Heaven's Gate

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12/09/2024 "The Deer Hunter" sucked and this was worse. Who ever said Kris Kristofferson could act? Or Jeff Bridges, either? At least this didn't have Meryl Streep or Robert DeNiro adding to the overall stink, but it did have that freak Christopher Walken. Roller skating is the Big Thing in a so-called "Western?" Let's get real here: those currently giving this multiple stars are watching it on their big screen home theatre on a comfortable couch with free snacks and a private bathroom which they can use anytime without missing any of the movie. They didn't get soaked for tickets and overpriced popcorn at 1980's prices. They can conveniently break up the overlong running time over multiple viewing sessions. They can even fast-forward through numerous poorly edited scenes; ie. Cut to the Chase. IOW, they can avoid all the inconveniences and expenses that totally ticked off the original audience. See more Benjamin R 11/22/2024 A misunderstood masterpiece. See more nick s 11/18/2024 Worth watching for the impressive sets alone. Don't expect a movie that feels terribly authentic - I suspect it has neither the historical accuracy or atmosphere of actual events. But I think the biggest issue with this movie is in the story telling. For much of its runtime it doesn't seem to be going anywhere. There are drawn out scenes that don't appear to advance the plot and I started to lose patience with it. See more Jerry E @engelbach 10/13/2024 The movie is simply boring. It’s long and dull. A few impressive crowd scenes don’t save the basic drabness of the whole thing. See more Linda W 09/30/2024 This film failed in America but was received well in Europe. Tastes are quite different and imo, Europeans have greater patience and appreciation for films and tv shows that allow a story to develop at a slower pace. My husband and I saw this on tv and could not tear ourselves away from it. It's depth and the story it tells on how brutal the west was rings truer than it is all too often depicted in sugar coated views of many westerns coming out of Hollywood. It's tough to watch some scenes and the music from the waltz scene still rings in my ears some 20 years later. Yes, it is long, but then so are some of the mini series shown today, but we truly loved everything about this film. It is still my favourite 'western' to this day See more Andy B 07/11/2024 Welcome to the film that makes a Peter Jackson film look like a masterpiece of editing and brevity. While the acting is good, the script ranges from the incomprehensible to the bizarre (I’ve never heard of anyone being accused of having a “paper arse-hole” before). Some of the scenery is spectacular, but most scenes are overlong and the plot proceeds at a glacial pace. The good thing about the film is that you can step out to go to the toilet, take a shower, prepare and eat a three course meal and the film will still be going. Also, you’ll know what’s going on as absolutely nothing will have happened. When it came out, this film was rightly panned and considered one of the great flops of all time. Since then, opinions have changed with commentary looking at the filmmaking. With that in mind, it’s still mine-bendingly dull. It is an endurance test rather than an enjoyment. See more Read all reviews

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