Return to Lonesome Dove

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Summary: McMurtry had nothing to do with this one, and it shows.
Review: "Return to Lonesome Dove," the Lonesome Dove sequel NOT written by Larry McMurtry, at least offers us one thing McMurtry cheated us out of: a scene in which Woodrow Call finally accepts Newt Dobbs as his son. Coming at the very end of the story, the scene is beautifully written and played to absolute perfection by Jon Voight and Rick Schroder. Unfortunately, there's an awful lot that comes before this moment, and not much of it is particularly fresh or interesting. This movie begins where the first Lonesome Dove left us, with Call in Texas and everyone else in Montana. It spends an inordinate amount of time getting everyone back together, and very little time showing interaction between the characters--Call, Newt, Clara, July Johnson, etc.--that we really care about. Much of the action is a tired rehash of what McMurtry gave us in the original story. A lot of new characters are invented for this movie, and although they're played mostly by first-rate actors--William Petersen, Louis Gossett Jr., Oliver Reed, Reese Witherspoon--they simply lack the fascination and authenticity of the characters created by McMurtry himself. The worst is Nia Peeples as Agostina Vega, the illegitimate daughter of the late Gus McCrae. Everyone keeps talking about how much Agostina looks and acts like Gus. But not only is Nia Peeples nothing like Robert Duvall, she is at best a mediocre actress. There are some good performances here--particularly by Schroder as the sweet-souled, lovable Newt--but also a lot of boring stretches between the good parts.

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Summary: Good, but not as good as the original
Review: "Return to Lonesome Dove" was pretty good, but not as good as the original, "Lonesome Dove". The characters were charming, the acting was good, and the story was decent, but this title is missing the feel of the first movie/series. The character depth and interaction was just better in the original. I do not think "Return to Lonesome Dove" did a good job endearing the characters to the viewer especially if you did not see "Lonesome Dove". Despite this, this movie/series is still a good watch, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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Summary: McMurtry had nothing to do with this one, and it shows.
Review: "Return to Lonesome Dove," the Lonesome Dove sequel NOT written by Larry McMurtry, at least offers us one thing McMurtry cheated us out of: a scene in which Woodrow Call finally accepts Newt Dobbs as his son. Coming at the very end of the story, the scene is beautifully written and played to absolute perfection by Jon Voight and Rick Schroder. Unfortunately, there's an awful lot that comes before this moment, and not much of it is particularly fresh or interesting. This movie begins where the first Lonesome Dove left us, with Call in Texas and everyone else in Montana. It spends an inordinate amount of time getting everyone back together, and very little time showing interaction between the characters--Call, Newt, Clara, July Johnson, etc.--that we really care about. Much of the action is a tired rehash of what McMurtry gave us in the original story. A lot of new characters are invented for this movie, and although they're played mostly by first-rate actors--William Petersen, Louis Gossett Jr., Oliver Reed, Reese Witherspoon--they simply lack the fascination and authenticity of the characters created by McMurtry himself. The worst is Nia Peeples as Agostina Vega, the illegitimate daughter of the late Gus McCrae. Everyone keeps talking about how much Agostina looks and acts like Gus. But not only is Nia Peeples nothing like Robert Duvall, she is at best a mediocre actress. There are some good performances here--particularly by Schroder as the sweet-souled, lovable Newt--but also a lot of boring stretches between the good parts.

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Summary: very moving western tale
Review: a friend of mine recently introduced me to return to lonesome dove. i don't care for westerns as a rule but i was completely captivated by it. voight and shroeder are both excellent. i haven't seen the other dvds in the seires but i certainly plan to.

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Summary: So-So
Review: Don't overlook this simply because Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones aren't "in the picture." This is a wonderful depiction of the magic of Larry McMurtry and Jon Voight does a great job as Captain Call.
I bought this about one year ago and I'd recommend it to any "Lonesome Dove" fans.

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Summary: Return to Lonesome Dove
Review: Don't overlook this simply because Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones aren't "in the picture." This is a wonderful depiction of the magic of Larry McMurtry and Jon Voight does a great job as Captain Call.
I bought this about one year ago and I'd recommend it to any "Lonesome Dove" fans.

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Summary: Not has great as Lonesome Dove but still very good.
Review: Even though it was a big dissapointment not to have Tommy Lee Jones and Anjelica Houston reprise their roles this movie still ranks in my top 5 favorite movies of all time. The other thing I noticed was the location in Montana did not look like the same place they set up their cabins at the end of the first movie. In the first movie there was a big pond by where Captin Call said this is it and in the second movie you never see the pond. Other then those little trival things this movie was good because you did have some returning folks like Rick Schroder, Tim Scott as Pea Eye, Barry Tubb as Jasper Fant. There was also some of the other originals from the first movie plus Jon Voight looked almost just like Tommy Lee Jones did in the first movie. That really helped the movie. I don't care it Larry McMurty had anything to do with this movie because it still gives the viewer a great story line. I say just because of the few little things that doesn't make it seem like a real carry over from the original I give it 4 stars.

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Summary: Very Good Film
Review: I enjoyed the origional "Lonesome Dove" with Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones so much that just about any film that would take me back to the origional characters would be fine with me. I was not disappointed. Of course it was not quite the same because of the absence of the origional actors, but one quickly gets into the new ones. John Voight was ok as Woodrow once you accept him, and thats not difficult. Rick Schroeder was back for this one and did not dissappoint. I reckon Rick is an actors actor-- this young man can perform. Anyone who liked "Lonesome Dove" will like this one, unless they are super picky. The one drawback to this film is that instead of recording it on two tapes in standard play, (like the origional on 4 tapes), it's entire 4 hours were recorded on one tape in extended play. Absolutely horrible video quality on this one I'm afraid. I was not able to find it in standard play. This still does not keep me from viewing the film. Hopefully it will be released on DVD one of these days. This might be a good time to request that Amazon.com list the recorded mode, SP or EP when listing a film.

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Summary: An Epic As Big As The West Continues!
Review: I have seen all the Lonesome Dove movies and although this one is a spin-off from the others, it's still is a great story. Jon Voight plays a very convincing Capt. Call considering what he had to follow up to. I still would have liked to seen him lose his temper and beat somebody up who acted rude. (I mean who can top Tommy Lee Jones's performance?) This film like the others, really portrayed the harshness of the western frontier and the tough men who had to shape it. Although Barbara Hershey wasn't the plainswomen that Anjelica Houston was, her role was admirable as well. I found it fitting that in the end, Call did reveal his paternity to Newt and Newt had to go off on his own to find his dream. Great plot, good bad guys, and a fitting ending make Return To Lonesome Dove a must see for any Lonesome Dove fan.

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Summary: Lonesome Dove
Review: I have watched Lonesome dove about a hundred times, and i still can,t get enough of it. Lonesome Dove is a clean wholesome movie with a story to boot, not just a shoot em up movie but a superb movie
All the actors in the movie to my mind are the best in the world and i don't think that any other actors could play those parts better than Duvall or Jones. I can't wait to view the return to Lonesome Dove, i have allready seen streets of Laredo and could not understand for the life of me how could Lorena be married to Pea !!! what happened to Dish? its like chalk and cheese so untill I view the return to Lonsome Dove all I can say is good work.! Good work!.