"I am Wind in His Hair. Do you see that I am your friend? Can you see that you will always be my friend?" So powerful - with John Barry's epic score. I cry tears every single time. This is a timeless classic.
That's the part that makes men well up. That kind of "brothers in arms" stuff always gets me, where they're tough and not emotional but then you see they would die for each other.
The extended cut *is* important because it makes SO much more sense. There are little scenes that they had to cut out in order to trim down the run time. Believe me, the extended cut exists not because Costner prefers the theatrical cut, but because they HAD to make it shorter. The idea that people would sit in a theater and watch a 3-hr in 1990 was considered foolish, no one would do that. The extended cut shows so much more of a relationship between John and Stands with a Fist, more with the wolf, more with the Lakota, and little things that change the tone of certain scenes. It does extend the movie to almost 4 hours, and then it requires an intermission to get through it, but it's SO worth it.
At 19:35 The older woman riding in the background was actually the Lakota coach. She taught Lakota at the local community college. They asked her if she wanted to have a bit part in the movie. She was very happy to have the opportunity because with the money she and her husband could buy a new refrigerator.
This is one of my favorite movies. I'm a native of South Dakota where it was filmed. When I'm missing home I watch this. I know a lot of people who worked on this movie. They all say it was a great experience. Kevin Costner fell in love with South Dakota and bought a ranch there and invested in some businesses. I actually got to meet him.
I am Dakota (Sioux) and this movie was very good in telling the story of what happened to our people ... The end of the way we lived, the beginning of the way the USA treated us ... yeah
I believe this is one of the greatest films ever. Costner was made an honorary Sioux for his honest depiction of them for the first time. The buffalo hunt was done without any CGI or any altering of the speed of the film, and was, and still is, considered one of the great moments in film cinematography (among the likes of Ben Hur).
@@northernpunx1978 We have archaeological evidence. We have evidence from hunter-gatherer societies all over the planet. We have eyewitness reports from both Indians and white people. There was never a time in history when peaceful "Noble savages" walked the earth. You'd know this if you'd stop and reflect for a moment. Stop thinking of it like it was a cartoon.
@@miketaylor7471 I'm as conservative as they come. You sound ignorant. You think there were no Indians that tried to get along with the white man? Really?
@@IChooseJesus9091 Oglala/Hunkpapa/mnicoujou of the Big Foot clan here, the moment he rode his horse and was shot at by the south and wasnt hit. That was Crazy Horses vision, Kevin Cosnor did his research and i love that moment.
Fun fact: Kevin Costner's spreading out of his arms while doing his suicide run at the start of the film was a completely spontaneous gesture that took his stunt coordinator by surprise. 2nd Fun fact: The union soldier, who saves Kevin Costner's character by shooting another soldier in the forehead who is about to kill him, is played by Kevin's father Bill Costner. Kevin Costner asked his father to play the role in this movie and said, "You wanna be in the movie? You wanna save me? And his dad said, "Yeah!"" Final fun fact: During the scene where the buffalo is charging at Smiles a Lot, the buffalo is actually charging at a pile of its favorite treat: Oreo cookies.
I'm a Native American. I brought my family to go watch this movie in a theatre. It diffinitely changed my life. I told everyone that Mr Kevin Costner can make the worst movies the rest of career and I would still love him for making this film. Nobody .film industry did not want to help him. Mr Costner. Hollywood laughed at him because he told them he wanted to do a western and that the Indians ( Native Americans) Be the good guy's. Eighteen months later he was in Los Angeles at the Oscars with his film " Dances with Wolves" nominated for 11 Academy Awards. Other movie producer's wanted Mr Costner to star in other films. The hunt for the Red October. And others .But Mr .Costner dedicated his time, money, and energy to make sure this film got produced.
Recently I informed my 70 year old cousin she was 1/8th Sioux. That her great grandmother was full. Her was surprised as no one had told her that her grand mother who we knew was born in Montana and raised on the Reservation. I also informed her that my father was part Cherokee from Tennessee. My father did not know this until just before he died because my grand mother hid it as she was ashamed. On my and my cousin's mothers line we were descended from several of the passengers on the Mayflower. We are Americans.
As the family genealogist, I understand this completely. I've looked and hope for Native American blood in my lines. Finally found it -- WAY, WAY back; for far back I probably shouldn't have even mentioned it. And, yes, I have several lines from the Mayflower. It is so cool to learn of the lives that went before out own, of whom we are a tiny part.
"Don't you hurt my mule." And with one final line, a hated character, gets so much sympathy before his death from the audience. Always found that line so sad.
@@MrAitraining Yeah, Spivey is - hands down - the most hated character. Lying about the journal then wiping his butt with it, then gleefully shooting Two Socks? Yeah, he's the worst.
I have loved this movie since it was being filmed in South Dakota. I knew many of the people in the movie and I went to university with Kevin Costner. We were in the same Physical Education Baseball class. The people in this movie had to learn Lakota, one of the Siouan languages unless they were among the few who actually did speak this. I was impressed at how many spoke it so well. All the kids in this movie were kids from the local area and also from the Pine Ridge Reservation as were many of the adults. I had so many good friends who were and are Lakota. They are as kind and peaceful as any people I have ever known. I am very pleased that you enjoyed the movie!!
I believe the instructor who taught them Lakota was a Sioux descendent named Doris Leader Charge. She not only teaches the Lakota language (I forget where), but did her part to make sure the language remain immortalized by her participation in this film, not only as instructor, but in the film as well with a few spoken lines of her own. Thus a native Sioux, speaking true Lakota in its original form. So many Native American Nations have unfortunately disappeared into history with little remaining but their name and basic details. But this film ensures that a piece of the Lakota Sioux will forever remain, so long as the film medium continues to exist. Having said that,... it does give me a moment of pause. Carved relief, stone sculpture, and even paint on canvas can transcend centuries, if not even millennia. But... what of film? The medium itself is only about a century and a half old,... and films as we understand them for maybe 75% of that time. Would these films still exist in another 200, 300, 500, or thousand years? Would they survive in the same way that carvings, sculpture, and paintings have? And if they do not,... then could the legacy these films have sought to preserve end up dying with them? We feel so sure of the technological advances we as a nation, and even species have made in the last century,... but what of it will still live on? In our conquest of the American landscape, from sea to shining sea,... has our expansion and subsequent eradication of the many cultures that previously lived here made their own histories doomed to be forgotten, should all the things we have created turn out to not remain, come the year 3000? I'm sorry if this is a bit melancholic. But its the kind of things that film like this makes me think of. Not only past cultures lost, but wondering if ours would even be remembered at all.
As an adolescent, I saw this film in the theater with my dad and it had a huge impact on me. A seminal experience in my journey as a movie-lover. I suspect you will love it. Oh, and the Native American actor with the friendly face: his name is Graham Greene. You will see him again in MAVERICK.
