Better than I thought it would be

Rating: 7/10 (16 January 2008)

In 1994, my big sister had this huge thing for Brad Pitt, well, every woman did, I think it was Brad's hair, the hair every woman wanted to have, lol. But my sister's big obsession was with Interview with the Vampire and Legends of the Fall, and to me, Legends of the Fall just looked boring, and I never wanted to see it. But on New Year's day, my friend and I were flipping through the channels and came across Legends of the Fall and decided to go ahead and see what it was about. So we watched it and I have to say that actually it was a good movie. It was beautifully shot, thanks to Edward Zwick's talent as a director, and created this into a wonderful story. Also the performances were absolutely terrific, the cast really made the story a pleasure to watch.
The Ludlow brothers are close and have a wonderful brotherhood, but as adults, their lives take on separate directions. Tristan and Samuel go to war and Samuel is tragically killed. Tristan comes back home to his other brother, Alfred, and his father, William, and Alfred has taken an interest into politics as well as trying to woo his crush, Susannah, but she loves Tristand and has an affair with him. But Tristan soon leaves to discover himself and when he returns, he finds out that Susannah has married Alfred. Tristan then marries a beautiful woman, Isabel, and has two beautiful children with her, but when tragedy strikes again, Tristan wants revenge and Alfred must learn the meaning of loyalty and brotherhood.
Legends of the Fall is really a good movie I would say. I think besides the way it's shot, it's the performances that really make the film a good one. Because we know that this film could have been really boring, but thanks to Zwick, he made it into one of the semi-over looked films of 1994. Aidan and Anthony pull in the great performances though, especially Aidan, he was so heart breaking, he makes you hate his character and then love him again. I would recommend Legends of the Fall, for those who appreciate film, this is a good one to watch.
7/10