Don't see "Free Range"

[TheReligiousLeft]

I took one of my closest friends to Free Range today, thinking I was taking her to see a movie like Makewon(sp), you know, the "free rangers" against the evil corperations for the sake of a socialist utopia. Nope. Just a bunch of shooting.
Since I was in a Cheyenne theater there were a group of people whooping (you don't know whooping until you've been in Wyoming) at each disturbing act of violence. I'm no Lieberman or Tipper when it comes to graphic violence, but I guess I think violence should be viewed as a last resort, something you don't want to do, but have to;It isn't funny to see a bullet hole appear in someones head.
Anyway, the movie could have been good, but the good guys decided to take pre-emptive action against their enemies, and the reason they chose fight instead of flight was simply because "A man's gotta be a man and no man can tell a man what to do, or he ain't a man" (or something like that).
Anyway, just a fair warning.

[Maple]

1. A man's gotta do

what a man's gotta do?

[TheReligiousLeft]

5. I think the idea was

I think the idea was a man can't let another man push him around, because then he is less of a man.

[mmm]

2. i will pass on that one

good advice

[Devlzown]

3. You just saved me 10 bucks!

I was gonna go see it, despite the fact that Costner's in it. I was expecting the same sort of plot that you were. That's a disappointment. I guess Costner's going to remain the stinkbomb king.

[cherryperry]

4. Ain't that the f-ing truth? n/t

[TheReligiousLeft]

6. 10 dollars saved is 10 dollars toward a dem. candidate or supper

Glad I could help.

[AmeriCanadian]

7. ... You do mean "Open Range" right?

nt

[TheReligiousLeft]

8. Woops, Open range, not free range

My mistake. Yes, I can't comment on any movie named Free Range, it may be good, but as for Open Range, it is a violent thing that hicks whoop at.

[BurtWorm]

9. Whew! I thought you were talking about the new chicken movie coming out

;)

[TheReligiousLeft]

13. The Cosner claymation flick right?

The one where the Cosner chicken fights against all odds, finds a love interest that isn't needed in the film, and comes in way over budget? Right? Or is it the one where the chicken is looking for dry land and has to fight against all odds, finds a love interest that isn't needed in the film, and comes in way way over budget?

[BurtWorm]

14. Exactly, the wet chickens delivering mail to dancing wolves movie.

[TheReligiousLeft]

21. Chickens better be careful of those wolves.

[catzies]

22. But who's playing baseball the chickens or the wolves?

And are they doing it for the love of the game?

[THUNDER HANDS]

10. all cowboy westerns suck ass, anyway

Same plot, same characters, blah blah blah

Except Tombstone...that was a kick-ass movie.

:)

[TheReligiousLeft]

11. Who's that rat?

Nice looking, did you draw him yourself?

[THUNDER HANDS]

16. me, nah

I wanted to change my sig line....caught a picture of Jack White, then changed it to this to fit my name.

I still can't find where my old Rat gif that Renee made for me went.

:(

I would sure like to get that back.

[RememberJohn]

15. Disagree that all westerns suck. Agree that Tombstone was the best!

Val Kilmer MADE that movie!

"I'm yer huckleberry..."

[THUNDER HANDS]

20. I thought Unforgiven

was alright.

But I think I base my anti-Western bias on those old-time Westerns like Shane and all those old John Wayne movies my grandfather used to make me sit though.

Funny, becuase I'm related to a pretty famous Western star - Chuck Connors, who used to be in some show called, the Rifleman, I think.

I don't like how Indians were portrayed in those movies. The Western Channel just had a documentary on how Native Americans have been shown in old Westerns and it was deplorable. Just out and out racism.

Even Dances with Wolves was a bad movie, from an Indian's point of view.

[RememberJohn]

12. Many disagree....

Including myself. I found it excellent.

"Costner approaches the project with an earnest nobility that's quite impressive, mainly because Earnest Nobility often becomes Unintentional Hilarity when coaxed too adamantly"
-- Scott Weinberg, EFILMCRITIC.COM

"Open Range is actually pretty good."
-- Glenn Whipp, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS

"Once you are drawn into the nuances of the story, you'll find you're pretty much at home on the 'Range'."
-- Staci Layne Wilson, FANTASTICA DAILY

"...bold, compelling and brilliant..."
-- Tony Toscano, TALKING PICTURES

"In a summer where the Rocky-on-a-horse rip-off Seabiscuit is winning acclaim just for simply not being a sequel, here is a story that actually says something."
-- Fred Topel, ABOUT.COM

Rotten tomatoes

Reviews counted: 120
Fresh: 91 Rotten: 29

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/OpenRange-1124881/

[TheReligiousLeft]

17. I guess the whole western thing may have threw me

I just didn't think it has much substance. I was assuming we would really see a clash of rich vs. poor, and we did, but not in a meaningful way. As my friend described it, "It was an hour of plot then an hour of shooting." I guess violence sells.
I guess it may be the second commercial movie out this summer, but that doesn't cut it in my book. I don't watch movies in Theaters unless they will stun me.
On a side note those reviewers didn't have to deal with that infernal whooping.

[RememberJohn]

18. Yeah, audience interraction can really spoil a movie-going experience...

[TheReligiousLeft]

19. Lest it be at Rocky Horror

Then it is all in fun. Thank God they didn't go that far at Open Range, the screen would have been shot up, my nose would have been broken, would have been bad all around.