I'm not kidding when I say this is in my top 5 movies of all time. Before the LOTR trilogy, I would say it was my favorite movie. It was one of those movies that just totally 'clicked' with me when I saw it. I think it deserved every Oscar it won and them some. I know that's blasphemy to all the Scorcese fans out there, but hey, it's just my opinion. Maybe someday Costner can come close to doing something as good as this. Open Range was a step in the right direction. I rate it an A.

Dances With Wolves - B

Brilliant movie. Good story, well acted. Love that era.

Excellent movie with good acting, score and photography. I was in Rapid City, SD when this movie was being made. I watched part of the shooting that took place in the Badlands.

A

Fantastic movie. It's really long but it kept me interested the whole time. Costner never was better. A

This move is in my top three films of all time, everything about this movie is top notch, has no glaring faults and was better than Goodfellas.

The first film that ever made me feel ashamed to be white, 24 June 1999




When I was perhaps 10 years old I saw the mini series Roots. That story affected me, but I was too young to really understand and grasp everything that it was showing me. It wasn't until ten years later when I saw this film that something about the destructiveness of white people really hit me. There have been films that I have seen since that bothered me. Films like Instinct and Boyz and The Hood were eye openers as well, but this was one of the first ( along with Mississippi Burning ) that made me embarrassed for being white. I wanted to go outside and apologize to the world for the race that I belong to. It is that powerful of a film. This must have been something that Costner was building up to in the years past because this has to be an incredibly personal film to him because there is so much raw power and emotion put into it.

DWW shows us how peaceful natives were before white man came along and destroyed their world. It shows us and wants us to know how terrible the white man has been and when you watch this film it does take you back to other films like Boyz, Mississippi, and even Malcolm X.

I really applaud this film and I am so amazed that Costner did the job he did in his first effort. This film deserved every Oscar it received and if it wasn't for such an incredible performance from Joe Pesci, then Graham Greene probably would have taken home a best supporting actor Oscar.

This is a really important film and it has something to say. Not many films actually can do that and still maintain it's entertainment value. This is a great movie.

The amazing thing about this movie is that it absolutely never drags despite it's long running time. I even wished it would have been a bit longer. Because every time I see it I get more into it. Costner gives a great performance. Very 'natural', I thought. Greene and McDonnel were great too. The cinematography is breathtaking. It must have been awesome seeing it on the big screen. The buffalo hunt was one of the greatest scenes in film history and the scene where the wolve get's shot is just heartbreaking. I was getting so aggressive when they weren't stopping shooting at him. Masterpiece. I'll higher my grade to A+.

This wasn't bad, but my gosh does it go on forever, steadily leaking momentum through the last hour of the film. I'll give it major props for being the wokest movie in an age before being woke was cool, though I'm pretty sure the woke crowd would shout something about appropriation if this came out today.

I know it's implied that he lived, but I was out after they shot Two Socks.

Avatar is way better.

B-

Yea I haven't seen this in ages but I always wondered why people weren't more mad that they made Costner's love interest a white girl who just happened to be part of the native camp.

A wonderful epic, bolstered by an excellent Costner it's a great drama, bringing the time the story takes place to life. I'm not even sure what else to say about it, it's a memorable film, wonderful cinematography and score and there's a realization of what an absolute presence Costner had at the time. The awards and accolades the film received are definitely deserved.

A-