good but not great

Rating: Null/10 (1 June 2003)

SPOILER 9 years after legends of the fall was released I have finally at the age of 21 found the time and a copy to see just how good it is. Well I liked this movie alot but at the same time I have issues with it. The story centers on tristan who is the middle child of the movie and how everyone he touches or is close to him dies. I was surprised when isabella died. I did not see that coming largely because the movie looked as though it was going to end happily but it didnt of course. The major problem with the movie is that it kept going and going and going.
And everyone in this movie seemed to die. Isabella, susannah(played by the gorgeous julia ormond) both beautiful are killed and I would be lying if I said it didnt pull at the strings of my heart. That I think is the greatest advantage of this movie. Its ability to tug at your heart as you cheer for tristan. You sit in disbelief as he leaves susannah and goes away for years, and then feel happy as he marries the girl who always loved him as a child(Isabella), and then you almost want to cry when not one but both die. Part of you loves the movie and hates it at the same time