This was one of my mom's favorite movies. So she knew it pretty well. So whenever something crazy or stupid happened around us or if a family member farted, I would say, "Put that in your book." every time and she would bust out laughing real hard. Fart jokes are always funny.
The "Love Theme" is tied with the "John Dunbar Theme." John Barry's epic score that deservedly won an Oscar and one of my top 10 favorite original scores. Also adore his 1985 "Out of Africa" score which was nominated and won(?). You can hear clear thematic musical overlaps between the two soundtracks...they were only 5 years apart.
My wife and I watched this in the theater when it first came out. There was a talkative older couple in the seats behind us. They commented to each other during the whole movie. It was kind of annoying until in the scene where Stands With Fist takes off her dress in front of John, the older woman said to her husband, "I think she likes him." To this day, if we're watching a romantic scene in any show, either my wife or I will say, "I think she likes him." Great movie. And I truly love your reaction.
It's a great story, with great actors, and the cinematography might just be as good as it gets in this genre. You can't go wrong with Robert Duvall in a western. Lonesome Dove is still one of my favorites.
Fun fact, some of the locations of this film was on my Great Aunts property. And she actually got to meet Kevin Costner. I absolutely adore this film, and knowing that my distant relative agreed for the movie to be filmed on her land. Also, The Civil War is (one) of the greatest yet bloodiest War of America to date.
This the first thing I remember seeing Wes Studi in. He plays the Pawnee leader who was killed by the circle of Lakota and Dunbar. He is one of my favorite character actors, and I love it when he’s in something I’m watching!
As a fellow Oklahoman, I always like to see Wes Studi's appearances and follow his work. He is a Cherokee who spoke only that language until he started attending school. He's also played another tough character as Magua in Last of the Mohicans, and Geronimo in the movie by that name, and dozens of other movie appearances. He has given of his time to helping train other Native American actors as well as working to preserve the Cherokee language. Wes Studi is in the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum's Hall of Great Western Performers - a true professional!
Your quotes, “we know how this all ends and we took without asking.” Really puts movies like this into perspective. If only reality didn’t get in the way with our fantasies.
Every great culture in history has "taken without asking." Strength and power are all that matters in the end. It's the way of the warrior, the law of the jungle, and the native tribes were engaged in constant, brutal warfare for territory amongst themselves before the white man came and conquered them all. White people get a lot of grief for kicking so much ass over the course of history, not because they did anything that was morally different from anyone else, but because they were more successful at it. Criticisms of white history are not motivated by any legitimate sense of moral indignation, but only by the envy and resentment of history's losers. But hey, don't let reality get in the way of your self-righteous fantasies, snowflake.
Your comment is great, don't pay attention to the reply of the racist guys. As a Lakota myself, we understand the hardships and it was already understood in the past. That if the US had come to us with true intentions, things would have been better. If you're actually curious. Look up the treaties or the court cases of the John Marshall trilogies. But hopefully our reality gets better with time. Thanks @Chriss Gaines
One of the greatest of all time. 2 Socks dying gets me every time. He wasn’t hurting anyone and those assholes killed him for fun. I’m Native American too so I love this movie.
Yep, made me leave the theater for a few long seconds it felt like, and when I opened the door, they were still shooting at 2 Socks. Why the slow wait. I left without looking back. I hate seeing an animal dying in movies but that prolonged shooting made seeing any animal in a movie a no way I'm watching anymore movies with an animal. Cases in point, The Babaduk, I Am Legend, the Evil Dead remake. Seems like there has to be a pet in horror movies. Is Kevin Costner's Open Range even gave me wearies. Yes the animal dies but no prolong shooting that messed it up with me.
@@scottjo63 speaking of animals I’m glad the part where the Pawnee killed the 2 dogs. I get sad every time I hear those poor yelps as they’re hit with arrows. I always fast forward that part.
Yes, finally! IMO, Dances with Wolves is a modern epic film, almost on par with Ben-Hur, and The Ten Commandments. Whether it will stand the test of time, remains to be seen, however. This movie's strengths are, the cast (Had to learn an actual Native American language), the wide-angle shots showing the beauty of the rolling plains, and the poignant storyline.
It went up against Goodfellas in Oscars. I think both are legitimately are great movies. I liked Wolves better as a kid but I like Goodfellas more as an adult.
Great job as always. Thank you and your sister. This cannot be said about many people, but the world is actually better off for the two of you. Genuineness and Joy are in very small supply as of late. Thank you for providing them in great quantity for us.
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For the last scene "is that a pawnee helping them?" There were a number of tribes used as scouts to help hunt down other tribes or even their own. For my tribe for instance, they were Navajo scouts used to hunt down other navajos or look for Geromino's band of fighters.
The Pawnees were unfortunate to be cast as the "bad indians" because they attacked the Lakotas. In reality the native tribes attack/raid each other on a regular basis for food, horse or captives for labor or to be traded. Every native tribe know what a Pawnee raid is like. It is like a Lakota, Apache, Kiowa or Cheyenne raid. The Pawnee scouts at the end are like other tribes too. The Crows threw their lot with the US Army not because of their great love of the USA but because the Lakota-Cheyenne alliance were decimating them. There are no "good" or "bad" Indian.
I was a 'Wind in His Hair' once when I sent off my childhood friend of British origin at a rural airfield. As the small plane moved for take-off, I remembered running along the fence, tears streaming down my cheek. My parents let me be.
Haven’t watched this film since it was first released on vhs back in the day! Another western directed by Costner, I’d heartily recommend, is ‘Open Range’.
@@robertcampbell8070 I much prefer Open Range….it’s actually become one of my all time favourite westerns. I like Costner as an actor but I freakin love Robert Duvall :-).
Amazing that you didn't cry, I just can't watch this movie without bawling my eyes out. I love it very much, but the ending is so sad and heart-breaking. When they kill the horse and wolf, and then the goodbyes at the end, always gets me. But an absolute classic, thanks for reacting to it :)
I think Two Socks' death is to symbolize all the death to wildlife that followed white people. Buffalo nearly extinct, wolves had to be reintroduced to Yellowstone and lord knows where else. It's not just the people who suffered from needless killing and atrocities, but harmless animals as well. I'm not going to say the whole ecosystem collapsed, but it definitely must've taken a blow.
Awesome choice. I love this movie since I watched it years ago. The translation of the German title is "The one, who dances with the wolf" btw :) 17:00 Pawnee killed her family and she is with the Sioux. These are different tribes.
The 'Indian or native Amerian at around 10:30 is the Canadian actor Graham Greene. I've seen him in several movies. - Yes they just killed the buffalo. It was an attempt at robbing the Indians of their primary food supply. So much for 'manifest destiny'.
