7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Pleasantly surprised...,
September 3, 2011 This review is from: Blackthorn (Amazon Instant Video)
Surprised. Not by Shepard, who I've long thought is one of our great under-appreciated leading men, but by the story, the style and feel of the movie. I think I loved it. I've read some critics have called it "slow".....absolutely, its what I call a "slow burner." Not every story needs to move like a freight train.
There are a lot of ways the writer and director could have screwed this up, in just my opinion they dodged all the bullets. Like so many people I have a long term love affair with "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," so any movie taking a stab at sequel-ing that is running on dangerous ground. But they pulled it off.
If you like sweeping scenery, genuine-feeling westerns, GREAT acting (Shepard is beyond perfect all the way to amazing) those are all reasons enough to watch Blackthorn. I paid $9.99 to watch "before its in the theaters," and it was definitely worth it for me.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Excellent Modern Western,
October 9, 2011 This review is from: Blackthorn (Amazon Instant Video)
Sam Shepard is no novice to the thoughtful, landscape-driven Western. This film posits the question: What if Butch Cassidy hadn't been gunned down by the Bolivian army, but instead lived to old age in exile. It picks up with him as an old man considering a return to his long lost home, but along the way he is sidetracked, and some of his old ways (and old acquaintances) come back to haunt him.
The performances here in every way match the beauty of the landscape photography here. This is an excellent character study with a nice conversation regarding the nature of true crime.
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Great storytelling,
October 2, 2011 This review is from: Blackthorn (Amazon Instant Video)
Incredible cinematography and storytelling with a talented cast that leaves you feeling like you know these people, and care about what happens to them. Slow, filled with dialogue and long cinematic shots, if you prefer transformers, this is not fo you.
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