Its comfort viewing time. Well it was comfort viewing time a month ago when I ordered this but fuck it, it finally arrived today. The best western of the 21st century. Ignore the ropey artwork, it's a masterpiece. A slowburn watch that builds to one of the best gunfights ever filmed. The story of 4 free grazers (herders without land who feed their cattle on other people's lands) who wander into the wrong territory and piss off the cattle rancher who owns it. Yip, it's an archetypal western story but it's just so lovingly done. It's great watching a western directed by someone who loves them and Kevin Costner loves them. Like the best of them it takes it's time, lets us spend a while with the characters so we can see what make them tick. Then it throws a metaphorical bomb into the mix and we see how they deal with it. It's been 17 years since it was released and I'd love to see Costner directed one again. He's kinda good at it.
I know it seems like an odd comfort watch but sometimes you just want something old fashioned and excellent.
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