When I lived in British Colombia, I met one of the native actors of that movie. I meat him at a booth I had set up in the mall. Once when I was in his house, he had his award hanging of his fire place. He showed me who in the movie he was. I remember his name. His name is Buffalo Child.
Beautiful film. So glad you watched it with Carly. Love all the banter you gals do.. the honest questions and predictions and not being judgmental and opening yourself to the movie(or history).. It's a tough film to watch but with such beautiful human moment. The proud Wind In His Hair expressing his friendship at the end always gets to me.. and then that beautiful score.. by Jon Barry. This film is on par with Shawshank Redemption in my books. It's in my top 5 movies that share the #1.. Hehe.. Wonder what you gals gonna watch next.. :D
If you like this, I recommend the mini series "Lonesome Dove". It has a fantastic cast and is a great show. I think you would like "Glory" starring Morgan Freeman and Denzel Washington.
@@M4EOzzy and it's considered part of a Robert Duvall trilogy. First, there's Lonesome Dove then Open Range. Then Robert Duvall went to star in another TV western called Broken Trails in 2006 in which "A veteran cowboy and his nephew save five Chinese girls from prostitution while trekking from Oregon to Wyoming". Another excellent trail drive movie also with Thomas Haden, directed by Walter Hill.
If there was ever a film deserving all the Academy Awards in this world, then this one. I could not get this film out of my mind for years. This is pure cinematic mastery. You cannot get it any better. And it was Costners first film as a director! But I believe, that if your heart is in the making, if you really by heart go with your story, it will be a huge success. If you just do it for money reasons or for the fans.... forget it. This film was made out of its own heart and soul. there were no fans expecting something. there were no financial hopes in this film. nobody even cared. except the people who made it. And they succeeded. It is a cultural treasure. I haven't seen a film like that or in that category for a very long time. I miss the 90ies in terms of moviemaking.
This film was one of the first major motion pictures to represent Natives in more realistic role than of scavengers, drunks, or sadistic villains. Hollywood had made it a long standing ideology of the 'wild, mindless heathen' that not only diminished Native Americans represented in films but informed the global perception of Native peoples in reality. To this day the perception of Native People are based on what is seen in film and/or shows; Dances With Wolves was a deliberate departure from that typical Hollywood formula leading the way for the ideoligies of the past to be reimagined and renegotiated. This film can be quite a shock to those "living a sheltered life" or "under a rock" with it's depiction of the Native people but also a hint, albeit just a slight hint, of the atrocities laid down on the Native People by the U.S. government. What this film also hints upon is the historical systematic attempt to ethnically cleanse an entire race of people from existance and the means by which they tried. A lesser know movie in 1970 called Soldier Blue was a rare film to address the American Holocaust of the indigenous people of America. Dances With Wolves is beautifully directed, scored, and performed but it is still highly romantic, a good watch, but sugar-coated compared to the reality of how the frontier existed then.
This movie cast a lot of Native Americans, aka, Indians as the Lakota, and other tribes. When they won some Academy Awards was the last time that I watched the Oscars. It was one of the few times I enjoyed watching that awards show.
People like you two is what this world needs so much more of. I know people that have no idea what its like to be around people that are sincere, loving in heart and true to word. I told them to watch POP CORN IN BED WITH CASSIE AND CARLY. ♥️♥️♥️👍🙏
Based on the conversation about sweets at the beginning, someone should suggest the movie “Chocolat” for both of these girls to watch. Its not only right up their alley when it comes to romance, but also It’s a fantastic movie on its own.
Check out "The Sting" - with Paul Newman and Robert Redford. It's an amazing film - filled with great humor, a wonderfully twisted tale which will captivate and entertain - the music won an Academy Award for Marvin Hamlish for his arrangement of Scott Joplin's ragtime music from the early 1900s. It is a classic which you'll enjoy from beginning to end!
This movie's pothole is why was he narrating at his wedding when he clearly left his journal at the fort. The entire time he's living with the tribe he didn't have his journal yet he kept doing voice overs.
The extended cut is literally like turning the pages of the book. With the exception of I believe only 4 scenes in the book which were left out. Also, the ending of the book is different than the end in both film versions.
I love this channel. John Dunbar in Dances with Wolves was wounded at the beginning and after the surgeon says, "He can wait, lets coffee up?", he knew he was going to lose his leg and he was trying to commit suicide and he was trying to be killed and I the generals who showed up, I think, admired his bravery and even if it was just a moment, he knew this guy was worth saving?
I really enjoyed this. One of my favorite movies as well. You have again managed to high-light the best parts which ties the story together with your comments.
All three films connect to the land and its preservation, but in there own ways. A Sci-fi, a western and an ecology based animated children's movie. Loved all three, myself!
I went to see this twice in movie theaters, original cut and the extended cut. A great movie that seems to have been forgotten about these days. I also remember thinking at the time how cool it was that all the native Americans were played by native Americans.
I went on a mission trip to a Lakota Reservation in South Dakota. I got to meet a number of people of that tribe. Like Dunbar said, they are just regular people that like the same things that we all like in life. I will add that they were welcoming to us. Their children were the most loving that I have ever seen. They were just full of love. One particular 7 year old girl was something special. All she could do is smile whenever she saw us and it was genuine love.
I'm a treaty 7 Sioux from alberta and I always wondered when someone would react to this movie and was happy to see you guys do it!, such a great movie! Thank you.
There's a story that Kevin Costner told a few years ago on the Graham Norton show about the writer of this movie. It's beyond heartfelt. I'd recommend watching it.
I can't believe I watched this movie as a kid. No wonder I cry whenever an animal dies in a movie. This one traumatized me, in a good way. It really woke up my perception of the horror that the frontiersmen put the Native Americans through. Great movie.
Every few years we get these epic films that will always stay with us . Movies like Ben Hur. The ten commandments Braveheart the last samurai. and this . There is just something about these kinds of films. And I think what it is . Its the whole thing about the heart of being a human being the main player in the story has a good heart sometimes has to find it again or gains it . . I believe thats where films like these stem from.I'm very happy u have reacted to a few of these CLASSICS . And I'm sure you will react to more. So thank you for watching these . Some people won't even watch films like these let alone react to them. ! But with that being said can't wait for your Rocky 3 reaction. That film is really the full circle in the Rocky saga .
Nice review. "Dances With Wolves" is one of my all-time favorite films for a number of reasons. I love historical epics, strong acting, and an incredibly moving score.....and DWW has it all in spades. It's moving in many ways and leaves a lasting impression considering its authentic nature. The extended cut is much better as it fleshes out so much more of the story and characters.
