Honestly, I think 3 hour movies with intermissions are what can save theaters. Go watch the first half, take a break to BUY MORE SNACKS, discuss what happened and what will happen, then go finish it. But 3 hour movies should have an intermission.

@JeffCaplan313

21 күн бұрын

💯

@gkcamden9050

21 күн бұрын

Great idea!

@raymondsmith6870

21 күн бұрын

One problem is that means less shows each day and less tickets being sold for different viewings. Example. Horizons at 3 hrs can only be shown 3 times in day in one theater. Quiet Place Day One at 100 minutes is shown 4 times a day in the same theater. At the end of a week that will be 21 viewing for Horizons and 28 viewing for Quiet Place. That doesn't always make money for the theaters with fewer showings.

@gkcamden9050

21 күн бұрын

@@raymondsmith6870 I can see your point. Also, I was puzzled why the AMC theaters nearby aren’t showing this big movie in either IMAX or Dolby Cinema. Now I understand why.

@daveclark8337

21 күн бұрын

My local theater has only 4 showings today 10:45 am, 2;45p, 6;45 and 9:45pm. At the last show you're getting out at 1 am. Costner fans are older, they're not staying up that late. Bottom line, a lot less tickets being sold.

Western? I'm in already. I love them from the early 20th century until now. Costner? Never let me down in the genre. Three hours? Fuck yes. Apparently multi part? Give me it. No nonsense, straight up bad ass? Give me it all.

It’s great to see a western movie come out.

@michaeldy3157

19 күн бұрын

It is long but very good

@johndotter351

17 күн бұрын

I enjoyed it Saga 1 is introducing about 4-5 storylines of different groups that will eventually come together in a later DAGA!

I finally watched Dances With Wolves and yes, it’s because Costner’s Horizon has me interested and Ive been watching all of Clint Eastwood’s westerns one by one.

@_Snafu_

15 күн бұрын

Literally want I’m trying to accomplish this year. I guess Clint Eastwood is on everyone’s mind.

The theater was full when I saw it this afternoon. It's a slow burn but that's not a bad thing if you have patience. When violence does happen, it's brutal.

I’m 47 outta Cleveland Gotta say Silverado is one of my favorites. Shoutout Brian Denehe

@YegRon

21 күн бұрын

I’m 40. Grew up watching Silverado. Loved it. Watched it a couple of times with my kids now.

As we get more immersed in technology we will want to escape from it and Western movies are a good way to do that.

We really enjoyed it but the ending montage confused my hubby!🤣 i kept telling him they were just showing what's going to happen in future films. Totally agree that the ending was a bit clunky and needed a definitive ending/ cliffhanger and then the coming next montage.

I am really glad that the Native Americans got some backbone in this one. Hollywood loves to portray The Native Americans as weak and feeble and easy to step on, Truth is they were just as vicious and had just as many Warriors as anybody else.

@bryan81584

16 күн бұрын

They hold nothing back and the film really takes no sides on the brutality but it also doesn't act as if the natives were all good all the time which is the overwhelming trend these days

Also want to throw it out there: Im glad to see Alan and Chris having a fun time talking about a movie....Long Live The Cowboy, and God Bless The Westerns!

YYUUSSS!!! I’m proud my family risked EVERYTHING to come to America, worked the railroad, started Dallas Tx first Chinese eatery,

@donkeysaurusrex7881

21 күн бұрын

Nice!

@theequalizer9154

21 күн бұрын

Something to be MAJOR PROUD of.

@dsnein

21 күн бұрын

epic

@Mowglibaloo2

9 күн бұрын

Great work!

This is the first I've heard of this. I'm definitely interested, but I wonder where they advertised bc I didn't see any ads on KZread. Going to see it tomorrow! We need to support things like this nowadays.

@ab-gail

21 күн бұрын

I saw ads within the theater. I looked it up later to see when it was coming out and I think that triggered the KZread ads for me. Even then I didn’t get many.

@draydensmith9043

21 күн бұрын

I go to the movie theaters weekly and only saw really short trailers for this movie and ironically part of the montage at the end. It seems that Costner didn't put a lot of money into advertising.

