I am bewildered at comments on Annette Bening's performance, one suggesting she is wooden, another that she overacts, a third that she has a whiny voice. EH? Her chuckles and even just short bits of conversation are deep and intriguing. As for the others, I just had to watch bits of this film in slow motion (the gunfight scenes - amazing) and you just have to watch AB's face in slow motion in several places, a flicker or twitch here or there. When, at near the end, she's on her knees weeding in her garden and Costner, behind her, talks to her - watching the small changes of expression on her face and the way she closes her eyes as the meaning of it all gets to her ... phew! a lesson in real acting.
Costner is Costner, of course. He always have this decent image even when he's trying to play bad that it's astonishing how unlikely it seems even watching him spit baccy juice!!
And the final shootout. Well get the DVD and watch it slowly. Excellent.
Costner is Costner, of course. He always have this decent image even when he's trying to play bad that it's astonishing how unlikely it seems even watching him spit baccy juice!!
And the final shootout. Well get the DVD and watch it slowly. Excellent.