Damn fine movie. Not watched it since the 90s. Hate seeing his wolf friend get killed. Also with my wife's passing Ill never do some things we did together again.
my personnal thoughts are ' the native americans lived in such perfect harmony with nature and the land they lived on' its a pity that us europeans lost our way in this respect, and i find that so very sad
Abolishing slavery was secondary. Not all northern states had finished abolishing slavery and even after the Civil War, many laws persisted making it mostly a mute point. It took decades to fully see the impact, well into the 1900s. Watch the movie "Hidden Figures" (based on a true story) about how racism left from post Civil War era was still in effect during the space race. The primary fight of the Civil War was about states rights versus federal rights. When the revolutionary war took place each state had its own militia fighting for its own state. Post Revolutionary War, the states made an agreement to have a federal government based on the preamble of our constitution: We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. The idea was interpreted differently in each state at the time. States in the south felt that their laws superseded federal when the two would conflict. The north felt the opposite, believing that the strength of the united government lied in the power being federal. When the federal government flexed its power to try and make the southern states comply, war broke out - The Civil War. I'm oversimplifying it here. It's important that you understand: Before the Civil War documents of state signed by the United States would say "The United States *are*" - plural. Post Civil War, documents of state read "The United States *is*" - singular. United. Even still, without slavery there was legal racism employed for decades: Jim Crow laws, colored and white bathrooms and even water fountains. sections on a bus or train. I hope this gives some perspective.
My favorite western movie. With the DVD, I think I have seen it more than 40 times (theatrical or long version). It will always remind me that, in History, the good isn’t so good and the evil isn’t so evil.
When I was in the hospital for a g.s.w. to the face the local papago chief heard about it and sent me an egeale feather and gave me a honorary native name I don't know how to pronounce it but it means laffing feather. I love this movie tatanka
I am a big game hunter here in Colorado. I have hunted Buffalo. Believe it or not they are one of the most gentle and docile and curious animals you'll ever meet. I stopped hunting them because of those reasons
Enjoyed watching your input/reactions! Classic film! I'd also recommend The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, which captures the desperate times of the Civil War very well! Imagine life in the 1800's with no creature comforts, modern conveniences, etc. Has always been my favorite time in history to study, watch, read about, etc. From The Alamo to the Civil War to Little Bighorn to the final massacre at Wounded Knee, etc. and such brave heroes as General Custer, great Chief Sitting Bull and fearless warrior Crazy Horse! Such a fascinating time in our history!
"I am Wind in His Hair. Do you see that I am your friend? Can you see that you will always be my friend?" So powerful - with John Barry's epic score. I cry tears every single time. This is a timeless classic.
Agreed. If you watch that scene and don't tear up, you have no soul... and I'm an atheist...
That actor name is Rodney Grant.
That's the part that makes men well up. That kind of "brothers in arms" stuff always gets me, where they're tough and not emotional but then you see they would die for each other.
Yup. Same here.
Man tears every damn time! 🧅😪😪
The extended cut *is* important because it makes SO much more sense. There are little scenes that they had to cut out in order to trim down the run time. Believe me, the extended cut exists not because Costner prefers the theatrical cut, but because they HAD to make it shorter. The idea that people would sit in a theater and watch a 3-hr in 1990 was considered foolish, no one would do that. The extended cut shows so much more of a relationship between John and Stands with a Fist, more with the wolf, more with the Lakota, and little things that change the tone of certain scenes. It does extend the movie to almost 4 hours, and then it requires an intermission to get through it, but it's SO worth it.
At 19:35 The older woman riding in the background was actually the Lakota coach. She taught Lakota at the local community college. They asked her if she wanted to have a bit part in the movie. She was very happy to have the opportunity because with the money she and her husband could buy a new refrigerator.
This is one of my favorite movies. I'm a native of South Dakota where it was filmed. When I'm missing home I watch this.
I know a lot of people who worked on this movie. They all say it was a great experience. Kevin Costner fell in love with South Dakota and bought a ranch there and invested in some businesses. I actually got to meet him.
I am Dakota (Sioux) and this movie was very good in telling the story of what happened to our people ... The end of the way we lived, the beginning of the way the USA treated us ... yeah
Pidamaya!
USA treated it's own people badly too, still does
Why does it always have to be this way? The little man dying for those in power, not for freedom or honor.
I believe this is one of the greatest films ever. Costner was made an honorary Sioux for his honest depiction of them for the first time. The buffalo hunt was done without any CGI or any altering of the speed of the film, and was, and still is, considered one of the great moments in film cinematography (among the likes of Ben Hur).
This was not an honest movie. It was pure liberal fairy tale. Please grow up. This is not how Indians behaved.
@@miketaylor7471 Oh, how did they behave genius? Like crazy savages? Please let us know the truth.
@@northernpunx1978 We have archaeological evidence. We have evidence from hunter-gatherer societies all over the planet. We have eyewitness reports from both Indians and white people. There was never a time in history when peaceful "Noble savages" walked the earth. You'd know this if you'd stop and reflect for a moment. Stop thinking of it like it was a cartoon.
@@miketaylor7471 I'm as conservative as they come. You sound ignorant. You think there were no Indians that tried to get along with the white man? Really?
@@williambroer5258 the huron got along just fine with the french
Being native American I love this film..
it truly breaks my heart every time I watch it...Great reaction ladies!
Which tribe are you from & where sir? I have an important question I would like to ask you.
I'm Yankton Sioux (located in South Dakota) & White. This movie along with several others, will always have a special place in my heart.
@@IChooseJesus9091 Oglala/Hunkpapa/mnicoujou of the Big Foot clan here, the moment he rode his horse and was shot at by the south and wasnt hit. That was Crazy Horses vision, Kevin Cosnor did his research and i love that moment.
There's also a game called "this land is my land" where you play the native American guy for once 😉
Another to watch is "Last of the dogmen" from 1995.
Fun fact: Kevin Costner's spreading out of his arms while doing his suicide run at the start of the film was a completely spontaneous gesture that took his stunt coordinator by surprise.
2nd Fun fact: The union soldier, who saves Kevin Costner's character by shooting another soldier in the forehead who is about to kill him, is played by Kevin's father Bill Costner. Kevin Costner asked his father to play the role in this movie and said, "You wanna be in the movie? You wanna save me? And his dad said, "Yeah!""
Final fun fact: During the scene where the buffalo is charging at Smiles a Lot, the buffalo is actually charging at a pile of its favorite treat: Oreo cookies.
I might charge for Oreos too!
Could never get me to charge at a pile of Oreos. A pile of carne asada burritos, on the other hand...
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I'm a Native American. I brought my family to go watch this movie in a theatre.
It diffinitely changed my life.
I told everyone that Mr Kevin Costner can make the worst movies the rest of career and I would still love him for making this film.
