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Summary: I love Alexis Cruz!
Review: I THINK THAT ALL OF YOU WHO HATE THE MOVIE STREETS OF LAREDO ARE CLEARLY BLIND OF THE AMAZING TALENT OF THE ENTIRE CAST POSSESSES ESPECIALY ALEXIS CRUZ.HE IS SO CUTE AND TALENTED HOW COULD YOU HATE IT?I LOVE THAT MOVIE SOOO MUCH.EVERYONE NEEDS A WAKE UP CALL WHO HATES IT.WHAT IS TO HATE ABOUT IT?I'LL BET YOU CAN'T ANSWER THIS QUESTION.I SAY LOOK FOR THE GOOD IN THE MOVIE AND EVERY MOVIE HAS GOOD PARTS.I LOVE ALEXIS CRUZ!
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Summary: better than Return to lonesome dove
Review: I thought this was much better that return to lonesome dove. I was as captivated by it as lonesome dove. I also very much liked the "return" version however it made me miss Gus, whereas in this movie I did not think about him not being in it so much. The acting and casting was great. Also I appreciated the authentic costumes and sets. My husband worked on Dr. Quinn for five years and we learned the importance of period costumes.
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Summary: Some thing else to add...
Review: I written a post before but I just wanted to say. If you've read the book, the movie was finally a movie to live up to a books name. I just started reading the book, and found that every sentence, every movement, every emotion, was excatly the same as it was in the book. I dont' know who directed the movie but they did an awesome job, and I'd be proud to of had them make a movie from my own book, since they did this one so well. So if you think the movie will destroy the book, and tear it apart... Don't! I was so very amazed to see how the movie was so much like the book. The only thing that was a bit diffrent. Is the age of Joey Garza. In the book he was 17 when he went to Crow Town, and when he died, and Call found him he was 19. The book streched out the life of Garza. Giving some back ground, The movie just squeazed everything from the book into the span of time in the movie. Other then that, This movie rocked! It's my all time favorite... ~Isriah~
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Summary: One killing after another
Review: If you enjoyed the grace and nuances of the story in Lonesome Dove--as well as the excellent character portrayal--don't see this one. If you like killing after gory killing, here you go.
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Summary: Stay away from this disgusting Western concoction!
Review: Imagine taking the worst of the Spaghetti Westerns,
give it an illustrious cast (James Garner, Sam
Shepard, Sissy Spacek, and on and on) and pour
a heavy dose of gore, rape, and an endless stream
of meaningless sadistic violence: what do you end up
with? "Streets of Laredo"The above excellent actors and actresses should feel ashamed
of being seen in this awful and disgusting concoction. There
are no discernible redeeming elements in this carnival of
gratuitious violence! Even you "Lonesome Dove" fans should stay away from this one!
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Summary: Less a sequel than an alternative Lonesome Dove universe.
Review: In almost every way, Streets of Laredo, the Larry McMurtry-written sequel to Lonesome Dove, is superior to Return to Lonesome Dove, the sequel cooked up by the producers of the original Lonesome Dove miniseries. It also is considerably darker than the already bloody original or the other sequel. Because of the casting of Streets of Laredo--and because of some of the plot choices McMurtry made--I personally find it easier to accept Streets of Laredo as an alternative Lonesome Dove universe than as the true sequel. For example, McMurtry has Lorie marry Pea Eye. The original Lorie and Pea Eye, Diane Lane and Timothy Scott, would make a ridiculous couple, but their counterparts in Streets of Laredo--Sissy Spacek and Sam Shepard--are a perfect couple with loads of screen chemistry. (Of course, McMurtry was not bound by the casting of the miniseries--only by his own imagination.) James Garner, as Woodrow Call, is about equal to Tommy Lee Jones in the original and slightly superior to Jon Voight in Return to Lonesome Dove. The new characters have the fascination of the original ones, and are played brilliantly by a great cast including Sonia Braga, Wes Studi, Kevin Conway, Charles Martin Smith and Alexis Cruz. The mostly horrific narrative sweeps us along, and the story's final vision of forgiveness and reconciliation is genuinely moving.
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Summary: Save your money, check out the book from your library.
Review: Judge Roy Bean shoulda hung the fools that tried in vain to make this movie. If you've seen Lonesome Dove you'll be sorely disappointed by this futile effort to turn a McMurtry novel into a film. James Garner rates maybe 2 stars for his effort as Capt. Woodrow Call. This movies gives off a terrible odor from the start to finish. The star actors must have hungry when offered this script.
