This film is well written, exceptionally acted, yet somewhat boring. It is also a little gory BUT the gore is rooted in historical accuracy. It wasn't gore just for the sake of gore. It was gore for the sake of portraying true history versus glorifying it or glossing over it.
I support Hollywood's attempts to portray natives of this land in a respectful and authentic manner, but I try not to allow that to influence my rating of the film itself. Additionally, I have never been a big fan of the female lead in this film as she always seems wooden and expressionless to me. She did better in this film than others but her facial expression still looks a bit frozen to me. This may sound like a joke but could it be Botox?
The pace of this film is painfully and unnecessarily slow. I understand the concept of the painfully slow pace is to allow the scene you just witnessed or are witnessing to penetrate. It gets to the point where I grew impatient for the scene to finally end so I started fast-forwarding through some parts. This cadence replays itself through most of the film.
Some reviewers attempt to compare Hostiles to Dances With Wolves for some strange reason. Other than having a Union Soldier and Native Americans share the same screen, these movies have absolutely nothing in common save the following: Dances With Wolves is 3 hours long. Hostiles feels 3 hours long, but it is actually 2 hours and 14 minutes.
Hostiles is a fairly solid film mainly due to the actors. However it missed the mark. I think it is worth watching when you want to fill a gap in your schedule. Just be prepared to wait for some scenes to go by in what feels like slow motion. They also went over board with the guilt a particular soldier displays over the things he has done. Moreover, his apology scene seemed pretentious and inauthentic (not the acting, the scene). It was actually Hollywood trying to inject a 2017 apology to Native Americans to make some people feel better about themselves and their pretentious sense of guilt. Yet these same people with their pretentious sense of guilt don't lift a finger to actually help the people they pretend to feel so guilty about (Oops. Was that my loud type?).
As I stated in another review, if you choose to watch this film fast forward is your friend.
I support Hollywood's attempts to portray natives of this land in a respectful and authentic manner, but I try not to allow that to influence my rating of the film itself. Additionally, I have never been a big fan of the female lead in this film as she always seems wooden and expressionless to me. She did better in this film than others but her facial expression still looks a bit frozen to me. This may sound like a joke but could it be Botox?
The pace of this film is painfully and unnecessarily slow. I understand the concept of the painfully slow pace is to allow the scene you just witnessed or are witnessing to penetrate. It gets to the point where I grew impatient for the scene to finally end so I started fast-forwarding through some parts. This cadence replays itself through most of the film.
Some reviewers attempt to compare Hostiles to Dances With Wolves for some strange reason. Other than having a Union Soldier and Native Americans share the same screen, these movies have absolutely nothing in common save the following: Dances With Wolves is 3 hours long. Hostiles feels 3 hours long, but it is actually 2 hours and 14 minutes.
Hostiles is a fairly solid film mainly due to the actors. However it missed the mark. I think it is worth watching when you want to fill a gap in your schedule. Just be prepared to wait for some scenes to go by in what feels like slow motion. They also went over board with the guilt a particular soldier displays over the things he has done. Moreover, his apology scene seemed pretentious and inauthentic (not the acting, the scene). It was actually Hollywood trying to inject a 2017 apology to Native Americans to make some people feel better about themselves and their pretentious sense of guilt. Yet these same people with their pretentious sense of guilt don't lift a finger to actually help the people they pretend to feel so guilty about (Oops. Was that my loud type?).
As I stated in another review, if you choose to watch this film fast forward is your friend.