@TrekBeatTK

20 күн бұрын

I hadn’t heard of it either. I saw the listing and went to see it on a whim.

It’s gonna be a 4 parter. It’s Costner’s Avatar.

@KilliK69

21 күн бұрын

it even has Jake Sully in it.

@donkeysaurusrex7881

21 күн бұрын

Possibly 6 if it does well enough.

@adamw116

21 күн бұрын

Except this might be watchable halfway through the first one at least, lol.

@ab-gail

21 күн бұрын

Four parts is less than Avatar though 😭

@adamw116

21 күн бұрын

@ab-gail Right now I'm watching Once upon A Time In America, the type of movie you don't see anymore directed by Sergio Leone. A director known more for Westerns then his one, I think only, foray into the Gangster film genre. Starring of all people the now unfortunately disgraced for his arrogant political views, Robert DeNiro Coincidentally co-star of one of Costner's best movies The Untouchables. This is why I say in a time where the movie going experience seems, to be dying, thank God Kevin Costner has the balls to make an honest to goodness, gritty R Rated, gritty, epic again, that dispels clichés and reminds people good movies for people who care about story, rich character development, realism, and can still be made. Costner and few other talented directors might just be ushering in a new Golden Age of films not just blockbuster movies, anymore. Like we haven't seen since the 70s or 90s. Made more independently then ever before. Wouldn't it be great if this series is somewhat successful and maybe Costner took a stab again at making another Gangster epic? Maybe continue to bring in other Hollywood heavyweights like Kurt Russell, Woody Harrelson, Robert Downey Jr, etc. After so many years of comic book films, remakes, prequels and mostly crap dominating the box offices and eventually boring audiences to death!. Also,.the disgusting obviously failed experiment in Hollywood; wokeism, and PC nonsense being injected into our entertainment, perhaps, finally everyone will start to go to the movies again more often, have a reason too! By the way as an armchair/past online film critic, if you look online you might find some of my full length articles. I am absolutely disgusted, at the lack of integrity from mainstream film critics these days when you can tell obviously Horizon is a quality film which is unfairly being attacked because it's offensive to their activist sensibilities or and I hate the word, to "problematic". Well guess what you idiots the f'n wild west was not a very PC place! But I guess they can't complain about lack of ethnic diversity or cultural appropriation with this one, ohhhh good for them!

I loved Open Range, not just for the great shootout, but the relationship of Charlie and Boss, or the sweet romance between Charlie and Sue. Costner pays a lot of attention to character.

Silverado was DA BOMB! I may watch this too now

@anthonybrett

21 күн бұрын

Don't forget Open Range. Great gun fighting.

We need more westerns. Screw comic book crap by corporations

@westsidecater

20 күн бұрын

Tell that to investors

@jamesesparza6893

20 күн бұрын

I think what you mean is, screw Marvel and DC comic book crap. I would not mind a, the shadow, the bed of bronze, the Phantom Comics made into movies.

@821lancevance

19 күн бұрын

@jamesesparza6893 I would love that but no one will make those movies

I’m really liking what I’m hearing, this is Texas Cowboys, cattle, rodeo, horses and westerns was literally my childhood,

I think the multi-part movie with an ongoing storyline, but with a much shorter runtime, was called a serial (serial film, film serial, movie serial, chapter play). Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, the singing cowboys, etc. They migrated to TV. Sounds like the cliff-hanger ending is replaced with a montage. The lack of suspense stemming from formulaic set piece scenes is what many want after so many big budget niche movies.

I still like El Dorado with John Wayne and James Caan

@chaburchak

20 күн бұрын

And Michelle Carey as Joey McDonald. Woof!

@Ranttopia

19 күн бұрын

@@chaburchak - The scene when her hair is messed up from rolling in the hay and wearing leather pants.. yes, it made a mark on my young impressionable mind...

Gonna have to catch this asap, love Costner.

@user-nx8zm3yd8d

21 күн бұрын

I would love to hear a long form Costner interview talking about why he has embraced westerns.

Never imagined they would make another movie where Native Americans commit atrocities. They were absolutely the victims but they also did terrible things. I appreciate a movie where ugly historical facts are presented.

