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 Posted: Fri Jun 8th, 2007 10:55 pm
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 Hubby and I just watched the movie having rented it from Netflix. I really enjoyed it, but it was too slow-paced for Hubby whose taste runs to "Die Hard."

I had billed the film to Hubby as a Civil War film when it really turned out to be a vengence for a Civil War atrocity played out three years later. The film shows a harsh view of humanity or at least a harsh view of how times post-war were even in the far west. Nobody had it easy in those times.

For me, I was a liitle disappointed when the film turned into an apparition-like story whose final moments were spiritual.  For some reason I suspected all along the finale between the two leads would end in a similar way, but not in exactly that way.  This sounds foggy, but I'm trying not to give the end away.

Pierce Brosnan was amazing as the grizzled tormented former Yankee captain on the run. It may be the best acting I have ever seen him do. I can't imagine anyone else in the role. Maybe he should be considered for an Oscar, but so few people have seen this film and probably so few people will that no one will think of Brosnan at Oscar time.

Very few movies have dealt with post Civil War themes.  This story does deal with the fact that the emotional wounds of the war endured long after it was over.