Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

I just finished binge watching this show after years of meaning to. I've never been a fan of Westerns, though I can no longer claim that. Since I'm a Fear the Walking Dead fan, and two of the actors from that are in Deadwood, I figured this was probably a good time to watch it.I LOVED this show! It was so well-made I felt I could actually feel what it must've been like living in those times. Not only were the sets incredible and the costumes out of this world, but the lighting through the whole thing made me keenly aware throughout the entire thing, that they did NOT have electricity. Now, as far as the acting...Robin Weigert as Calamity Jane was probably the single most entertaining performance in a show I've ever experienced. Hilarious, pitiful, brilliant...for me the show would've been good without her, but it wouldn't have been par excellence. What a chameleon that actress is! All the other actors were good, too, and believable in their roles. Tricky giving Garret Dillahunt two separate rolls, possibly thinking no one would notice, but I did right away. I almost thought it was three roles, since Jeff Cahill, who played Crop Ear, looks very similar to Dillahunt. So hoping there really is going to be a movie!

But the 30 hours of soap opera between McShane's moments make this show a painful slog through boredom. Olyphant can be great but this was not really a great show for him. If you're a fan of his, skip this and go straight to Justified. Sure, he's got a few moments here but not enough to warrant wading through 36 episodes. I love Molly Parker because of this series but, again, the show just has too much snore to it. There are a lot of great people who show up and have a few moments but this really would have been better condensed down to maybe 5 or 6 hours. I suppose it might be worth seeing once just for Al Swearengen (Swedgin!) but having seen it twice now, I definitely have no interest in seeing it again.

Instead of Deadwood it should have been called Cock-sucker. This is the only criticism of a very realistic show that overdoes the cock-sucker word to a point where it becomes Dead Wood while grating your nerves.

As everyone else I immensely enjoyed this western drama set in the post-north/south-war-era. The acting was top notch. Especially Ian McShane. Powers Boothe is also at his very best. But most were a joy to watch. The biggest impression was still the characters' lines. Especially Mcshanes monologue lines. Poetry. And delivered as such. Shakespeareans should watch this series just for the dialogue. No kidding.The last episode of the last season before the series was cancelled left much to wish for though. There were a lot of inconsistencies in that one. Especially that the righteous kind of characters would so easily have swallowed the murder of an innocent just to cover up tracks. And that the "evil" character of McShane's who went through several stages from an all out evil to pretty decent made such a choice. Especially when his major motivation was that he didn't want to be told what to do.So unfortunately I understand why the series got cancelled. I would have chosen to replace the writers though instead of cancel it. Having such a stellar ensemble at hand is a rare thing. A series placed in an interesting time to boot.