@leedobson

21 күн бұрын

I 100% agree

@1stormseekr336

19 күн бұрын

my grandfather talked about sitting and listening to his great grandfather...about attacking wagon trains. lol interesting enough my grandfather broke mustangs for some of the western movies. Ironic isn't it.

Saw it yesterday and I loved it. It's an obvious "part 1" where they introduce all characters and storylines

Do the film makers have bladders

@kendallandrews8691

21 күн бұрын

Yeah 3 hours is a long time to sit in a theater without getting up

@jakeviolet2195

19 күн бұрын

I even hated LOTR when it came out in theaters because it was too long! Later, when I got it on disc, it became one of my favorite movie trilogies of all time. They need to bring back intermissions. Watching a movie should not be an Iron Man endurance event.

@Mowglibaloo2

9 күн бұрын

They need to bring back the intermission

I just hope this hits becouse Costner put his own money in it. Who does that these days. Thats feels its from a man who hopes, and we all hope.

@westsidecater

20 күн бұрын

It's not hitting

I knew it was good when Rotten Tomatoes told me it wasn't

@mikec5992

21 күн бұрын

Precisely. Anything the reviewers of Rotten T. hates, I'm likely to support.

Costner walked away from Yellowstone in order to make this series of films. It's supposed to be 4 parts! That is crazy. I wonder what decade it will carry into.

@daveclark8337

21 күн бұрын

I think it's going to bomb so bad at the box office that parts 3 and 4 will be cancelled. That's crazy.

@user-nx8zm3yd8d

21 күн бұрын

Costner will turn into Sam Shepard by the end.

@ABoyandHisDog-pd3lb

21 күн бұрын

@@daveclark8337 well if that ends up happening, he can always chop them up into segments and sell em off as season 1 and 2of the final conclusion to the story which began with Horizon. I am sure he would not have much trouble doing so. He also has many friends and likely a fair amount of favors, as top dogs in Hollywood tend to amass for themselves over a long and successful career. Remember He chose to leave Yellowstone. They wanted and tried hard to work with his schedule but delays made it impossible. So it was something neither party wanted to end up happening. Also, he has a large and long existing group of very loyal fans that have followed him his entire career. True it is largely made up of older people mid 40's on up.. but they are fiercely loyal and supportive. Lastly, it's not woke!!!

@TrekBeatTK

20 күн бұрын

Assuming he actually gets all 4 made, I heard it’s supposed to go into the 1880s or so.

@theshuggie

12 күн бұрын

They’re filming part 3, so hopefully they finish this thing

Just saw it. *Fantastic western!* Clever, complex story and characters. I'm glad they showed the Apaches in a fair, equitable light, their reasons laid out simply and honestly. You understand their motivations for fighting the whites. Didn't know there was a Santa Fe Trail going out of Kansas into the southwest where the war with the Apaches happens. The nudity was brief and you don't see much. Some people might be more put off by the violence, which isn't that graphic either. I regard the montage at the end was more like a preview of coming chapters.

I Freakin' LOVED this movie! It felt like I was binge watching the first 3 episodes of a really great HBO series. And to see it on a huge screen, everyone should see it in this format. 10 out of 10.

Sounds woke-free, I'll support it.

@kenjifox4264

21 күн бұрын

Non-woke = watch Woke = no watch

@kbab679

21 күн бұрын

Woke free compared to 2024's usual offerings. Very progressive compared to a western from a couple decades ago. The world actually kind of mostly works, and you won't be rolling your eyes too much.

@BlookbugIV

21 күн бұрын

@@kbab679 “too much” - sounds ominous

@kbab679

21 күн бұрын

@@BlookbugIV there's a moment in an early gun fight that reminds me of the 2018 Gillette commercial fiasco. I think FT was so hyped up at a new western, they let these things slide.

@BlookbugIV

21 күн бұрын

@@kbab679 it’s been six years since that? Time flies when you’re having no fun.

[6:07] Sorta. Comfort instead of being lectured is good. But more so, I think people just want something new too. Almost the last decade of movies from Hollywood has been reboots/remakes that lecture us on how we're bad people. People are desperate for *new* & simply entertaining movies. I think/feel/hope we're going to, overall, return to those kind of movies that were popular during the 80s & 90s. With the occasional message driven or deep plot film.

