An excellent western! - Dances With Wolves Reviews

You may never see a better film about a dying civilization that's not going down without a fight. The evil of American fighting is done frightfully-well. SEE IT!

I need to get out more x_o - Dances With Wolves Reviews

well it took me long enough to review this movie. i love the epic feel of it but just not enough to be my fav. kevin costner plays a civil war soldier who just looses it and rides into enemy fire in hopes of being killed. of coarse he doesn't or there just wouldn't be a movie now would there. so he is sent to anther army base out it the west. he gets there and nobody around. there is just a shack and a pond that's it. he is there all alone with his horse and his journal. he writes in the journal all the time. always reflecting. he befriends a scraggly wolf and later on a whole tribe of indians. graham greene plays the chief kicking bird. he has a funky hairdo. kinda like pre flock of seagulls thing. not the point. they make several appearances and well he tries to communicate with them. tough to do. very comical to watch. especially when he tries to tell them about the buffalo. cracked me up. he ends up living with them for a time. he helps them against a raiding indian tribe and then later against the army that finally shows up. the one thing he must get back is the journal that he left at the camp. it tells of the indians and where they live. so he goes to get it and finds them to be is enemy. great movie. really long and the scenery is gorgeous. watch and enjoy if you haven't seen it.

Different but good - Dances With Wolves Reviews

I thought it fun to see a movie about Native Americans because you don't see such movies based around Indian lives. Kevin Costner was amazing in this movie and the other actors were amazing as well. The story brought humor and adventure and even a dash of romance to make this movie outstanding!

The americans have bad sides - Dances With Wolves Reviews

"Dances with Wolves" is a very dramatic, sad, trecherous, loving, funny, inspiring story about an american who learn about the indian culture and becomes friends. This movie is appx 3 hours long and certainly feels way longer than 3hours. There are many sad or disturbing parts and not a so happy ending, or you dont really find out what happens.

One of kevin costner's good films - Dances With Wolves Reviews

Kevin Costner has done some pretty horrible films in recent years, but only really two stand out as truly great films.....namely, Field of Dreams and Dances with Wolves. If you haven't seen either of these movies, please go see them because they are oscar-worthy. The American Film Institute has named Dances with Wolves in the Top 100 movies in the past 100 years. I do not want to explore or evaluate this movie to potential watchers for fear of ruining or spoiling the movie, but all I can say is that it is worth your time.

Real good tale. - Dances With Wolves Reviews

Well told and one of the more accurate relations. Had they have shown more wanton killing of native American women and children by the fearless cowboys and cavalry, it would have been far more realistic. "Stands with a fist" got up my nose a bit too. I mean, at least she could have got her kit off now and again. Read "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" by Dee Brown.

"nice movie" - Dances With Wolves Reviews

This movie is very cool. I have never seen a movie like this. When I saw it I bot this movie for $30.00. I would always take care of this movie.

Me and my thoughts - Dances With Wolves Reviews

well, i have only seen this movie a few times but im in love with the character kevin costner plays.....he seems so simple and loving.....i may not remember the names but i can b vauge. The indians seem so loving towards him in the end, and we all knew way before it happened that he and the indian woman were going to get together. I love this movie...a must have in my movie cuboard

Fgf - Dances With Wolves Reviews

it was not bad, but it wasnt good either. it was too long and was kind of boring. acting was good. and also i liked the story. there were too much blood involved.

Best movie ever - Dances With Wolves Reviews

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Entertaining but, historically, a total disaster - Dances With Wolves Reviews

The movie was entertaining because of the scenery, the animals, and the fantasy world of indian life......but!!!!! In spite of the fact that Kevin Costner did a good job of learning to speak a very difficult language, that is where the reality stopped. 1.) Ten Bears was the chief of the Camanche tribe not the Souix....terrible mistake! 2.) The Souix were not the peace loving, fun loving, family nuturing, clean cut people this movie made them out to be. They were blood thirsty savages who beat their women, made war at the drop of a feather....with anyone who happened to be around, and were stoic at best. Make no mistake....the western american indians were treated very poorly because the whites repeatedly took advantage of them. But......it wasn't their land, they roved from place to place looking for people to kill. They were very stupid, they could not organize their own people long enough to create an organized fight against the whites......if the indians, who all supposedly valued the same simple pleasures of life, had banded together they could have defeated any number of whites. Maybe this movie was an attempt to "fix" all the injustices all by itself!

