Dances with Wolves

Pros: story, acting, cinematography, accuracy
Cons: seems to take a turn toward action flick near the end

The story of the Native Americans as written by the movie industry over the last hundred years or so was mostly one of savagery where they were portrayed as “the enemy”. In almost every film Native Americans were the bad guys, attacking settlers ...

Pros: Perfectly paced film with incredible scenery
Cons: Nothing worth noting.

Dances with wolves is one of those films that I watch over and over and get a sense of what life may have been for a lone soldier in the west and for the "savages" that lived on the lands of the great American Plains and the Badlands. It wasn't until ...

Pros: The cast, the score, scenery, script, acting and the directing were all outstanding!
Cons: None...

John Dunbar: The strangeness of this life cannot be measured: in trying to produce my own death, I was elevated to the status of a living hero. Dances With Wolves is without a doubt one of the best movies ever made. I get this ...

Pros: emotional, well-acted, intense, dramatic
Cons: none

Last night I watched this movie on the History channel. I had seen it before when it first came out, loved it then, but had not thought about it in a while. After the first scenes the entire movie came back to me, and I regretted waiting so long to...

Pros: Great music by John Barry
Cons: violence

Kevin Costners’s Academy Award –winning masterpiece- Dances With Wolves.

This is a movie with a great heart and one of the most original and best movies of all time. Seldom does a movie make the impression that Dance with Wolves...

Pros: Beautiful western scenery, awesome bison hunts, cool Sioux Indians!
Cons: Kevin Costner is annoying and the politically-correct plot is simplistic and unconvincing

This film, in case you haven't heard, is basically about an 1860s cavalry officer who goes to the frontier and ends up joining the Sioux Indians. I have mixed feelings about this movie. On the one hand, the South Dakota landscapes, the bison hunts, and ...

Pros: Historically accurate (probably); excellent production values; great performances; touching story.
Cons: A little melodramatic at times; 30 - 60 minutes too long; a bit preachy.

"Dances With Wolves" is touching and well made and has all the makings of a classic: full of drama and passion; understanding and communication,;and violence and power. Kevin Costner directed, produced, and stars in this epic tale about John Dunbar, a ...

Pros: cinematography, authenticity of Sioux, editing
Cons: white soldiers as vermin, narration, dull romance, slow moving

Kevin Costner put his own money on the line for the epic western Dances with Wolves. Except for the Young Guns films, westerns were long since out of cinematic fashion. The last true blockbuster was probably Blazing Saddles, (1974) a...

Pros: Surprisingly funny, Engaging plot, Good character development, Decent acting, Great DVD bonus features
Cons: A few narrative conceits, Minutia

It is a rare thing these days for me to find a film that I encounter and enjoy that contains voiceovers. I am generally sick of voiceovers in television and film and if a director is good at what they are doing, a film or television show ought not to ...

Pros: Fascinating story. Superb acting. Gorgeous cinematography and unforgettable score.
Cons: May have a tad too much violence for some people.

Brilliant. Moving. Unforgettable.

These are really but a few of the words that come to mind when I think about this film. I wasn't able to fully appreciate this film until several years after its release, namely because I was young and at the...

Pros: Wide panoramas, Sioux language, people and costumes; buffalo and horse scenes
Cons: Costner perhaps a tad too touchy-feely; Mary McConnell spoke "white" too well, too quickly

I'd recently watched a lot of documentaries shot in Tuva, Mongolia, Siberia and Lapland because of folkmusic interests. The striking feature of all these peoples is their amazing resemblance to the American Indians. In their faces, they have the extra...

Pros: very involving movie, great acting.
Cons: none.

Dances With Wolves

Immediately during the early segment of this film, I noticed a white solider (the main character, Kevin Costner) portray an act of riding a horse through complete warfare, as though invisible to gun discharge. This scene...

Pros: The Music, The Story, The Acting
Cons: We Did That

This bittersweet movie is one I have watched 2 or 3 times. I enjoy it every time. The scenery and photography are very well done. The music is stirring. The love story is moving and the historical nature of the movie is one that must not be forgotten. I...

Pros: Great story about tolerance ,peace and love
Cons: Kevin Costner's narratives are monotonous and dry

I've never been a huge fan of Kevin Costner, at least, not of his acting ability. He is often dry and monotonous, and usually plays the same characters over and over again. The sort of unpopular, but sexy man who eventually attracts people with his wit...

Pros: Couldn't get enough
Cons: Can't think of any

Some may say that "Dances with Wolves" was too long. I don't think it was long enough. The drawing power of Kevin Costner alongwith an American Indian theme sucked me right into the theater to see this movie. It was funny! It was sad!...