What a great American 🇺🇸 EPIC tale. Well worth watching. I would have left that theater and went straight to see part 2. It was that good!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Just saw Horizon a few hours ago and I loved it. John Ford would be proud. This film is large and multi layered. I for one am looking for part two.

This film was such a welcomed change. It feels like classic cinema. I loved it

Ive never not enjoyed any movie Costner has been in. Yes Waterworld included!😂😂😂❤

I’m sold. I’m gonna go see it on my birthday.

All I can say is that Costner gets it. From what I understand he put A LOT of his own money on the line to get this film made. Yeah, I"m seeing this. He's not a DEI or ESG guy who's controlled by the WEF, and the like, when it comes to his movies.

Back to the Future 2 did the same thing at the end. They basically outlined what was going to happen in the third movie at the end of 2.

I watched today, didn't know it was 3hrs until it ended and I looked my clock. I liked it and I'm invested and looking forward to the next chapter.

This is a great, old style western that gave me so much of what I was looking for. I am completely down with the four installment model especially if at the end of it all, it is the epic that I anticipate it will be.

I can't wait to see this!! I love Westerns and look forward to seeing hopefully many more to come!! Anything Kevin Costner, I'm in!

Hell yeah, Silverado mention!!

Horizon episode one was great. Great performance by all the actors. Great scenery felt like the Wild West frontier. Can’t wait for episode 2.

Waterworld, the Postman, Dances with Wolves. I like Costners epic movies and am excited for this one. I haven't been excited for a movie in years.

@ericakelly123

18 күн бұрын

@@michaelalan6459 waterworld? 😂 then you should love this movie!

@michaelalan6459

18 күн бұрын

@@ericakelly123 u didn't like Waterworld? It was fun

Really excited for this after watching your review. This is the sort of storytelling I can get behind and support. I grew up watching Silverado and Tombstone is one of my favourite movies. So glad Westerns are making a bit of a comeback.

OK you made me interested.

I would really like to see TV and movies getting back to classic American storytelling. The problem is Hollywood doesn't make movies for Americans anymore. They make movies for everyone else.

Went to a Saturday matinee with my wife in the DC area. Just four people. One dude left in the middle. The other woman stayed through the credits as did we. I liked it, no Dances With Wolves ( my wife’s comment as we left). But I’m in. Looking forward to the next chapter

Saw this on opening day. Really well done film - completely different than the crap you usually see these days . It was engaging, well shot and made me want to see the next chapter in August.

Loved it. I’m a big Costner fan I admit but he doesn’t turn up until after an hour so the other characters are introduced and they are all very good. Some top notch acting all round here. The story begins well and I can’t wait to see part 2. Give us the rest Mr Costner 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

This was The Fellowship of the Ring of westerns. I really hope Costner can finish it well.

Great film , absolutely loved it. Westerns are my favourite genre. This film does not disappoint and you are both on song with your review. I’m Totally invested cannot wait to see part 2 of 4.

I love Westerns as well (My Favorite Movie Genre) and i'm so glad it had all the charm of an old time movie as well....but yes I also agree with the mention from Chris that it felt more like a Streaming show cut into Parts....Im all for it and definitely recommend a viewing!

I just got out of theater about 20 minutes ago and I couldn’t believe how fast 3 hours went by. I had no intention whatsoever of watching this movie, as I didn’t even know anything about it and for no reason at all I seen Kevin Costner attached to it and assumed the worst (however knowing his filmography I should know better - but I didn’t know if he’d been infected by the Hollywood mind virus). I only went and seen it because a friend of mine told me too. It was a great film and I’m looking forward to watching the rest of the series.

It's borderline a masterpiece to me and I love the ending montage but I can see how it can confuse or even upset people though. But I vastly prefer watching this in theater rather than under the form of a tv series. I think there should have been a way to make the same kind of "to be continued" ending while having a better sens of closure for the first chapter.

Chris haven't seen it yet but the talk of the montage at the end makes me think of Tommy Lee Jones in "Lonesome Dove" the images playing back of the cattle drive and he says "A vision you say, Ya a hell of vision" but love your reviews and knowledge of films. I want to see this soon though.