Nobody .film industry did not want to help him. Mr Costner. Hollywood laughed at him because he told them he wanted to do a western and that the Indians ( Native Americans) Be the good guy's.
Eighteen months later he was in Los Angeles at the Oscars with his film " Dances with Wolves" nominated for 11 Academy Awards.
Other movie producer's wanted Mr Costner to star in other films. The hunt for the Red October. And others .But Mr .Costner dedicated his time, money, and energy to make sure this film got produced.
To this day, it's my favorite film of all Time.
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@@Novastar.SaberCombat me too.
It's definitely his best movie.
I may be "white", but there is a reason for my name. I am sorry for what has happened to your people.
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Please don't be sorry.
I think world history repeating itself some one is always taking without asking.
Recently I informed my 70 year old cousin she was 1/8th Sioux. That her great grandmother
was full. Her was surprised as no one had told her that her grand mother who we knew was born in Montana and raised on the Reservation. I also informed her that my father was part Cherokee from Tennessee. My father did not know this until just before he died because my grand mother hid it as she was ashamed. On my and my cousin's mothers line we were descended from several of the passengers on the Mayflower. We are Americans.
As the family genealogist, I understand this completely. I've looked and hope for Native American blood in my lines. Finally found it -- WAY, WAY back; for far back I probably shouldn't have even mentioned it. And, yes, I have several lines from the Mayflower. It is so cool to learn of the lives that went before out own, of whom we are a tiny part.
"Don't you hurt my mule." And with one final line, a hated character, gets so much sympathy before his death from the audience. Always found that line so sad.
Yeah that was sad. I wouldn't classify timmons as hated. More of a rough ignorant slob that you can tell had a good heart all along.
@@MrAitraining Yeah, Spivey is - hands down - the most hated character. Lying about the journal then wiping his butt with it, then gleefully shooting Two Socks? Yeah, he's the worst.
I think it would be extreme to say he was hated. Although he was annoying, he was harmless enough to begin with.
@@MrAitraining "Put that in your book" was my favorite line in the movie.
Hated? I liked Timmins from the first moment. Great character and yes.. his death was heartbreaking.
I have loved this movie since it was being filmed in South Dakota. I knew many of the people in the movie and I went to university with Kevin Costner. We were in the same Physical Education Baseball class. The people in this movie had to learn Lakota, one of the Siouan languages unless they were among the few who actually did speak this. I was impressed at how many spoke it so well. All the kids in this movie were kids from the local area and also from the Pine Ridge Reservation as were many of the adults. I had so many good friends who were and are Lakota. They are as kind and peaceful as any people I have ever known. I am very pleased that you enjoyed the movie!!
If I ever learn French and Spanish, Lakota would be the third language I would love to learn.
I believe the instructor who taught them Lakota was a Sioux descendent named Doris Leader Charge. She not only teaches the Lakota language (I forget where), but did her part to make sure the language remain immortalized by her participation in this film, not only as instructor, but in the film as well with a few spoken lines of her own. Thus a native Sioux, speaking true Lakota in its original form.
So many Native American Nations have unfortunately disappeared into history with little remaining but their name and basic details. But this film ensures that a piece of the Lakota Sioux will forever remain, so long as the film medium continues to exist.
Having said that,... it does give me a moment of pause. Carved relief, stone sculpture, and even paint on canvas can transcend centuries, if not even millennia. But... what of film? The medium itself is only about a century and a half old,... and films as we understand them for maybe 75% of that time. Would these films still exist in another 200, 300, 500, or thousand years? Would they survive in the same way that carvings, sculpture, and paintings have? And if they do not,... then could the legacy these films have sought to preserve end up dying with them?
We feel so sure of the technological advances we as a nation, and even species have made in the last century,... but what of it will still live on? In our conquest of the American landscape, from sea to shining sea,... has our expansion and subsequent eradication of the many cultures that previously lived here made their own histories doomed to be forgotten, should all the things we have created turn out to not remain, come the year 3000?
I'm sorry if this is a bit melancholic. But its the kind of things that film like this makes me think of. Not only past cultures lost, but wondering if ours would even be remembered at all.
@k1productions87 that's pretty deep.
As an adolescent, I saw this film in the theater with my dad and it had a huge impact on me. A seminal experience in my journey as a movie-lover. I suspect you will love it.
Oh, and the Native American actor with the friendly face: his name is Graham Greene. You will see him again in MAVERICK.
Maverick is a fun and good movie. :)
And he's in 'The Green Mile'.....but she may have already seen that one.
He's hilarious in Maverick!
He’s also in Thunderheart, with Val Kilmer. A great and underrated movie.
@@minnesotajones261 yeah he was..lol
I never thought I would enjoy watching people watch a movie. But seeing you two watch a movie I love is fun. You guys are adorable.
I'm almost 50 years old. This is my favorite movie. Brings me to tears every time. Very beautiful reaction. Thanks ladies.
Same here man. Movie gets me every time. So does the music. I was a senior in high school when it was released.
See this movie 10 + times as a teenager. Still have the DVD
This was one of my mom's favorite movies. So she knew it pretty well. So whenever something crazy or stupid happened around us or if a family member farted, I would say, "Put that in your book." every time and she would bust out laughing real hard. Fart jokes are always funny.
I bet pull my finger was the first joke.
The most moving soundtrack of all time. I adore "John Dunbar's Theme."
Two Socks/The Wolf Theme is also just amazing. In fact, the whole soundtrack is a masterclass as you say.
All composed by John Barry. THIS is the film that got me into music.
The "Love Theme" is tied with the "John Dunbar Theme." John Barry's epic score that deservedly won an Oscar and one of my top 10 favorite original scores. Also adore his 1985 "Out of Africa" score which was nominated and won(?). You can hear clear thematic musical overlaps between the two soundtracks...they were only 5 years apart.
My wife and I watched this in the theater when it first came out. There was a talkative older couple in the seats behind us. They commented to each other during the whole movie. It was kind of annoying until in the scene where Stands With Fist takes off her dress in front of John, the older woman said to her husband, "I think she likes him." To this day, if we're watching a romantic scene in any show, either my wife or I will say, "I think she likes him." Great movie. And I truly love your reaction.
Very cool memory.
Too funny! Can't stop giggling.
Another very good western with Costner, and Robert Duvall, is "Open Range".
It's a great story, with great actors, and the cinematography might just be as good as it gets in this genre. You can't go wrong with Robert Duvall in a western. Lonesome Dove is still one of my favorites.
I believe Kevin Costner does not get enough credit for the work he's done in western films he is truly a gifted actor
Silverado was another great one. Everyone's probably already seen it, though.
That role was perfect for Costner.
