None is Fair, in Love and War.

Rating: 8/10 (26 March 2018)

The funny thing is, Sam was fortunate in being naive, because he left one war that could've and would've ripped his heart clear out his chest and riddle it with more ammunition than any machine gun could ever imagine to carry, for a war far less devastating, and was fortunate enough to never even know it. Life is not for the faint at heart. Sam lost Susannah long before they went off to war, Sam lost her as soon as her and Tristan's eyes met.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, combined with the loss of your brother, topped with the failure of securing his life and survival - especially when that was your one and only objective, the only priority, and all you cared about, allows Tristan the room he needs to seem and be dramatic, because the motivation was wonderfully captured.
Susannah's heart wanted what it wanted. She had the option to remain in misery, while causing agony for Alfred, or, be in misery with the hope that Alfred (who already knew that her heart belongs to another) would somehow be capable of healing her with happiness, while still providing him the remedy of herself. Both her and Alfred were in between a rock, and a hard place, and so it was best to try while already having failed, rather than to fail without having tried.
Anthony Hopkins was amazing. Aidan Quinn and Julia Ormond were also terrific. Edward Zwick you genius. James Horner, once again; from below the ground, your music still reaches beyond the skies.
Legends of the Fall is life. It's heart-breaking, it's difficult, unpredictable, unfair, harsh, mean... It's, uncaring. Sam deserved to be with his love. Alfred didn't deserve the broken heart, and Susannah didn't deserve the loneliness. Tristan was in the centre of it all; Sam didn't get to be with his love because he failed him. Alfred was heart broken because Susannah wanted him, and Susannah was alone because he failed one brother and lost another; that kind, level and amount of responsibility and accountability, isn't easy.
"I followed all the rules. Man's... God's. And you... You followed none of them, and they all loved you more. Samuel, father, even my own wife". - Life. 8.3/10.