Glad to hear this is good! I might not be the typical female movie-watcher as I really enjoy westerns, Dances With Wolves and the miniseries Lonesome Dove being my favorites. I guess I grew up watching so many westerns along with my Dad and older brothers, is how I got into them. Costner's had a few misses in his day (Waterworld, anyone?) but is overall a great filmmaker.

7:49 and The Old Couple with tell all their friends 🧡 ❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

This with Bone Tomahawk sound like a good movie night.

I agree with your assessment that the movie is a TV show that was turned into a movie, but the cinematography would have been wasted on TV sets and needs to be seen on a big screen.

How predictable: on rotten tomatoes the critics hate it and the audience loves it.

It needed the big screen. I loved it!

I really enjoyed the stories. Very well done.

It's a great movie but with a slow burn which if fine and keeps you interested as you follow the different story lines..Its very good and I look forward to the next chapters..Go and see it!

I really enjoyed this movie also. I overall do agree that the montage actually did get me excited for the next part. The way it was done felt out of nowhere though and I didn’t initially fully understand if it was a setup for the next chapter or not. Definitely could have been done in a different way to feel better. The way the movie ended just felt weird.

Man, this movie was F U N to watch!!! I was interested in every storyline they told!

Yes montage for part 2 did not need to be 5 minutes, was overkill!!! Above average, a B movie. too many story-lines that bred incoherency, but still great cinematography with some good ole fashion gun slinging! Hopefully next 3 installments can deliver it to higher ground, but very ambitious by Mr. Costner. I am gonna need alot more cow bell!!!!

Costner was also great in that other Western Open Range ? That film with Robert Duval ? .

Watched it a few days ago. Really enjoyed it!

I do believe that the same kind of montage happened at the end of Back to the Future 2. So...I was okay with it. :)

I liked it except for some of the contemporary dialog. Solid genre western overall. Really improves when Costner finally showed up .

I loved this movie, even though originally I was not a fan of westerns. This movie gave me something that I haven't felt in cinema in a long time, which is a sense of real danger for the lives of the characters.

The anthology & frontier setting almost sounds like they brought in open-world/sandbox concept from video games like RDR2. But instead of just trying to make a video game movie, which rarely goes well, they just modified the existing movie formula with a new twist. Combining it with how other films like American Graffiti or Crash (2004) told multiple stories.

It is an interesting outside of the box idea for theater revenue. See if audiences are willing to pay to watch a big budget mini series with many multiple parts on the big screen instead of at home on TV or streaming.

Fantastic movie. Best Western in movies since the mid 2000s

It’s good, but the edit makes it hard to follow, especially in the beginning. Too many storylines spread across locations and the movie doesn’t easily help you keep track if them as other movies of this sort would. Also it doesn’t really go anywhere or culminate in anything; it just stops and then becomes a sizzle reel for the next movie. Frankly, I would have cut the wagon train sequence entirely and saved it for part 2. I really wish this chapter felt complete on its own in some way. I wonder if it was always structured this way or it happened in the edit. Still looking forward to part 2. Would love to watch both back to back.

Yeeees I’m so excited to see it!!

We are making a serious return to indie horror and westerns and I am here for it. Also foreign horror is killing it the last few years I hope you learned a thing or two from Taylor Sheridan Kevin Costner's westerns are phenomenal.. Dances with Wolves is a must-see movie but they all feel dated. And I can't put my finger on why. Guaranteed half the audience is going to see why Kevin Costner left Yellowstone. Lol

Glad you guys liked it, 'cause I fear it will bomb. I thought it was fantastic.

I wanted to like this one more than i did. My wife loved it. The story jumps bothered me. It wasnt that they would cut away....it was when they came back the story didnt match what was happening when they left. That being said, I plan on seeing the second half.

I watched this I liked it can't wait for the rest . Went home and watched How the West was won again after many years

Can’t wait to see this.

Glad to hear it is as good as it looks!