That shootout at the end is epic
Fun fact, some of the locations of this film was on my Great Aunts property. And she actually got to meet Kevin Costner. I absolutely adore this film, and knowing that my distant relative agreed for the movie to be filmed on her land. Also, The Civil War is (one) of the greatest yet bloodiest War of America to date.
This the first thing I remember seeing Wes Studi in. He plays the Pawnee leader who was killed by the circle of Lakota and Dunbar. He is one of my favorite character actors, and I love it when he’s in something I’m watching!
As a fellow Oklahoman, I always like to see Wes Studi's appearances and follow his work. He is a Cherokee who spoke only that language until he started attending school. He's also played another tough character as Magua in Last of the Mohicans, and Geronimo in the movie by that name, and dozens of other movie appearances. He has given of his time to helping train other Native American actors as well as working to preserve the Cherokee language. Wes Studi is in the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum's Hall of Great Western Performers - a true professional!
@@ranger-1214 along with being a Vietnam vet as well
Your quotes, “we know how this all ends and we took without asking.” Really puts movies like this into perspective. If only reality didn’t get in the way with our fantasies.
Every great culture in history has "taken without asking." Strength and power are all that matters in the end. It's the way of the warrior, the law of the jungle, and the native tribes were engaged in constant, brutal warfare for territory amongst themselves before the white man came and conquered them all. White people get a lot of grief for kicking so much ass over the course of history, not because they did anything that was morally different from anyone else, but because they were more successful at it. Criticisms of white history are not motivated by any legitimate sense of moral indignation, but only by the envy and resentment of history's losers. But hey, don't let reality get in the way of your self-righteous fantasies, snowflake.
Your comment is great, don't pay attention to the reply of the racist guys. As a Lakota myself, we understand the hardships and it was already understood in the past. That if the US had come to us with true intentions, things would have been better. If you're actually curious. Look up the treaties or the court cases of the John Marshall trilogies. But hopefully our reality gets better with time. Thanks @Chriss Gaines
One of the greatest of all time. 2 Socks dying gets me every time. He wasn’t hurting anyone and those assholes killed him for fun. I’m Native American too so I love this movie.
Yep, made me leave the theater for a few long seconds it felt like, and when I opened the door, they were still shooting at 2 Socks. Why the slow wait. I left without looking back. I hate seeing an animal dying in movies but that prolonged shooting made seeing any animal in a movie a no way I'm watching anymore movies with an animal. Cases in point, The Babaduk, I Am Legend, the Evil Dead remake. Seems like there has to be a pet in horror movies. Is Kevin Costner's Open Range even gave me wearies. Yes the animal dies but no prolong shooting that messed it up with me.
@@scottjo63 speaking of animals I’m glad the part where the Pawnee killed the 2 dogs. I get sad every time I hear those poor yelps as they’re hit with arrows. I always fast forward that part.
Have you ever watched Last of the dogmen from 1995
@@nielsjosefsen431 nope
This film has always spoken to me. It has an almost spiritual quality at times as we watch his personal growth and transition.
The cinematography and soundtrack to this movie is beyond magnificent!!!! Such a beautiful movie !!!
If you haven't seen Ladyhawke, you should check it out. It's a love story and has a happy ending so you should like it.
One of my favorites!
Yes, finally! IMO, Dances with Wolves is a modern epic film, almost on par with Ben-Hur, and The Ten Commandments. Whether it will stand the test of time, remains to be seen, however. This movie's strengths are, the cast (Had to learn an actual Native American language), the wide-angle shots showing the beauty of the rolling plains, and the poignant storyline.
+John Barry ;)
both the human and the animal cast were amazing in this...
Titanic
But it's amazing that Kevin pulled this epic off on such a low budget
32 years isn't enough time?
It went up against Goodfellas in Oscars. I think both are legitimately are great movies. I liked Wolves better as a kid but I like Goodfellas more as an adult.
Great job as always. Thank you and your sister. This cannot be said about many people, but the world is actually better off for the two of you. Genuineness and Joy are in very small supply as of late. Thank you for providing them in great quantity for us.
Hello from Finland! I stumbled on your channel by accident and just completely loved your genuine feels and powerful emotions you shared with all of us! I binge-cried/laughed away all your videos in one sitting, and developed a serious internet crush on you as well🤦🏼 Not the creepy kind, but serious still😁 I’m sure you get like stupid amounts of recommendations for movies to watch, and adding up to that pile: Leon! You got to watch it, if you haven’t already!❤️
I hope nothing but love and good things in your life☺️
Welcome Wellu! Cassie is hosting a livestream on January 29th, It will be around 1:00 am your time, though. Would love to have you there! -Jon
For the last scene "is that a pawnee helping them?"
There were a number of tribes used as scouts to help hunt down other tribes or even their own. For my tribe for instance, they were Navajo scouts used to hunt down other navajos or look for Geromino's band of fighters.
Those were Crow scouts. They worked with the U.S. Cavalry a lot, including being with Custer at Little Bighorn. The Crow were enemies of the Sioux.
The Pawnees were unfortunate to be cast as the "bad indians" because they attacked the Lakotas. In reality the native tribes attack/raid each other on a regular basis for food, horse or captives for labor or to be traded. Every native tribe know what a Pawnee raid is like. It is like a Lakota, Apache, Kiowa or Cheyenne raid. The Pawnee scouts at the end are like other tribes too. The Crows threw their lot with the US Army not because of their great love of the USA but because the Lakota-Cheyenne alliance were decimating them. There are no "good" or "bad" Indian.
It's Pawnee scouts..further west other scouts ..Crow ..Shoshone .Arikarra
I was a 'Wind in His Hair' once when I sent off my childhood friend of British origin at a rural airfield. As the small plane moved for take-off, I remembered running along the fence, tears streaming down my cheek. My parents let me be.
Haven’t watched this film since it was first released on vhs back in the day! Another western directed by Costner, I’d heartily recommend, is ‘Open Range’.
I'll definitely second Open Range. Not going to lie, I actually prefer it to Dances With Wolves.
@@robertcampbell8070 I much prefer Open Range….it’s actually become one of my all time favourite westerns. I like Costner as an actor but I freakin love Robert Duvall :-).
The problem is that open range is mindnumbling boring until the last 45 minutes or so.
Amazing that you didn't cry, I just can't watch this movie without bawling my eyes out. I love it very much, but the ending is so sad and heart-breaking. When they kill the horse and wolf, and then the goodbyes at the end, always gets me. But an absolute classic, thanks for reacting to it :)
I think Two Socks' death is to symbolize all the death to wildlife that followed white people. Buffalo nearly extinct, wolves had to be reintroduced to Yellowstone and lord knows where else. It's not just the people who suffered from needless killing and atrocities, but harmless animals as well. I'm not going to say the whole ecosystem collapsed, but it definitely must've taken a blow.
