Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Smoreni Zmaj Terribly underrated movie. Not only that it did not win any awards, but it's nominated for the worst in some categories. People use its historical inaccuracy and too many clichés as arguments against it. So what?! This is not textbook for history but romantic drama/adventure and clichés are part of its genre. Put aside prejudice and too much analyzing and enjoy beautifully told love story with good scenography and awesome landscapes. This movie is exactly what it was supposed to be. Tom Cruise before he became annoying and Nicole in all beauty of her youth have chemistry that won't leave you indifferent. <3

juneebuggy I remember seeing this years ago and really enjoying it, this time around not so much. Its okay, entertaining. The accents (with just about everyone concerned) are terrible and the plot does get a bit overblown and silly at times, actually the whole tone of this movie was a bit silly which I don't remember from before.Despite it all though, still an enjoyable enough movie. Episodic in its western frontier telling, with many adventures, decent period details and some grand scenes i.e. the land rush which is shot on a huge scale with hundreds of extras, horses and wagons and stunts galore.Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman do a decent enough job with their roles, not much chemistry though for an (at the time) real life couple. I enjoyed Tom in some of the boxing scenes and Robert Prosky was lovely as Shannon's Da.The story follows an impoverished 1893 Irish tenant farmer who has recently lost his home and his father. Through a series of somewhat witty events he runs off to America with his spirited landlords daughter. They arrive in Boston with barely more than the shirts on their backs, pose as brother and sister (while falling in love) and struggle for the American dream, which in this case also includes joining the Oklahoma land rush. 9/23/15

VilyaLorien A lot of people are comparing this film to Titanic, I'd rather compare it to Gone with the Wind and Downton Abbey. This film supposedly took place one century before it was filmed. Yet the topics and things that it grapples with are still with us to this day. Immigrants came from all over the world to start a new life in America, which was still largely unexplored frontier territory; only to be sucked into the same situations, caste system and society order that they had just left. Much less the clash of too many people and cultures in too close of quarters. Case in Point: Joseph and Shannon from Ireland. I wasn't sure what to expect from this film. Many had commented that they didn't care for it. I found the actors and actresses to be very believable in their parts and accents. I must agree that this is one of Tom Cruise's best roles. I was very moved by the various positions the leading man and lady were placed in. I felt every blow that Joseph received, I wanted to slap Shannon for her sharp tongue. I wanted to cry at scenes, I laughed at many. I found the music to speak volumes and was pleasantly surprised that John Williams was the composer. There were a few Schindler's List notes, but not enough to subtract or distract in the least from the film. The sweeping shots of both Ireland and Oklahoma with their openness contrasted by the closed closeness of the city made you feel closed in and dead-ended. You can even nearly smell the rank stench of men, the filth of the streets and the sweat of the oppressed. Very seldom do I find a movie that actually 'speaks' to each of my senses as this film does. Go ahead, pop it in and step back in time. Perhaps, you would also care to bring some modern tissues with you...

vincentlynch-moonoi I like comedies. I like dramas. I like comedies that have a bit of drama in them. I like dramas that have a little comedy in them. But what I don't like are films that can't make up their mind about whether they are basically a comedy or a drama. And that's my problem with this film.The film starts out with Joseph Donnelly, a young Irishman, whose father is killed and whose house is burned down. Okay, it's a drama. Then he decides to take revenge against the landlord, but instead of killing him gets pitchforked, his gun explodes in his face, the landlord's daughter peeks at his penis under a wash basin (yes, really), and he is forced to participate in a duel in dense fog. Okay, it's a comedy. Meanwhile, the landlord's daughter wants to be free, and decides to go to America for the free land, persuades the young Irishman to go with her...in the middle of that duel...they end up on a ship and are cheated by a thief. Hmmmm, is this a drama or a comedy? In America, Cruise becomes a barehands boxer, while Shannon works in a chicken processing plant. I loved watching Cruise get beat to a pulp, even if it only was a movie. Joseph and Shannon are banished in the middle of winter. Okay, it's a drama. Eventually, Shannon, her parents, her old Irish fiancé and Cruise all end up at the Oklahoma Territory just in time for the big land race, and this is clearly the best segment of the film...quite impressive.I've never really enjoyed Tom Cruise as an actor, and even less so after his meltdown period. Nevertheless, I admit he has acting ability. Unfortunately, I didn't find him very convincing here, although he appeared to be riding his own horse, and impressively, if not smoothly, and in the death scene he was quite impressive. Nicole Kidman is so young here that she's almost unrecognizable. She does fairly well. I had only been familiar with Colm Meaney in the AMC series "Hell On Wheels", so it was interesting to see him here as a rather unsavory Irishman...and he's good if not agreeable. I enjoyed Robert Prosky as Kidman's father.Ron Howard is a pretty impressive director, but personally I don't see this as one of his best. But it's a decent film and worth watching...once.