Smart to make a 100 million dollar western split into 2 3 hours movie's released a few weeks apart. Should have been a miniseries

I would actually like to see this, but with the higher end home theater setup we have I will not go to see it unless it’s in a premium Dolby Cinema / IMAX theater. Why this film was scheduled during a time when it wouldn’t be on premium screens is complete negligence

The film was definitely oddly structured. I feel like the first 10 minutes could've been cut entirely and the movie should've started with the Indian attack. The best way to describe this movie is like the first few chapters of a good western novel, with different storylines that eventually meet up with each other. I love that Costner doesn't shy away from the brutality of the west (If anything, it could've gone further). My only disappointment really is that Costner is feels like he's barely in the movie despite being front and center of the marketing.

Dude I hard a time with it. I felt like they cut between everyone’s stories so much with subpar acting from many of the characters and I was SO bored.

Going tonight to see it. Still hopeful we’ll get a Draft Day 2 sometime.

What is it with Kevin Costner and 3-hour westerns?

One of the best movies I’ve ever seen

I can’t wait to see this. I miss the movie last night so I went and saw bikeriders but I want to see this so bad

Just saw it and it’s a great western and I will see all of them….but the audience I saw it with was a bunch of old farts like me

@richardturner4074

19 күн бұрын

Facts. I'm 52 and took my 81 year old dad. We absolutely loved it. My dad keeps asking me when part 2 is coming out. 😂😂😂

Better then Lonesome Dove? As a kid I stayed the night at my friend's house and went through their movies to put something on as I went to sleep; found Lonesome Dove, but had no clue what or how long it was. I was so engrossed I stayed up till 6am to watch the entire thing. First thing I thought of when they stated the length was LD.

@Mickey-1994

20 күн бұрын

Not at this point in time but this is only part 1. I don't think it will ever match LD, that is a classic.

@Italiano_Strawhat

19 күн бұрын

@@Mickey-1994 I figured as much. Lonesome Dove is an all timer. Probably my favorite piece of western media ever made. I felt like I was watching a Greek epic or something.

What is the deal with older people in theaters these days anyway? Have they forgotten proper movie etiquette these days?

The movie has some thing historically correct and some not so much 1. Indian vs Indian conflict Apache vs Commanchie very correct 2. Status of Federal troops in the West (South Western US) very correct 3. Chinese rail workers in 1862-1863 not correct 4. Union pacific transcontinental rail line being in Wyoming at point in time not correct 5. I would like to hear a historical gun expert on the weapons but I saw a lot of breech loading full cartridge's weapons both long guns and pistols which I am not sure about Chris is right about the ending, it did not feel like the ending do a movie and I think his suggestion for the ending would have worked better The movie having slow points was an advantage. it gave you time to hit the restroom

Is there Rap3 in this movie!??? I need to know before watching👀

Real "Indian" attacks could be brutal. They had one during the Civil War in Colorado where they killed and burned a baby, raped the teen girl and all manner of other deathly things done. The tribes were circulating what you today call 'Racism' and 'Racist attitudes' among the so-called Native Americans so the Racism was within and coming from the Indians, and yet it was complicated. Not all Indians were like that, not all Indian leaders and chiefs were like that. You had what I call 'the War Chiefs' and the "Peace Chiefs'. There was a real split and multiple tribes each with variations on all these dimensions. It was not a simple straight forward answer, but the attack, if depicted in that manner was NOT propaganda. Real events happened like that. Not just once, but many times through the American West and across its decades of American expansion and pre-American expansion in the days when French and Spanish and Russians roamed the area and 'Mountain Men were the few 'White Men', but once settlers came in the late 18th and early 19th century, that is when you see more of those events, as the Natives view this often as some transgression to their territory and they were often highly territorial, and held views that today we could characterize as 'racist'. The very term 'White Man' is one originating among indigenous people, not Europeans. The term "Pale Face' is an Amerindian concept and term. Anti-White Racism, if racism existed, was just as present as anything claimed the Europeans might have held.

What’s the sequel called, Zero Dawn

I'd rather go to the theatre three times to see 1.5 hour long movies than one giant 3 hour movie that doesn't even end, haha! Seriously, movie tickets aren't too expensive. They're not as cheap as they used to be but I think the experience is worth it. Or make a whole day of it and have 15~20 minute intermissions where you can pee and buy more food and drink.

That poster seems to look A LOT like the one for his attempt at Wyatt Earp.

Fun movie!