Beautiful film, where watching it feels like reading a really great book
Feels like a lesson in history.
Very good analogy.
This guy got home from a trip and his wife asked, "Did you miss me?"
He answers, "Well, yea. You wouldn't stand still."
Awesome choice. I love this movie since I watched it years ago. The translation of the German title is "The one, who dances with the wolf" btw :)
17:00 Pawnee killed her family and she is with the Sioux. These are different tribes.
The 'Indian or native Amerian at around 10:30 is the Canadian actor Graham Greene. I've seen him in several movies. - Yes they just killed the buffalo. It was an attempt at robbing the Indians of their primary food supply. So much for 'manifest destiny'.
When I lived in British Colombia, I met one of the native actors of that movie. I meat him at a booth I had set up in the mall. Once when I was in his house, he had his award hanging of his fire place. He showed me who in the movie he was. I remember his name. His name is Buffalo Child.
Beautiful film. So glad you watched it with Carly. Love all the banter you gals do.. the honest questions and predictions and not being judgmental and opening yourself to the movie(or history)..
It's a tough film to watch but with such beautiful human moment. The proud Wind In His Hair expressing his friendship at the end always gets to me.. and then that beautiful score.. by Jon Barry.
This film is on par with Shawshank Redemption in my books.
It's in my top 5 movies that share the #1.. Hehe..
Wonder what you gals gonna watch next.. :D
"Wind in his hair" the best character.
If you like this, I recommend the mini series "Lonesome Dove". It has a fantastic cast and is a great show. I think you would like "Glory" starring Morgan Freeman and Denzel Washington.
I hate to be that guy, but read Lonesome Dove and THEN watch it. So Good.
There is another with Tom Beringer. Named Last od the dogmen from 1995. I love that to
Yeah GLORY one of those well loved Hollywood civil war epics. It always rated very high with me
Love Lonesome Dove. Open Range is another wonderful western with Costner and Robert Duvall being full Gus McCrae.
@@M4EOzzy and it's considered part of a Robert Duvall trilogy. First, there's Lonesome Dove then Open Range. Then Robert Duvall went to star in another TV western called Broken Trails in 2006 in which "A veteran cowboy and his nephew save five Chinese girls from prostitution while trekking from Oregon to Wyoming". Another excellent trail drive movie also with Thomas Haden, directed by Walter Hill.
If there was ever a film deserving all the Academy Awards in this world, then this one. I could not get this film out of my mind for years. This is pure cinematic mastery. You cannot get it any better. And it was Costners first film as a director! But I believe, that if your heart is in the making, if you really by heart go with your story, it will be a huge success. If you just do it for money reasons or for the fans.... forget it. This film was made out of its own heart and soul. there were no fans expecting something. there were no financial hopes in this film. nobody even cared. except the people who made it. And they succeeded. It is a cultural treasure. I haven't seen a film like that or in that category for a very long time. I miss the 90ies in terms of moviemaking.
This film was one of the first major motion pictures to represent Natives in more realistic role than of scavengers, drunks, or sadistic villains. Hollywood had made it a long standing ideology of the 'wild, mindless heathen' that not only diminished Native Americans represented in films but informed the global perception of Native peoples in reality. To this day the perception of Native People are based on what is seen in film and/or shows; Dances With Wolves was a deliberate departure from that typical Hollywood formula leading the way for the ideoligies of the past to be reimagined and renegotiated. This film can be quite a shock to those "living a sheltered life" or "under a rock" with it's depiction of the Native people but also a hint, albeit just a slight hint, of the atrocities laid down on the Native People by the U.S. government. What this film also hints upon is the historical systematic attempt to ethnically cleanse an entire race of people from existance and the means by which they tried. A lesser know movie in 1970 called Soldier Blue was a rare film to address the American Holocaust of the indigenous people of America. Dances With Wolves is beautifully directed, scored, and performed but it is still highly romantic, a good watch, but sugar-coated compared to the reality of how the frontier existed then.
This movie cast a lot of Native Americans, aka, Indians as the Lakota, and other tribes. When they won some Academy Awards was the last time that I watched the Oscars. It was one of the few times I enjoyed watching that awards show.
Your sister wiggles when you talk about this film. So cute 🥰
People like you two is what this world needs so much more of. I know people that have no idea what its like to be around people that are sincere, loving in heart and true to word. I told them to watch POP CORN IN BED WITH CASSIE AND CARLY. ♥️♥️♥️👍🙏
Based on the conversation about sweets at the beginning, someone should suggest the movie “Chocolat” for both of these girls to watch. Its not only right up their alley when it comes to romance, but also It’s a fantastic movie on its own.
I second that.
Check out "The Sting" - with Paul Newman and Robert Redford. It's an amazing film - filled with great humor, a wonderfully twisted tale which will captivate and entertain - the music won an Academy Award for Marvin Hamlish for his arrangement of Scott Joplin's ragtime music from the early 1900s. It is a classic which you'll enjoy from beginning to end!
This movie's pothole is why was he narrating at his wedding when he clearly left his journal at the fort. The entire time he's living with the tribe he didn't have his journal yet he kept doing voice overs.
The extended cut is literally like turning the pages of the book. With the exception of I believe only 4 scenes in the book which were left out. Also, the ending of the book is different than the end in both film versions.
I love this channel. John Dunbar in Dances with Wolves was wounded at the beginning and after the surgeon says, "He can wait, lets coffee up?", he knew he was going to lose his leg and he was trying to commit suicide and he was trying to be killed and I the generals who showed up, I think, admired his bravery and even if it was just a moment, he knew this guy was worth saving?
I love the scene on his horse, because basically he is saying that he would rather die than lose his leg and be a cripple
This was a good movie as was 'Field of Dreams' but, if you want the quintessential Kevin Costner Western, and I suggest my favorite... 'Open Range'
have to agree 100 % open range is an excellent film!!!!!
Such an amazing movie! Criminally underrated IMO.
So so so good.
Agreed; Open Range is my favorite Kevin Costner film.
I really enjoyed this. One of my favorite movies as well. You have again managed to high-light the best parts which ties the story together with your comments.
The movie 'Young Guns' is a classic. And an all star car. Oh, and 'The Outsiders' (check out the cast)
Avatar is a cross between this movie, and Fern Gully. I love all 3 :)
All three films connect to the land and its preservation, but in there own ways. A Sci-fi, a western and an ecology based animated children's movie. Loved all three, myself!
Yeah, all three are great. :)
Came to the comments to see this. Thank you!
Unlike most other westerns makes you feel like “the Frontier” was really a distant and unknown place.
I went to see this twice in movie theaters, original cut and the extended cut. A great movie that seems to have been forgotten about these days.
I also remember thinking at the time how cool it was that all the native Americans were played by native Americans.
