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Horizon: An American Saga, Part 1
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There is literally 0 way this didnt flop in theaters.
Its a vanity/passion project that is a 3 hour part 1 of a what he hopes to be a 4 part series (part 2 comes out in august). There just arent enough 60 to 70 year old men going the the movies.
That said, apparently Costner does expect it should make its money back the old fashioned way, on a long enough timeline from licensing to TV/Streaming/Vod/etc
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Yeah I just kind of just scanned the article and the gist of it was it not doing well and basically trying to turn Cinema into TV was a bad idea.
I think the thought was is it could have just been a great one shot series on a streaming platform. I guess with it just being a passion project for him, maybe he felt it proper it be shown on the big screen versus the small one. I don't really know much behind the production.
Like you said though it's not like westerns are that much of a crowd-pleaser to draw a large demographic to the theater.
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cracked 7 on IMDB which I would say generally indicates something is all right, but it seems critics really didn't like the fact that this is a part 1 of X.
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Say what you will but at least this was an original idea for a movie. Before it started, we sat through a preview for a rehash of ‘Twister’, cleverly renamed ‘Twisters’, a preview for a movie called 'Beetleguise' that I think I saw 36 years ago and one for some stupid Transformers flick. I think it's number 4 or 5. Not sure, don't care. M. Night Shamalamadingdong has a new one that looks different but other than that, it's the same old shit repackaged. Also, Horizon is a Western. If you don't like Westerns, you must be some commie pinko.
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If the third movie starts with Titty, it might be the first one I go to watch.
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Saw this last night. It was entertaining but like reviewers and others have said the story is probably better suited to a 10 part mini-series. By the end part 1 you can see how 4-5 separate stories might come together but for all of part 1 it's 4-5 separate stories. They're good stories and well acted but for part 1 it's disjointed similar to the indian girl, africa, and yellowstone plots in 1923. But if you liked 1883 and 1923 you'll like this. Being part 1 of 4 means there's also almost no payoff before the movie awkwardly switches into a montage of Parts 2+ and abruptly ends.
Sienna Miller continues to be a MILF even if she's damn near unrecognizable in the dark scenes when she's introduced.
The only nudity is some side boob of good looking wagon train girl which is a nice change from what seems to be a shift to only male nudity lately.
Fairly even telling from both settler and indian side regarding manifest destiny and no politics regarding the civil war other than boys heading off to war.
Like I said, I enjoyed it and will probably see part 2 his fall.
Sienna Miller continues to be a MILF even if she's damn near unrecognizable in the dark scenes when she's introduced.
The only nudity is some side boob of good looking wagon train girl which is a nice change from what seems to be a shift to only male nudity lately.
Fairly even telling from both settler and indian side regarding manifest destiny and no politics regarding the civil war other than boys heading off to war.
Like I said, I enjoyed it and will probably see part 2 his fall.
I didn't realize until I read wikipedia that the Remember the Titans coach on the wagon train is the father of Sienna Miller's dead husband. I'm sure Luke called him Kitridge at some point but there were too many names to keep track of.
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Saw this today, and the critique I saw comparing this to Dune Part 1 is very apt.
Its long, never boring, beautifully shot, but nothing happens. We just put a whole lot of pieces into place for the second half of the movie (and maybe 3rd and 4th halves).
I am looking forward to the second half, and if they plan on dropping part one on streaming like the week before part 2, my recommend would be to watch part 1 and home and go to the theater for part 2.
Its long, never boring, beautifully shot, but nothing happens. We just put a whole lot of pieces into place for the second half of the movie (and maybe 3rd and 4th halves).
I am looking forward to the second half, and if they plan on dropping part one on streaming like the week before part 2, my recommend would be to watch part 1 and home and go to the theater for part 2.
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no shock, part 2 pulled from august theatrical release since part 1 bombed hard. Part 1 will come out on VOD in 1 week, not sure what they will do then though. I guess they could wait till its released on Netflix or Paramount+ or whatever and then put part 2 out in theaters in Nov/Dec after a lot more people have watched part 1.
wonder if parts 3 & 4 are DOA though lol
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Man, nothing gets me more excited to watch part 1 of an epic movie series than questions over whether it will ever be finished!
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How much of the whole thing has been filmed at this point or at least in pre-production etc?
That'll suck if it ends up just dying, but I guess that's why I don't understand why they didn't just make it a 10 or 12 hours series on some platform.
Maybe his whole modus operandi was to get people to get back in the theaters to actually watch something other than superhero movies that maybe worth your time.
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According to Wikipedia, Part 2 is done filming and in post-production, Part 3 is filming now.
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