Awrsome - Dances With Wolves Reviews

Awesome movie. It was a really good depictio of Native American life and a beautiful story. Michael Blake has captured the hearts of many in this stunning film. It won tons of awards, and is just plain fantastic.

One of the best kevin costner films! - Dances With Wolves Reviews

I remember how I felt the first time I saw this film. My heart went out to the characters and I cried through the credits. I get the same feeling everytime I see it, and that always means it is a great movie. I love the story of a soldier left alone in the wilderness and becomes a part of a tribe, learning their culture and language. It is a viewpoint of the Native Americans that many movies do not show. To learn about a culture and feel the anguish of their impending loss of freedom and way of life just pulls at the heartstrings. It's very rare that a film does that so honestly. A truly great movie, I would recommend it to everyone!

Dances with wolves - the true review! - Dances With Wolves Reviews

Dances With Wolves is an amazing film, displaying the Sioux's and the Pawnee's true behaviour. Mixed with strong and blissful romance, the idea of peoples from different races meeting and becoming friends to heart is so lovely. Recommended for anyone with an interest in the Native American lifestyle!

Fantastic - Dances With Wolves Reviews

this movie is great. i cant even use words to describe it. the acting is phenominal. the story is great the ending is great is it a great movie

The best movie in history!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Dances With Wolves Reviews

I love this movie it is a bit timely though(4 hrs) basicly what happens is a man goes out to the plains for the army.insted he finds a bunch of First Nations people and a wolf.the wolf teaches him how to dance an the First nations people see him dancing with a wolf(kinda creepy).I wont tell you the rest so youl rent it.

Dancing with wolves - Dances With Wolves Reviews

Being a Native American I have never seen a movie that captures the true essence of what it means to be an Indian. I have never really embraced and applauded my heritage until I saw this masterpiece. I was compelled to learn more and be glad that I was born to see the world without any facades of what modern day living has given us.

A great film!! - Dances With Wolves Reviews

This is one of Kevin Costner's greatest films. It is a clever thoughtful story, well acted and with beautifully scenery! What makes this film so special is its portrayal of the colonisation of America and one mans quest to discover himself and the natives of America! I'm no expert on American history, but this goes beyond that and teaches us about tolerance and understanding! To respect other people and their cultures! A film of True Epic and Scope and self discovery! Kevin I Salute You! Well done!!

One of the best of all time! - Dances With Wolves Reviews

I'm suprised the user reviews only average a B. This movie is incredible. It is an amazing story of what happened to the Indians- makes you really think. Everything about this movie is great, Kevin - all of the actors, the scenery.. makes me want to go back in time.

Beautiful movie! touchnig and dramatic - Dances With Wolves Reviews

This has to be one of the best Dramaic movies ever. A four star movie and a Best Picture Win! Moving and touching difinetly a DVD buy. It's about a man going into the plains and becoming freinds with some indians . But what matters is the differances in apperance but the similarity in personality and the ways of the Indians. Soon after they become freinds and even deeper , they accept them as their own no matter his apperance, as white man. This movie is about soul and beauty of nature and lfe.

While good, the ending isn't what i expected - Dances With Wolves Reviews

I was just getting ready to give Dances With Wolves an A. But right before I could enjoy it fully, a lot of animals started to die. The worst part was that you had to see the suffering. But while the movie gets a little sad, you shouldn't give it a bad grade. The beauty of the Sioux landscape is the first part, and I wonder how Kevin Costner was able to direct it very well. I really like how Costner's character was able to interact with the Native Americans. The movie reminds me very much of The Last Samurai because he makes friendship with the enemy(actually, they really only hated him) and he falls in love with one of their women. So, according to me, the movie would be perfect if it weren't for the sad violence. But I understand why it was the Best Picture of 1990.

