Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Majorthebys Charming and brutal

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

mattdillon-92503 This movie is enthralling. I have always enjoyed well-done narration during a movie and this narration done by Gatewood, was excellent. It was not filled with emotion and yet the emotion was there without being evident.His voice is powerful and he reads extremely well. He also acts extremely well. The entire cast is equal to Hackman and THAT is an accomplishment. I remember when I became addicted to his breakthrough movie Bonnie and Clyde. I loved the movie and I had NEVER seen acting like Hackman's. Though I loved what he did I also did not want him to walk away with the movie. HE didn't Warren Beaty and Faye did not let this happen nor did the man who played "CW" In Real life there was a character that went by his initials and the betrayal actually did take place I do not know why they changed the initials of the man whose father betrayed Bonnie and Clyde.I did not mean to get off track and that movie is my favorite of all time.The legend of Geronimo is absolutely in the top five movies of my life. It is so well done that you can HEAR the crack and moaning of the saddles and they are mounted and the arrows hit home. The acting is superb by all who played in this movie-- it seemed like a docu. but it was not.IF you fail to watch this movie- you have missed out.The saddest part is that Geronimo lives another 20 + years and dies of pnemonia from lying in a ditch about a mile from the bar where he got drunk. He just died on the side of the road. A man who sent a chill into each whiteman's heart and a rush into every warriors heart- died in a drainage ditch. They may have brought his dying body to the hospital and I believe he made piece and spiritually died in that ditch. Fitting for what happened to the Natives of this land called America.I find it absurd that the settlers who came here from Europe were called Americans and the indigenous people who had been here long long before are called INdians--because of the stupidity of the settlers who seized what they wanted and called THEMSELVES Americans and called the spiritual people who did not suffer from much disease until the arrival of the Europeans-- Indians. The Indians were the Americans. The people who slaughtered their food supply and simply out-numbered and used superior technology to displace them were European invaders and should have been called such. Geronimo would have been a great man to share a few drinks. Just to meet him would have been an experience of a life time. He was NOT a savage--not more than WE would be if some superior force began to creep across our great country that we stole from the Americans.Warren E. Justice

classicsoncall I thought the movie was fairly even handed in the way it portrayed the Cavalry and the Apaches with both sides having it's share of upstanding and vicious characters. The film spoke to the inevitability of America's westward expansion and what it meant for the Indian nations, and in that respect there was sympathy shown for the way Native Americans of all tribes were treated and forced to live in ways contrary to their nature. Told through the eyes of a narrator, Second Lieutenant Britton Davis (Matt Damon), the viewer is brought along much like a green West Point graduate assigned to a frontier outpost who acquires on the job training by riding with an experienced officer. Jason Patric is effective in his role as Davis's commanding officer, Lieutenant Charles Gatewood, who's knowledge and understanding of Chiricahua Apache life is instrumental in dealing with the legendary Geronimo (Wes Studi). Historically, some elements of the story are overlooked or disregarded entirely. For example, it was one of Al Sieber's (Robert Duvall) former scouts, Tom Horn, who became a point man for the Army against renegade Apaches and eventually led the troop that captured Geronimo in 1886 after Sieber's retirement. Sieber did not die in a gun battle as depicted in this story, so as in the case of many Western movie accounts, a degree of liberty is taken with the facts in connection with the film. Over all though, this is a generally well told character study of an American West legend who found it impossible to reconcile his humanity to reservation life.

mindbird An interesting movie. It is more character-driven than action-oriented, although there is plenty of action. When Studi is on-screen, this movie pulsates with life--he's just great as Geronimo. In comparison, everyone else seems to be kind of walking through their parts. This may well be the director's attempt to portray the contrast between the organic and passionate lifestyle of living with the Earth versus the mechanical and passionless bureaucratic bulldozer-like takeover by soldiers and settlers. However, the portrayal of passionlessness should not be quite so studied and passionless.Again, Wes Studi is great. Watching his performance makes the whole thing more than worthwhile. This movie and this actor should be more well-known. And his name belongs on the cover sleeve, however the actual screen time of each actor works out. At one important point in the story he makes a speech that is not in English, and the language makes no difference. The meaning is there.

Leofwine_draca Walter Hill's biopic of the Apache hero brings to life the political struggle between Native Americans and the US army in the 19th century. It's a fast paced, well made movie that's more educational than everything else; as a viewer to whom the story was completely new, I enjoyed learning about the tensions and situations along with the historical backdrop.However, I can't help but feel the film is lacking something: it has a made for TV feel and never has the 'bite' or heart that make other biopics so affecting. This one goes through the motions and utilises a powerful cast to bring the characters to life, but you watch it in the same way you watch a history documentary: to learn rather than feel. The blame has to go to John Milius's script, I think.Still, both Hackman and Duvall contribute seasoned turns as grizzled old war veterans, and it's great to see a fresh-faced Matt Damon taking on a leading role and handling it comfortably so early on in his career. What a surprise, too, to discover that Jason Patric (THE LOST BOYS) could actually act back in the day. The best cast member is Wes Studi as Geronimo himself: playing his character stony-faced most of the time, he gets the man's humility, strength and sense of quiet honour just right.