One of the most spritual experiences of my life

Rating: 10/10 (12 February 1999)

When I first heard of Legends of the Fall I could not wait to see it. I don´t know why but I felt I had waited to see it for a long time, even though I had only seen the trailer once. I literally counted the days and hours to its release and I was there the day it opened. And it was indeed one of the most spiritual experiences of my life. Only five minitues into the film I could hear myself think "This is absolutely the best film I have ever seen". It was so intelligently made that I could hardly believe what I was seeing.
The way that it opened, presenting Brad Pitt´s character Tristan with such honesty from the first monent and never throughout the film letting go of the characters tremendous integrity, making every word he says come from the exact same individual. No other film has such a graceful and grandiose opening.
This is by far Brad Pitt´s best perfomance ever to come, the guy should retire now because his purpose as an actor is with this film attained. I can not understand how a film can be so well made, everything in this film so perfect, the storytelling, the dialog, the acting, the music and the direction is so well done and so thought through, that along with the deep messages and the morale of the film, you could write an entire bible in filmmaking.
This film containes so many messages and has so much to say that one can not take it all in by seeing the film only once. And it is funny how, even though I change and grow older, the film always has new things to tell me every time I see it. There is nothing you could want or expect from a film or story that is not found here. This film has so much to say about life, destiny and the choices we make and the consequences they bring us to. And the monologue of the Indian is so beautiful and so true, I get shivers down my spine only thinking of them.
The film takes us through one individual's life, his effect on his fellows, his wins, his losses, his happiness and sadness. And when the film is over hopefully we have learned to recognize that integrity is the key to a life well lived. That it is only through truth and honesty, to oneself and others, that happiness can be attained, and the simple fact that if this fundamental law of nature is not followed, we will fall...
"Legends of the Fall", in this case does not necessarely mean autumn. It is just one of the many metaphors in the Indian's way of speech. There is not any special scene in the film that is better than another, it is the experience combined that makes it into the most well made film of all time. True spiritual aspiration is the only thing that can result in pure art like this film.