Dances with Wolves - Extended Cut (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
|
List Price: Our Price: $21.99 You Save: $7.99 (27%) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Buy Used: from $5.98 (click here) Category: DVD See more DVD releases |
|---|
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
Movie Reviews of Dances with Wolves - Extended Cut (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Movie Review: Better Every Time I See It
Summary: 5 Stars
Dances With Wolves grew on me. When I first saw it many years ago, I was unimpressed and thought it was an example of the shallow "whites bad/minorities good" school of thought wherein oafish, cruel whites trample down saintly earth-child Indians who live as one with the planet, and never seem to speak using contractions. But over time I eased up on Dances With Wolves and recognized it for its beauty, for its intricacy, for its story of friendships overcoming outward divisions, and for its epic exploration of a lost culture and its way of life. It never fails to touch me, seeing as I am a depiction of the last free generation of a people who will face near genocide within a decade. It always makes me wonder what happened to this character, or that character. I think I know the grim answer.
I still find the first third of Dances With Wolves to be slightly slow moving, and I absolutely hate seeing things crumble in the final forty or so minutes of this motion picture, but for that inner hour of the film, Dances With Wolves truly ranks high on the list of American movies made in its time. I think it is a sign of Dances With Wolves' quality that it seems to grow better on each occasion I see it.
With the recent release of Mel Gibson's Apocalyto, and also from such past films as Windwalker, Black Robe, and Dances With Wolves itself, I think Hollywood should take note that there is a lot that can be achieved story-wise in setting a film in pre-Columbian times. I would love to see more made, and hope someday I will.
Movie Review: One Engaging Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Simply a great work overall. Well worth the time spent watching it. I've watched it 5 times and eventually bought the DVD too. Loved the scenery. Great cast of actors. My only main objection was his love interest (Mary) which did not really fit her part (looks and mannerisms etc). She tried hard and it came across okay, but her appearance (esp the hastily messed up "modern beauty shop" style hair - all well cut "even ends" - obviously modern styled underneath) detracted from her part (she did not look like a pioneer woman from that 1870s period or one that had been in an Indian tribe for a long period - acted too modern too) but rather she talked and looked like a woman from 2000s who sprayed her hair and then lamely attempted to make it messy looking like from the past). She came across as a city woman trying too hard to be from the wild, esp her contrived broken speech (not believable). She is better in Battlestar G as a future President. My only minor objection to the movie was it had no sequel (Part 2 or 3) to show me what happened after this movie's end, to Kevin and the members of the tribe etc. I felt I needed more movies, and also a better closure at its end to the close attachment I had gained while watching the movie. I was left hanging. Again, overall, one great movie. Buy it and watch it every year ...Movie Review: Better than Goodfellas?
Summary: 1 Stars
This piece of politically correct rubbish is what kept Martin Scorsese from having Goodfellas honored with a Best Picture Oscar? Unbelieveable.Movie Review: A Great Movie for when you're socked in by the weather
Summary: 5 Stars
Ice and snow outside? Here is a movie that will take up your entire afternoon. The nice thing about the DVD is that unlike when it was in theaters seventeen years ago you can pause and go to the bathroom and get a snack and drink! This, in short, is the best western ever made.
The extended version makes a very long movie even better. There's something for everybody here. White people may cringe, while those of us of other ethnicities merely nod with understanding. I do root for the Indians, and always have, but it's hard to say they won, given their eventual fate as explained at the end. I loved the glimpse into the social life of the Sioux: how they eat, how they sleep, how they love, how they negotiate disputes. This was unheard of for Hollywood filmmaking; no Lone Ranger and Tonto stereotypes here. I hope that people who haven't seen this give it a try, even if they have to rent it.
There is a massacre scene (of buffalo), an attempted suicide, a shooting and police brutality; but there's just enough of it to introduce the harsh reality of prairie life in the 19th century. This is not a film for those don't want to take the time to feel things. This movie, be forewarned those born shortly before this movie was released in theaters the first time, has story and sub-story, and takes its sweet time to develop. How else to tell a story of several years of the evolution of one man? For those who can appreciate all this, it's a keeper.
Movie Review: All Time Favorite
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this movie for my husband for Christmas...we love the original, but had never seen the extended version. It does happen to be 4 hours long, but because we've seen the original so many times, we can do housework while it's on and not miss a thing. Amazing story, amazing setting, amazing music...perfect for the free-spirited.