Just perfect...

Admirable film.

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

A cliched sweeping drama starring Anthony Hopkins and Brad Pitt, Legends of the Fall is a middling affair dampened by its length and disposition to playing with your emotions. However the cinematography is amazing and the vistas of the American wilderness and seldom looked as good as they have here. Why on earth would the 3 brothers fight for Julie Ormond? Brad Pitt was an emerging heartthrob back then and this film probably solidified that status as he looks ravishing here. But the film is a sentimental chore to sit through.

Legends of the fall is now probably known for bringing Brad Pitt into the mainstream but it is a grand sweeping epic with great performances, a touching story and some stunning natural visuals. Edward Zwick is his usual self and the vast panoramic sceneries have become his playground. This is a good early 90s family film that will transport you back to innocent days.

I watched enthralled by the lush countrysides, wonderful production values, convincing and heartfelt acting, within the sphere of romanticized ironic events. However, the music, which was an ever-present distraction succeeded in drowning out the dialogue, at times, and when it wasn't doing so it seemed out-of-place in its purposeful attempt to add grandeur to scenes that needed no such addition. In fact, the music's loud volume was so off-putting, in its attempt to unnecessarily telegraph emotional content, that it only added an overblown pretentiousness to the proceedings. With that said, I gave this film a rating of 8, which - without the overwhelming musical score - probably would have netted a 10, for all the other elements it had going for it. Sometimes less is more and if the music had been a subtle background inclusion, rather than an overpowering entity unto itself, I believe this movie would have benefited rather than suffered as a result.

The beautiful Cinematography and score by James Horner can't save this mess! Legends reminds me of a full-length version of a Monty Python skit called ''Salad Days by Sam Peckinpah". It starts out benign enough in the Victorian era with smartly dressed people at a summer picnic. But then descends into a bloodbath! Where to start. Let's see. Cutting out hearts, suicide, impalement, scalping, and murders galore. It becomes ridiculously comical. Brad Pitt traveling the world to find himself and his own chartered ship. Anthony Hopkins embarrassing himself. Save your time and money! I can't imagine what the director was thinking.