What's up with Cimino and parties??

Rating: Null/10 (7 May 2002)

Amazing isn't how distance and time improve one's memory of some things. I had remembered this from the late '70s as being a compelling film. I watched it again recently and was appalled. The first hour of this film is a major snooze-fest. The wedding sequence goes on, and on, and on.... I thought a similar kind of sequence in Cimino's "Heaven's Gate" was an aberration. Nope. He seems to think this kind of thing makes for great cinema. While the second half of the film does pick up the pace, and does feature some memorable sequences, after this second sitting I can't recommend the film. It's too long and Cimino is plainly just too full of himself.