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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Dec 26, 2005
Pros: story, acting, cinematography, accuracy
Cons: seems to take a turn toward action flick near the end
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 30, 2010
Pros: The authentic Sioux language, customs and the struggle to find out who he really is.
Cons: Over the top savagery among the Union soldiers; unexplained suicide.
Summary: Dances With Wolves is a 1990 Academy Award-winning film with an impressive array of stars and starlets. It tries to be as authentic as possible in its depiction of the Old West soon after the Civil War. And I think it succeeds on many levels ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 14, 2008
Pros: Beautiful western scenery, awesome bison hunts, cool Sioux Indians!
Cons: Kevin Costner is annoying and the politically-correct plot is simplistic and unconvincing
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 12, 2008
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.
Summary: "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 ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 10, 2008
Pros: authenticity, historical value, the curiosity of the unknown it invokes in all of us
Cons: nothing
Summary: I love the documentary type aspect of part of this movie, as if this man is exploring an unfamiliar land and people, which he is, but at the same time sharing and conveying his experience to the audience. And you remember so many of the little ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 17, 2007
Pros: Perfectly paced film with incredible scenery
Cons: Nothing worth noting.
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 14, 2005
Pros: Stunning cinematography
Cons: On a long time
Summary: The special edition box set, is well presented and stylish, and has many more features hence the the 3rd disc, including a making of feature, music scores to the film and a gallery of photo stills from the film. It portrays a lieutenant (Kevin ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 23, 2004
Pros: The cast, the score, scenery, script, acting and the directing were all outstanding!
Cons: None...
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 21, 2002
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
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 21, 2002
Pros: Fascinating story. Superb acting. Gorgeous cinematography and unforgettable score.
Cons: May have a tad too much violence for some people.
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 20, 2002
Pros: cinematography, authenticity of Sioux, editing
Cons: white soldiers as vermin, narration, dull romance, slow moving
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 7, 2002
Pros: very involving movie, great acting.
Cons: none.
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 18, 2001
Pros: EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE VIOLENCE
Cons: A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH VIOLENCE
Summary: Last night I decided to watch one of my all-time favorite movies Dances With Wolves. I have watched this one twenty-three times and every time is as good or better than the last. I knew it when I walked out of the theater after the first time I saw it ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 26, 2001
Pros: Lakota language in a Hollywood movie!
Cons: Romanticizes some Indians, demonizes others
Summary: I'd like to offer another perspective on this movie from an Indian perspective. While this movie opened a lot of eyes as to the history of U.S. colonization, it also did some harm.
First, some tribes are demonized. Ask a modern-day Pawnee ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 31, 2000
Pros: emotional, well-acted, intense, dramatic
Cons: none
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 11, 2000
Pros: the supporting cast is good
Cons: Costner is overrated, and this movie is dull.
Summary: The first time I saw this movie, I thought it was okay. The second time, I fell asleep in the first 20 min. I could not tell you how many times I have attempted to watch it since.
This movie has been so overplayed and exploited, it is almost ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 6, 2000
Pros: Some people seem to like it
Cons: Very long, gory, no engaging characters, slow plot
Summary: I did not see "Dances with Wolves" when it was in theatres, but I knew it had been a popular and critical success. So I rented a copy of the video. This happened to be the director's cut (four hours long instead of three).
The level ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 12, 2000
Pros: Long and fun
Cons: Needs more salt
Summary: The following is an essay I wrote for year 12 English which may or may not be good I will let you deiced.
We find John Dunbar at the start of the film on an operating table in the middle of the American civil war, he has a badly wounded leg ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 18, 2000
Pros: Beautiful cinematography, outstanding score, astonishing story
Cons: Shame on us!
Summary: I seldom need to view a movie in the theatre as I hate to go anywhere my feet stick to the floor. But, when I saw the previews of Dances With Wolves, well, I just new that was one to be seen on the big screen (like Close Encounters and Star Wars). If ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 31, 2000
Pros: Great music by John Barry
Cons: violence
Summary: 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 ... read more
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