Comanche Moon: The Second Chapter in the Lonesome Dove Saga
by Simon Wincer
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Actor: Elizabeth Banks, Karl Urban, Linda Cardellini, Steve Zahn, Val KilmerDirector: Simon Wincer
Brand: N/A
Producer: Adam Shulman
Producer: Diana Ossana
Writer: Diana Ossana
Producer: Dyson Lovell
Producer: Julie Yorn
Producer: Karen Mayeda Vranek
Writer: Larry McMurtry
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.78:1
Running Time: 284 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-02-26
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Comanche Moon: The Second Chapter in the Lonesome Dove Saga
Movie Review: "Don't take up with any hoodlums. We'd hate to have to hang you."
Summary: 5 Stars
"Commanche Moon", is a fairly interesting prequel to "Lonsome Dove", which I think most LD fans will appreciate.
While Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call as played by Steve Zahn and Karl Urban may take some getting used to, by the film's conclusion, the actors are firmly established as their characters. Zahn does a great job of portraying the McCrae character as fleshed out by Robert Duvall, but anytime he would be situated next to Urban, I found myself wishing that someone had put him on a soap box or something, to add a few inches.
Karl Urban as Call was as wooden as the Tommy Lee Jones Call, but Val Kilmer as Captain Inish Scull is great. I was a little surpised at how well the film followed the book in how this character, and his antagonists were true to McMurty's vision.
If you're looking for answers to your questions about "Lonesome Dove", "Commanche Moon" pretty well illustrates the prior exploits of most of the LD characters and the reasons for their actions. Buffalo Hump and son, Blue Duck are well represented. Maggie Tilton is only part of the dialogue in "Lonsome Dove", but in "Commanche Moon", her relationship to Call is far more expanded and explained, especially in comparison to the earlier "Dead Man's Walk".
Even more revealing, "Commanche Moon" also goes into some detail concerning the prior exploits of Jake Spoon and his relationship to McCrae and Call. "Don't take up with any hoodlums. We'd hate to have to hang you," is something spoken to Spoon by McCrae towards the end of the film that is said in jest, but LD fans will be able to immediately pick up on the irony.
Like "Lonsome Dove", there were various points where I, as a viewer, thought that the story could end, but then surprisingly, the story continued. Therefore, when the end of "Commanche Moon" finally did come, it was sort of a surprise. The good thing about the ending itself is that it is an apt lead-in to "Lonesome Dove", which, timeline-wise, begins only about ten years later.
"Commanche Moon" isn't a great film, like "Lonesome Dove", but it's a very good one, and I think, a better addition to the LD series than "Dead Man's Walk" or "The Streets of Laredo".
I've given it five stars because it doesn't need to great to be enjoyable, and I really enjoyed "Commanche Moon".
Summary of Comanche Moon: The Second Chapter in the Lonesome Dove Saga
No Description Available.Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: UN
Release Date: 26-FEB-2008
Media Type: DVD
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