A delirious gift from the cosmos.
I always reminisce about my first time watching it at 13 and being blown away by the prologue and opening montage. Then, having foolishly started it with my parents, my Mum turned it off as soon as Frank dropped the c-word. However, those 15 minutes embedded themselves deep in me and I had to watch the full movie again later that year in secret. The rest delivered tenfold. It's never left my top 10…
The cinematography is actually gorgeous for this one but yeah the Western tropes are boring and regressive.
Probably gonna be divisive. A lot of people are going to drawn in by that cast alone and will then have to be patient with it. Feels way too novelistic with a lot of unnecessary backstory to absolutely every story element. Strong acting (Dudley Dursley is MVP) and generally well-made, just major structural issues as it takes a long time for the plot to actually start.
