reality, there is a difficult border to maintain. This film misses it completely. Too often I was wondering why these unreal characters in unreal places should create a response in me, or I squawked at the illogical or downright stupid aspects of the film. For instance, in the opening sequence, they travel west across a desert, and then the buffalo hunting begins. Where might that be? And William Blake, mild-mannered accountant, becomes deadly shot with several weapons, all without his much-needed glasses. I just didn't care.
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Summary: Good movie, the best western ever.
Review: I love this movie. It takes a typically dumb genre (Western) in movies and makes it interesting and unique. The story is that Johnny Depp's character, William Blake, is going to Machinetown in order to apply for a job as an accountant. Upon his arrival, he finds that someone else has the job. After being laughed at, he goes to the bar to find solace. He then encounters a beatiful prositute, Charlie Dickinson. She sleeps with him, and the next morning, her husband finds the two in bed. He tries to shoot Blake, but ends up killing Charlie instead. William Blake then kills Charlie's husband, then rides off into the woods. The next day, he meets a strange Indian named Nobody, who is played by Gary Farmer (and really good too). He mistakes Blake for the poet and becomes his "guide" into the spirit world. Confusing? It makes sense if you see it. THe film is beatifully shot in Arizona, with excellent music by Neil Young. Everyone is great in the movie, including a hilarious scene with Billy Bob Thornton and Iggy Pop (that's right, Iggy Pop). Also, Lance Henricksen is great as the badass evil guy. It's a very surreal movie, almost pshycadelic in a way. The best western ever made. Check it out.
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Summary: irritating soundtrack
Review: Neil Young is at his worst on this one dimensional soundtrack of crappy guitar stuff. And it's not that he's not capable. Take for instance the ending song in the movie "Philadelphia". It's timeless. But on this one, I could've played better that he did, and I don't even play guitar.
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