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Summary: GARNER GROWS ON YOU
Review: Like most Lonesome Dove followers I looked forward to this sequel with considerable interest and was more than a little disappointed when it was announced that Tommy Lee Jones would not star as Captain Woodrow F. Call. Still I watched and bought the DVD when it was released. Now, after hundreds of watchings, I find that I am as comfortable with James Garner as the venerable captain as I was with Tommy Lee Jones. Rather that trying to mimic Jones' style for the part Garner is his own man and creates a believable Call in his own right. Other nice surprises in Streets Laredo include Sissy Spacek as Lorena (Wood) Parker. Diane Lane was totally unbelievable in the role in the original Lonesome Dove and would never have been able to pull off the tough and legitimate Mrs. Parker here. Let's leave Diane to the ridiculous roles that she has recently assumed. Sam Shepard as Pea Eye Parker is absolutely priceless and I wonder why he wasn't considered to create the part in the first place? Tim Scott, the original Pea Eye, was just too stupid and bumbling and, again, could never have been expected to believably stand up in a face-to-face showdown with Laredo's villain, Joey Garza. Ned Beatty stars wonderfully as a credible, though historically inaccurate, Judge Roy Bean and Randy Quaid is a scene-stealer as the outlaw John Wesley Hardin. Wes Studi is magical as the loner, wandering tracker Famous Shoes, George Carlin is terrific as Billy Williams and Sonja Braga rounds out the main cast as the hapless Maria Garza. In its own right Streets of Laredo stands up nicely to the Lonesome Dove tradition and I find that I watch it even more than I do the original Lonesome Dove.
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Summary: Simply Awful
Review: Lonesome Dove is the greatest TV miniseries of all time. In my eagerness to watch a similar work of pure genius, I was sorely disappointed by this offering. This production is plagued by a myriad of problems that made it difficult to watch.
The casting is almost all wrong. The actor who played Joey Garza is laughable. In one scene, Garza is at the barber getting a shave. Give me a break! This kid barely has two hairs on his chest. He has never needed a shave in his life. I know Joey Garza is supposed to be a boy, but I have seen several five-year-olds that look scarier than him. His weak scowl didn't suspend my disbelief a second.
Two other casting decisions I had particular problems with were Randy Quaid and James Garner. Randy Quaid is just not convincing as a gunslinger (maybe I watched too many National Lampoon movies). I couldn't take him seriously.
Now I love James Garner, but he did not capture the character of Captain Call. Granted, Tommy Lee Jones is an impossible act to follow, but surely someone could have come close to that performance. I don't buy James Garner as the somber, hard-as-nails ranger.
Casting choices aside, this DvD suffers most from an inept screenplay. As one reviewer has already properly noted, the Mox Mox side story was slapped together. Why did they even bother with it?
In one scene with Randy Quaid, he is shocked to learn that Captain Call has been sent after Garza, but not ten seconds later he informs us that Famous Shoes is leading Call to the killer. "Hey, I didn't know Call was coming, but I know that Famous shoes is leading him here!" Not only is much of the dialogue idiotic, but also many of the character's actions make no sense at all.
For instance, why would you carry so many men off with you to hunt down Garza only to have them sit while you run off to tackle a gang of bandits alone? Why would an affirmed coward march off to certain death instead of just hiding out for one more night? Why would two drunkards say nothing as Sissy Spacek walks off with a near full bottle of whiskey when she had only asked to share a drink with them?
I imagine Spacek needed that whiskey after she realized what a stinker she was involved in. If you are determined to watch this production, I suggest you do so with a bottle of whiskey. You will need it.
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Summary: The Author's Finale
Review: Not only is Larry McMurtry an excellent storyteller, but he's also somewhat of a literary genius. He could've written a sequel to Lonesome Dove that would've been satisfying and clich?, but he left that to Hollywood. I don't know if Streets of Laredo happened because of or in spite of the farce that is called, Return to Lonesome Dove, but Streets is definitely the better offering. McMurtry took the story in a completely different direction. In doing so, he cheated us out of certain things that we'd hoped for after finishing Lonesome Dove. There is no final conversation between Woodrow and Newt about Newt's heritage. The fate of July Johnson is a tragic and useless one. The Hatcreek Ranch in Montana goes bust and that's why Call becomes a bounty hunter. Those who enjoyed the book won't be disappointed in the film adaptation. Many have stated that James Garner's interpretation of Woodrow Call doesn't live up to that of Tommy Lee Jones and I cannot disagree. But Garner is a talented actor and he stayed true to McMurtry's character of Call. McMurtry wisely chose not to do "just another Lonesome Dove." Again, he left that to the shallower Hollywood crowd. While Lonesome Dove was a sweeping epic of a cattle drive, Streets of Laredo was simply the story of a chase to track down a young, brutal killer. McMurtry is a master of authentic dialogue and character development and he doesn't fail to deliver with his vast cast. Judge Roy Bean, Brookshire, John Wesley Harden, Billy Williams, Mox Mox and Famous Shoes all add to the texture of the movie. The most tragic figure is the long-suffering mother of Joey Garza, Maria, who defends her son in spite of his misdeeds. There are some details that are hard to swallow, such as the marriage of Lorena and Pea Eye, but the overall story still stands. This is certainly a darker offering than its predecessor considering that Gus supplied most of the mirth in Lonesome Dove. Still, it's worth watching for those who appreciate McMurtry's ability to tell a good story. The DVD is desolate when it comes to bonus material, but the sound and picture quality are far superior to the VHS version. It's also worth noting that the DVd version is uncut, offering scenes that do not appear in the VHS. No, Streets of Laredo does not live up to Lonesome Dove, but I don't think McMurtry meant for it to do so and the story stands on its own as a good one.
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