I went on a mission trip to a Lakota Reservation in South Dakota. I got to meet a number of people of that tribe. Like Dunbar said, they are just regular people that like the same things that we all like in life. I will add that they were welcoming to us. Their children were the most loving that I have ever seen. They were just full of love. One particular 7 year old girl was something special. All she could do is smile whenever she saw us and it was genuine love.
When he found Stands with a Fist near the tree she was mourning her husband. This involved singing and ritual cutting. Thats why she was so bloody.
I have a Native American Character on Red Dead Redemption Online. I love to listen to the Dances With Wolves Soundtrack while I play.
If you truly enjoyed this movie I highly recommend Little Big Man with Dustin Hoffman.
Yes! Fantastic movie. 👍🏼
And Last of the dogmen
Another great movie and a great reaction from my new favorite content provider, and her lovely sister. ❤️
Cassie, to answer your question about release dates, Field of Dreams (1989) came out one year before Dancing with Wolves (1990).
I'm a treaty 7 Sioux from alberta and I always wondered when someone would react to this movie and was happy to see you guys do it!, such a great movie! Thank you.
Have you ever watched Last of the dogmen from 1995
There's a story that Kevin Costner told a few years ago on the Graham Norton show about the writer of this movie. It's beyond heartfelt. I'd recommend watching it.
Kevin Costner's Kindness Was Repaid on TH-cam...cool story
I can't believe I watched this movie as a kid. No wonder I cry whenever an animal dies in a movie. This one traumatized me, in a good way. It really woke up my perception of the horror that the frontiersmen put the Native Americans through. Great movie.
Every few years we get these epic films that will always stay with us . Movies like Ben Hur. The ten commandments Braveheart the last samurai. and this . There is just something about these kinds of films. And I think what it is . Its the whole thing about the heart of being a human being the main player in the story has a good heart sometimes has to find it again or gains it . . I believe thats where films like these stem from.I'm very happy u have reacted to a few of these CLASSICS . And I'm sure you will react to more. So thank you for watching these . Some people won't even watch films like these let alone react to them. ! But with that being said can't wait for your Rocky 3 reaction. That film is really the full circle in the Rocky saga .
Nice review. "Dances With Wolves" is one of my all-time favorite films for a number of reasons. I love historical epics, strong acting, and an incredibly moving score.....and DWW has it all in spades. It's moving in many ways and leaves a lasting impression considering its authentic nature. The extended cut is much better as it fleshes out so much more of the story and characters.
This is most definitely one of the movies I wish I had seen when I was younger not waited to see until I was on an adult
Damn fine movie. Not watched it since the 90s. Hate seeing his wolf friend get killed. Also with my wife's passing Ill never do some things we did together again.
I watched this with my girlfriend and I think I cried more than she did.
This is my personal favorite of all time.
Filmed in my home of South Dakota. Met a couple Sioux that were in it. Pretty interlinked cultures.
Living in different states than my sisters this channel makes me feel at home
For me as an German the Culture of the Native Americans is sooo intressting. How they lived with the nature and the respect to animals.
Kevin wrote and directed this. Best picture Oscar. Wonderful film.
Sorry. No. Michael L. Blake wrote Dances With Wolves.
Your sister makes me laugh. Awesome young lady.
Great reaction! You should react to "Legends of The Fall" (1994), it's a very great movie :)
That was so cool seeing you two watch one of the best movies of all time. It a classic through and through. Cheers
I saw this when it first came out. I was in the 1st or 2nd row. My neck still hurts.🤪🤣😂
I consider Graham Greene (Kicking Bird) a Canadian national treasure.
The Indian you say has nice face, is Graham green. He has been in tons of movies going back to the 80s. Also known for maverick movie
Stands with a fist went out alone to mourn her husband. Part of her mourning was to cut her arm. It was an outward sign of her internal pain.
my personnal thoughts are ' the native americans lived in such perfect harmony with nature and the land they lived on' its a pity that us europeans lost our way in this respect, and i find that so very sad
one of the best films ever made.
Must watch the full five hour directors cut of this movie.
Abolishing slavery was secondary. Not all northern states had finished abolishing slavery and even after the Civil War, many laws persisted making it mostly a mute point. It took decades to fully see the impact, well into the 1900s. Watch the movie "Hidden Figures" (based on a true story) about how racism left from post Civil War era was still in effect during the space race.
The primary fight of the Civil War was about states rights versus federal rights. When the revolutionary war took place each state had its own militia fighting for its own state. Post Revolutionary War, the states made an agreement to have a federal government based on the preamble of our constitution:
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
The idea was interpreted differently in each state at the time. States in the south felt that their laws superseded federal when the two would conflict. The north felt the opposite, believing that the strength of the united government lied in the power being federal. When the federal government flexed its power to try and make the southern states comply, war broke out - The Civil War. I'm oversimplifying it here. It's important that you understand: Before the Civil War documents of state signed by the United States would say "The United States *are*" - plural. Post Civil War, documents of state read "The United States *is*" - singular. United.
Even still, without slavery there was legal racism employed for decades: Jim Crow laws, colored and white bathrooms and even water fountains. sections on a bus or train.
I hope this gives some perspective.
My favorite western movie. With the DVD, I think I have seen it more than 40 times (theatrical or long version).
It will always remind me that, in History, the good isn’t so good and the evil isn’t so evil.
You two are a joy to watch!
When I was in the hospital for a g.s.w. to the face the local papago chief heard about it and sent me an egeale feather and gave me a honorary native name I don't know how to pronounce it but it means laffing feather. I love this movie tatanka
I am a big game hunter here in Colorado. I have hunted Buffalo. Believe it or not they are one of the most gentle and docile and curious animals you'll ever meet. I stopped hunting them because of those reasons
You should consider watching “American Flyers” - a very young Kevin Costner cycling movie!
Enjoyed watching your input/reactions! Classic film! I'd also recommend The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, which captures the desperate times of the Civil War very well! Imagine life in the 1800's with no creature comforts, modern conveniences, etc. Has always been my favorite time in history to study, watch, read about, etc. From The Alamo to the Civil War to Little Bighorn to the final massacre at Wounded Knee, etc. and such brave heroes as General Custer, great Chief Sitting Bull and fearless warrior Crazy Horse! Such a fascinating time in our history!
If ever you wanted a cinematic demonstration of what the most dangerous creature on planet earth is, it’s this film.
It’s so disgusting that the buffalo were driven almost to extinction. They were everywhere and now hardly any.
Shoutout to Sis today. Looking quite the dish!
Some other great Indigenous flicks:
-Thunderheart
-Smoke Signals
-Rhymes for Young Ghouls
Hey respect this movie it was made in south Dakota very good movie
30:42. They're going to town, Sioux style, old school style.