Great acting

Rating: 9/10 (22 November 2005)

I love this film. I's my Dawson's Road House...(if anyone knows what that means.) I'll explain: in a Dawson's creek episode, a woman/film critic, asks Dawson what his favorite film is. Dawson answers some film-title that puts him in a good light. The woman replies that what he just said was the film he pretends to be his favorite film. In reality some other crappy film is the all time "fave"! Which is so true! It makes me laugh to think about it, Legends of the fall is a film I've watched more times than I'd care to admit, and still I never mention it as one of the best films I've seen.
Why do I love it? Romance, war, drama, action, ships, jungle, Montana, towns, grizzlies, horses, zebras...plus a dash of mysticism, Hopkins and Pitt! What's not to like?
Another thing is the acting, there are some wonderful bits and pieces in this film that I can just watch over and over again. (Can, and have) For instance, Susannah's laugh when she explains how she packed so carefully she couldn't find anything. - What a genuine little laughter! How about the scene where Albert confronts Tristan about sleeping with S. -FANTASTIC! Tristan crying by Samuel's grave, Tristan crying and exclaiming: I'm happy too! - Moving. Tristan struggling with the wire around the cow. - Intense. Alfred fighting with the colonel, "I loved her, I love her still" - Heart breaking. Samuel calling out for Tristan, right before he gets shot. - Gutwrenching...
Yup, love it. Gotta respect an epic!