Open Range DVD

Advantages: Greatactingsanddirecting
Disadvantages: Very long, simple plot

...review, I would say that Open Range is a recommendable film, with great directing and acting. The plot is not overly complicated, rather simple, in fact, and follows many other films with a similar plotline. This does not stop the film being good, but limits its potential, as the combination of cinematography, directing and poignant acting is smooth, and you feel they could have given more with a more adventurous tale. Be prepared to settle in for ... Read review

Advantages: Modern film techniques help bring added realism.
Disadvantages: No big cowboys and Indian battles.

...their two helpers) who use open land to graze there herd. After pleasantly doing this for some time, they come to a town (with a particularly bad landowner, Michael Gambon) which doesn't want them using 'their' land for grazing. Costner and Duvall disagree about this and a showdown ensues with the town’s bad-folk; Gambon and the corrupted Sheriff. Bad things are done by both sides in the coming dispute and fights, but Costner/Duvall seize the moral ...
...democratic rights, forget about American Indian rights here. On top of this there is a deeper moral question which the town’s doc and nurse(who is akin to Dr. Quinn) pose in that violence doesn't solve anything. In the end however it does, the baddies are killed (not without a few innocent folk being injured and frightened and 'dumb' henchmen being shot without any persuasion to turn to the 'good' side) ,Costner falls in love with the nurse (Dr Quinn) ... Read review

Advantages: Duvall is great and the scenery is breathtaking
Disadvantages: Gambon & Benning's Characters

...didn't need explaining America's open range - a historical journey back in time to the real open range of the 1880's, narrated again by Costner. This was interesting and informative if a little short. Deleted scenes again with Costner (he really does like the sound of his own voice) Storyboarding: open range Music Video Montage Technical Information - Running time: 133 minutes Aspect Ratio: 2.35 anamorphic wide screen Subtitles: English only ... Read review

Advantages: Seemed very authentic
Disadvantages: A bit slow

...who drive their cattle over open country and let them feed where ever they wish). Things get very hairy when one of the free rangers is killed and another wounded badly. Costner and Robert Duvall are out for vengence on the Marshall and the Ranch owner. The acting in this film is magnificent and Kevin Costner and Robert Duvall play off each other very nicely. This is not an action film at all, it's a drama with some action and romance thrown in, ...
...the sets in the film seem very authentic, everything looks gritty, muddy and dirty. The gunfights are rather realistic too, people shooting at each other with revolvers and missing most of the time (as they were very inacurate weapons at anything more than about twenty feet) All in all I enjoyed the film though like a lot of Costner films I found it went on a bit too long as it neared the end, still very good though. The special features on the ... Read review

Advantages: Easy to follow and great acting
Disadvantages: gun fight could have been more realistic

This movie reminded me off the old fashioned westerns of yesteryear. It starts off with 4 cowboys driving their herd to market and the troubles that they encounter on route. Robert Duvall plays Boss with Kevin Costner playing Charlie his sidekick. The trouble starts when Mose (one of the group) calls into a town for supplies and doesn't return. The town is run by a currupt Sherrif who is controlled by an evil rancher played by Michael Gambon, who ...
...throw him in jail. Boss and Charlie go in search of him and have him released but are warned by Gambon to move their cattle off the land. They take Mose to the local Doctor and Charlie falls for the Doc's Sister, Sue, played by Annette Benning. The doctor and his sister have no love for the Sherrif or the Rancher and tend to Mose's wounds. When they return to their camp, they find that they are being watched by Gambon's men and Boss decides to teach ... Read review