I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
View MoreGood start, but then it gets ruined
Excellent, Without a doubt!!
The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.
View MoreThere are a lot of things wrong with this movie. First off, it is just silly. The acting, dialogue, nearly everything. The film doesn't even do a good just of presenting history correctly. It starts off by claiming a greedy Irish upperclass are unfairly charging high rents and that is causing conflict. What the film doesn't tell you is that those people are not even Irish. They were English settlers who stole land with the help of England and made the lives of the actual Irish people a living heck. So that rich vs poor thing is a bunch of hogwash from the get go. This review is long enough, the film is annoying goofy. Maybe the accents were so bad that it made the whole production set stop caring about making a respectable film. Who know?
View MoreReleased in 1992 and directed by Ron Howard, "Far and Away" stars Tom Cruise as a young, grieving Irishman, full of spit and vinegar, who leaves for the new world with his landlord's daughter (Nicole Kidman). After arriving in Boston they acquire jobs with Joseph (Cruise) moonlighting as a bare-hands boxer. Eventually, the girl's parents and Joseph's nemesis arrive from Ireland looking for her (Robert Prosky, Barbara Babcock & Thomas Gibson). The story ends with the Oklahoma land rush of 1893. There was a lot of hype surrounding this movie when it was released in '92 and I found myself somewhat disappointed by it at the theater. Seeing it again almost 25 years later, I like it a lot better, probably because I'm mature and this is a movie that appeals more to adults because it's not a conventional Western, but rather a historical drama/adventure/western/romance. The opening is still weak, but once Joseph leaves his Irish homestead (around the 12-15 minute mark) the movie captured my interest and never let up till the end.I appreciate that the romance is a slow-build and there's no premature sex sequence. In lesser hands they would've been copulating at the half-hour mark. Instead, we observe Joseph tastefully fantasizing about Shannon (Nicole) in the third act. Michelle Johnson as one of the dancing girls is a highlight and IMHO significantly more beautiful than the overrated Kidman. I was pleasantly surprised by how good this movie is. The film runs 140 minutes and was shot in Ireland; Billings, Montana (the land rush); and Oklahoma.GRADE: B+
View MoreIn 1892 western Ireland, tenant farmers are rebelling. Joseph Donnelly (Tom Cruise) loses his father during an incident with the landlord. Their home is burnt for overdue rent. He seeks revenge on landlord Daniel Christie (Robert Prosky) but his gun explodes. The landlord's daughter Shannon Christie (Nicole Kidman) wants to be Modern and get 160 acres of free land in America. She grabs Joseph from a pistol duel with the cruel henchman Stephen Chase (Thomas Gibson). She takes him on as her man servant on the journey. They find out the land is in Oklahoma, but she loses all her valuable spoons in Boston. They are penniless as they meet the ward boss Mike Kelly (Colm Meaney). He gains some worth as a bare knuckle boxer. Meanwhile a mob burns down the Christies mansion and they travel to America to follow Shannon. Eventually it ends in the great race to claim land in the Oklahoma Territories.The movie is beautifully shot by director Ron Howard. However the story is convenient and simplistic. It's as if Ron Howard wanted to check all the boxes of the era for the Irish. Everything feels manufactured. There isn't a real moment in the movie especially the pairing of Kidman and Cruise. There is no subtlety in their performance or the romance. It's not as problematic the first time around but it really annoys me with more viewings.
View MoreCruise plays a little Oirish boy, whose father is killed during a stand off with the towns landlords.Seeking revenge, he meets Kidman, who stabs him with a fork. He then spits in the main bad guys face, who challenges him to a duel at dawn. Kidman rescues him and they set off for America, with dreams of winning some land in Oklahoma. Cruise becomes a bare knuckled fighter, and Kidman learns how to wash clothing properly.They get double crossed by Colm Meany, and Kidman gets inadvertently shot.Then we get treated to a big finale....There is a reason why I have held off watching this movie for 22 years. I saw the trailer endless times, and it looked a bit, well, meh...Now I know why I never bothered, it's blooming awful, and Howard treats the viewer like an uneducated idiot.it's as if Hollywood has taken one of the most depressing (albeit fictionalised) times of a country, and gave it a wonderful shine.It ticks all the clichés you would expect in a wannabe epic, beautiful sets, costumes, and awful accents.Yes, the race at the end is pretty brilliant, but you have to endure two hours of awful dialogue and pathetic stereotypes to get there.It's by 'Far and Away' the poorest film Cruise and Howard have worked on.But, it's the best film that has Cruise run so fast, it skips eight months....
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