Could have been bigger than the Notebook, Braveheart and Titanic but failed. Spoilers.

Rating: 3/10 (28 October 2015)

I give three stars for this movie because of James Horner's amazing composition, the Cinematography, the potential of the main cast and Montana.
This film made a mockery of true love and claimed that a man like Tristan was a legend. Movies are an escape. This movie left a bad taste in the mouth of anyone who kept their eyes open. Tristan was capable of loving his brother unconditionally, however could not do the same with Susannah? Everything about Tristan was contradictory. They had huge potential with this film if only they had cut out Isabel Two and created another scenario for when Tristan had returned to Montana. The true love story between Susannah and him could have continued when he had returned from his journey.
It was also historically wrong. They showed how happy he was with Isabel yet they forgot how real bootleggers lived. They were reckless and selfish. This was really a way of Hollywood promoting huge age gaps like they usually do. Jim Harrison's book contained no love in this relationship and was even more awful because of how unrealistic it was. Isabel was also 16 in the book. At 20 years old she was still yet a child and developing in more ways than one. The character should have been cut out entirely yet all they did was try to make it look better by having her predict her marriage.
They made a mockery of the native theme. Men like Tristan are not loved or upheld in a normal functioning society. Even in the time period it was set in. Susannah is often insulted yet all she did was love one man. The main cast had huge potential, but the movie turned out to be a joke and very contradictory. I think many women realize what it is like if a guy like Tristan has traded them in. It truly makes a mockery out of love and wasn't at all realistic. The writers made a huge mistake with keeping the child marriage in and it showed how uncreative they were for not being able to substitute the scenarios. It is truly sad that James Horner's music was wasted on this movie. The first half and ending scenes were nice. But the movie didn't flow and was absurd once you finish watching it. The character of Tristan doesn't exist. You may get men who just use women, or men who love their family and treat women nicely (alfred) or men who just think about themselves. But you will not get a man like Tristan who is so selfish yet shows his good sides by loving only one of his brothers! It's really sad that they didn't check in with others when they chose the storyline. The book was absurd enough. But the movie had potential. A shame. James Horner was the only legend here.