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Summary: Music garbled throughout VHS tape
Review: Movie is a CLASSIC and the acting by every actor in the movie was superb ~ but the music which plays throughout the whole movie is garbled to the point of distraction ~ I returned the VHS tape ~ but have recieved no replacement tape or refund so beware before buying!!
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Summary: Of course it isn't as good as the book, but...
Review: I never watched this miniseries on television. It was before I finally saw Silverado on video and realized that Hollywood could still make an epic western and have fun with it, and before Dances With Wolves, long before Unforgiven. What makes those movies work? Character, humor, tragedy, action. All of the pieces are here, with the exception of the sense of hugeness that the book provides does not fit well in to the confines of the TV screen. It is shot a bit tight for my taste. But it is deservedly referred to as an epic and a landmark television event. Duvall and Jones are in top form and Gus and Call. The cast as a whole works better than any other literary adaptation that I can recall. Robert Urich makes Jake much more despicable than I originally thought would've been possible. Huston, Lane, Rick Schroder, Danny Glover as Deets, all deliver. Keep in mind that it is 6 hours worth of television - if you want to get it all in at once, you're going to have some explaining to do.
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Summary: A Great Film
Review: It's not about Indians and cowboys. It is about survival, friendship, coming of age, and romance. The Western settings made it a classic movie. It is hard to stop once you started the movie.
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Summary: not just for people who love westerns
Review: I'm not a western-movie-watching kind of girl, generally speaking. One of my friends said this was his very favorite movie, though, that he cries every time he watches it. So I gave it to him, and when he'd watched it again, I borrowed it. And even though it's not my style, I really enjoyed it. It has a wonderful pace, for one thing. For the first little while I thought I was bored, but then I looked at the clock and I'd been watching for much longer than I would have guessed. I suppose you could call it a lot of kinds of story -- it's a story of friendship, it's got your basic cowboys and indians stuff going, it's just got some of every kind of western movie plot I can think of -- but for me one of the central things is that it's about all the different ways people can be good. All the characters aren't good; in fact there are some pretty awful ones, but there's a lot of goodness in a lot of the people in this movie. It just comes out in different ways in each of them. That's a pretty powerful point to make.
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Summary: Lonesome Dove the book was Phenomenal, and this equally so!
Review: The novel Lonesome Dove was an epic rarity - the characters were masterfully written in a way that, if you saw Gus or Call walking down the street (even Jake Spoon or Lorena), you would know them on sight. After having read the book and loving it as much as I did, I was not ready to LIKE the miniseries. I was so incredibly wrong it's not even funny. From the opening scenes of Lonesome Dove, you KNOW that the actors portraying McMurtry's characters are perfectly cast in their roles. In fact, they were so well done that I now have difficulty picturing Gus as having any other face than Robert Duvall. Tommy Lee Jones portrays the perfect Woodrow in this 4 part miniseries, and the other supporting roles are jam packed with incredible acting ability as well. Danny Glover, Ricky Schroeder, and Angelica Houston are just a few of the theatrical talents who make this miniseries wonderful. The story itself follows 2 retired Marshalls on a cattle drive from the sleepy town of Lonesome Dove up through Montana. Their story is tragic in some places, funny in others, and there's a little bit of something for everybody in this movie. I would highly recommend this miniseries to anyone - I've seen it maybe 7 times before, and I will watch it probably 700 more. It's art, pure and simple. Buy it - you won't regret it.
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Summary: A Western for the ages
Review: I finally got around to watching Lonesome Dove again since its debut on TV back in 89. I forgot just how much of a powerful depiction of the American Frontier it was. Based on the book by Larry McMurtry, who considers this a tale of friendship, the story centers around the archetypical prototypes of the visionary and the practical companion, ala Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. But this story cannot be told with these characters alone, and Lonesome Dove boasts an all-star cast, including the under-used Frederic Forrest as the unforgettable Indian psycho "Blue Duck". The story revolves around two seemingly old, washed up Texas Rangers who take to the cattle trail after ten years of sedentary ranching outside a fictional sleepy Texas border town from which the series takes its name. Robert Duvall, in perhaps his finest performance, portrays August "Gus" McRae, who is more concerned with whoring and drinking whiskey than taking care of the cattle-or anything else for that matter.On the other hand is Captain Woodrow F. Call (Tommy Lee Jones) with little humor and even less patience for lazy workers than lawlessness. Perhaps the movies standout element is simply its lack of pretension and unglamourized take on one of the more brutal and desperate times in US history. Australian director Simon Wincer gives us the real men, the cowboys, the pioneers, who faced hardships untellable. And better yet, this is not a politically corrected tale accessible to the whole family, as it is filled with adult themes. And unlike the counter culture Dances with Wolves, Lonesome Dove isn't afraid to show the Natives in all their hostility and savagery. The DVD transfer is actually mixed, as some parts of the film are cleaner than others. The third part is the worst of the four; scan lines are evident, evidence of dot crawl, and dirt. The extras include an interview with Larry McMurtry who talks about the creation of this story: he saw the Lonesome Dove Church bus. Discovering the title gave impetus to the story being written. So in the end, from the inspired beggining to it's bittersweet ending, Lonesome Dove continues to shine forth as perhaps the best of the genre.
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Summary: With Us For Life
Review: Hands down this is our favorite movie. We named our daughter Clara after Anjelica Huston's character.
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Summary: * * CAUTION to Parents of Children Under Thirteen* *
Review: While Lonesome Dove is an interesting film for adults, its lack of rating is problematic for families concerned with violence and adult themes. In this film, violence, both shown and described, includes murders, a scalping, an attempted rape, battery of a woman, and a threatened disemboweling. The dialogue includes repeated use of the words "whore" and "poke" (referring to intercourse). While I enjoyed the film and consider it well done, Lonesome Dove is not an appropriate film for my eight year old son, and I would never classify it as "family" film.
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Summary: Review of Lonesome Dove
Review: Excellent movie in my opinion, a cast full of reliable talent and some new blood, if you like stories pertaining to the old west or "epic" movies this is one you should see. Pefect rainy day movie...
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Summary: Simply The Best! Bob Duvall, TL Jones, Diane Lane are GREAT!
Review: There are so many things that make LONESOME DOVE such a legendary masterpiece. The writing, the high production values and of course, the superb acting by a cast more often associated with blockbusting feature films than T.V. This is such a respected cast here - you have the amazing ROBERT DUVALL (Deep Impact, The Apostle, Tender Mercies) as Gus McCrae, you have the wonderful DIANE LANE (The Perfect Storm, Judge Dredd, Murder at 1600) as the vulnerable Lorena 'Lorie Darlin' Wood. And not forgetting the awesome TOMMY LEE JONES (The Fugitive, Double Jeopardy, Under Siege) as Woodrow Call. These GREAT ACTORS add amazing dimensionality to their characters and the charisma and human depth is something that gives LONESOME DOVE the edge over EVERY other T.V. production I have ever seen! A masterpiece in every sense. The DVD is good but not great. The picture and sound could have been better but are by no means bad. The picture is a little soft in places and the sound lacks real impact, although the score is great. However, it is the best presentation I have ever seen of this particular film. A shame that they couldn't fit on 'The Making Of' documentary that was once available with excellent interviews with ROBERT DUVALL, TOMMY LEE JONES, DIANE LANE etc.
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