I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

You won't be disappointed!

It is a performances centric movie

Crappy film

Interesting and honest account of what it was like to settle the west. It wasn't that long ago that the west was settled. The way the world is now isn't much more civilized that it was then. People haven't evolved much more since then. Good movie.

Most entertainment material is separated into two categories...fiction and non-fiction. Either the story is basically true, or comes straight from the imagination of the mind conceiving it. However, author James Michener (whose epic novel this TV series was based on) introduced the public (or at least perfected the genre) to a new kind of entertainment: Historical fiction. In this type of story-telling, the characters themselves may not be real, but (after careful and much-absorbing research) the places, events, and stories they become involved in could very well have happened. Essentially, it is a telling of history through stories based on detailed research of a certain historical era.Centennial focuses on the development of the American West. From fur trappers and traders Pasquinel and McQueg, to the Indian Wars fought by ruthless men like Col. Skimmerhorn, to the settling of the West (thanks to settlers like Levi Zendt, farmers like Hans "Potatoes" Broombaugh and cattlemen like R.J. Poteet and Jim Lloyd), and finally to the present-day, this TV miniseries follows the development of the American West in a way that very likely transpired. The names are all fictional, of course, but you will easily find yourself wrapped up in the stories of the types of men and women who braved the New Frontier.To review all 20+ hours of this epic series would be a monumental task, but suffice it to say that each new "episode" brings with it a new and interesting perspective as the West chronologically moves forward. Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the whole series, though, is how each part hearkens back to the one before it in order to create a chain of events. It's not just one story followed by another...each tale both naturally springs forth from the one preceding it, as well as leads into the next tale. For example, even in the final part of the show set in modern-day "Centennial", the influence of such names as Pasquinel, Lloyd, and Wendell (among others) is just as strong as ever despite those characters having been dead and buried for many years.About the only negative aspect of the series is that it loses a bit of its incredible momentum toward the later episodes. Whether that is due to the Pasquinel/McQueg story arc being probably Michener's most inspired work (so nothing can live up to that original story), or the fact that the show underwent severe production changes after the first few episodes is unknown, but even then it is still very watchable.Thus, I highly recommend this series to any student of history (or those who want to become one!) for its ability to show with reasonable certainty what the American West once looked like. You are almost sure to become endeared to many of the show's classic characters, as they are all very well-acted and bring something a bit different to the table, each and every one. It might take you a while to get through this collection, but I assure you that it is well worth the time spent...in fact, you may even be wishing for more!

We all know a ten has to pull its weight and be earned at first glance. That is what you have here. What makes this movie work so well is that what is portrayed is easy to accept when introduced. The viewer doesn't have time to think if it happened. It IS happening before your eyes. It was a colorful difficult life and not for everyone. That is why the characters makes sense. Anyone watching can easily identify with any character and live through them being content to have the opportunity shared. The author Michener displays his depth and detail and the mini-series is taken seriously by all in it. The result is nothing less than it holding up over time. View it today and you are enthralled and thoroughly entertained. Buy the DVD or book and you have a life time investment...Have a good meal ready to go while watching, a tasty drink and some snack on stand by. Enjoy

I watched "Centennial" for the first time last week having borrowed it from a friend and was overall pleased with it. I am a fan of series or franchise type movies as they enable you to see a more complete development of the characters and stories involved. Taking several hours to view the life of a person on screen makes them become more believable and personable to the audience I believe. I only give it a 7 out of ten because of certain aspects of the film that are sometimes unavoidable due to when it was made.It was a made for television production and feels like it, rather than the more fluid pace of a film for the theater. The make up and costumes had a distinct unrealistic bright and clean TV show look rather than the true west of that period. Having studied the west as a historical subject, I think some of the production and story came across as unrealistic, but I enjoyed the film none the less. I found the early part of the series to be much more enjoyable and closer to authentic history rather than the latter parts, and found some of the commentary in the last reel by the main characters to be preachy, inaccurate and politically correct with a bias that not always squares with actual fact. Having spent some time in Colorado in that actual area, I saw none of much of what was lamented about. The movie was good for the most part, but unfortunately, a product of its time in the late seventies with all that was happening politically and socially. I will definitely watch it again, but probably skip the last episode. Had James Mitchner left the story in the 1930s, it would have been a better story. Instead I came away with a aggravated sense of having to listen to Mr. Mitchners personal ax grinding about how much America is to blame for everything. Most maddening was the ridiculous statement in the film that the Rocky Mountains couldn't be seen from ten miles away because of all the pollution in the air. I have been there, I have family who has lived there for twenty five years, this comment was absurd and pushing an agenda.