Imagine the worst people you can think of, but they're all cowboys. Then give them a shit ton of wealth, influence, and land; their own private paramilitary too. They fuck with each other, the local Native American reservation, and politicians. A few people try to have a conscience sometimes. There ya go, that's my review.

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[–] [S] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, I watched 1883 and 1923. 18 was a pretty good peek into how hard things probably were on the Oregon trail. But the cynicism and murderous intentions of everyone was laughable. Then the pretty blonde somehow lives two weeks after a perfectly placed arrow doesn't take her out just long enough to get their perfect homestead. 🙄 The funniest part for me was Tim McGraw and Faith Hill as the leads, it got corny at times.

19 was pretty interesting and entertaining to me. But goddamn, Timothy Dalton's character made me skin crawl, and subsequently I now hate him. But I couldn't help my think that he was actually a good representation of how the ruling class actually thinks and behaves. Acting was pretty top notch imo, but I came away from it feeling a little traumatized from that shit tbh.

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    23 I hated everyone. I dropped it when they felt the need to show the villain torturing sex workers for several minutes. It felt lurid, like the fetishbof the director or somethi g

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 months ago

    Yeah, that's what fucked me up, and it gets worse after the initial scene. He grooms the one that survives to become an agent of sorts to gain control over politicians. I would honestly not recommend anyone watch it, it was traumatizing to say the least. I felt like it was a truly evil work, and Taylor Sheridan somehow knows this reality among the ruling elite.

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