what was it all about ?

Rating: 10/10 (11 September 2008)

Good novels, movies are not about logic, plot holes and storyline but emotions, motivations and connections.
Same here. This could be a remake into a non Western movie but the impact would not be the same - not the same connection. The emotions and motivations would be there but not the connection. The connection of father to child, dignity to integrity, responsibility to honor, in a somewhat more simple time - when traveling wasn't easy; legend grows out of rumors, communities are small, but courage - like it has always been - hard to define.
And we as the audience won't feel the same if this story wasn't set in a Western environment - the best of which are about hardship, dignity, and psyche of the New harsh World.
the Scot, Christine Bale is amazing as always - understated and sure, disappearing into the role. Crowe is more himself I thought.