This movie was worth the price - Dances With Wolves Reviews

story was nearly of epic proportions cinematography was excellent acting was worthy of an oscar music was worthy of listening to in a theatre tribute to kevin kostner

One of the great films - Dances With Wolves Reviews

KEVIN COSTNER 19 MONTHS APART,FIRST IN "FIELD OF DREAMS"SPRING OF 1989 AND THEN AGAIN WITH "DANCES WITH WOLVES" PULLS OFF A UNIQUE CINEMA ACHEIVEMENT TWO MOVIES QUITE DIFFERENT IN ALMOST EVERY RESPECT,AND MORE TO THE POINT TWO OF THE FIVE GREAT FILMS OF ALL TIME.IN DANCES ALONG WITH COSTNERS BRILLIANT PORTRAYL OF LT.JOHN DUNBAR AND HIS FIRST RATE JOB OF DIRECTING WHAT MANY HOLLYWOOD INSIDERS LAUGHINGLY WERE CALLING EVERYTHING FROM HEAVENS GATE II DUE TO REPORTED COST OVERUNS TO ON THE OTHERHAND "DANCES WITH SUBTITLES" A REFERENCE TO USE OF THE LAKOTA SOUIX LANGUAGE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES ON THE SCREEN IN A 3HR PLUS MOVIE...NEVER WORK.WELL ALONG WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM JOHN BARRY WHO PUT TOGTHER A WONDERIOUS FILM SCORE TO MATCH THE BREATHTAKING CINNEMAPHOTOGRAPHY,A SWEEPING STORY THAT BEGINS ON A CIVAL WAR BATTLEFRONT IN TENNESSE AND HEADS WEST.A OUTSTANDING TURN BY MUCH RESPECTED BUT RELATIVELY UNKNOWN THEATREICAL ACTRESS MARY MCDONNELL,ALONG WITH STRONG ACTING INCLUDING GRAHAME GREENE AND ROGNEY GRANT ROUND OUT A FILM WITH NO WEAKNESS.THIS FILM WHEN IT OPENED THANKSGIVING OF 1990 WAS PLAYING TO PACKED THEATERS AND UNDERSTANDABLY SO.

4 stars - Dances With Wolves Reviews

What an incredible film. At almost four hours, the film never gets boring, and I hoped it would never end. So many films portray the indians as being incapable people, Costner shows that they are not only capable, but at times, superior. Costner moved with the Indians because he found their way of life much more suited to the land and also that they live in a healthy way. The musical score fits exactly with the emotion of the film. Incredible story, incredible filmmaking.

Quite possiblly the greatest movie of all time - Dances With Wolves Reviews

My favorite ever. Great acting, great script. The direction and cinimatography is the best I have ever seen. Nothing beats it.

Your heart dances too! - Dances With Wolves Reviews

I had heard about Dances With Wolves awhile back, when I saw it at Best Buy. It looked like a decent movie, but I wasn't interested in seeing it. Months later, I was at Costco with my mom and her friend. My mom saw Dances With Wolves, ans said she'd buy it since it was cheap. I really didn't care, because I wanted to watch something new. So, I popped the sucker in and relaxed. I was a little hesitent, so I watched the trailer for it to see what it was about. The instant the trailer was finished, I pressed "play movie". This was my kind of movie! I watched half of it, then watched the rest in the morning. I was amazed. Not only does your spirit dance, your heart dances too! Dances With Wolves is about a solider named Lieutenant Dunbar. Thanks to his failed suicide run, his side won the battle. He is proclaimed a hero and told that he would be accepted at any fort. Instead, Dunbar requests to go to the frontier and make a fort there. His presence attracts the attention of a tribe of Sioux indians. He is soon accepted into their tribe. Dunbar learns there language, lives with them, and marries one of them. The story is a living masterpiece. It combines a bunch of Civil War movies and indian movies, and completely gives it a makeover. The result is a heart-pounding thrill ride about a man, and how his decisions shape his destiney. I like Kevin Costner (The Guardian, Waterworls, J.F.K.). He is a brilliant actor, and carries on that legacy as Dunbar. His actions and facial expressions are really expressive. We can see the emotions that are running throughout his body if we look in his eyes. Mary McDonnell plays Stands With a Fist. Her role is very hard to play, because she has to love and mourn at the same time. McDonnell pulls off the role and adds extra spices to it. Even the supporting actors make the best of their roles, even if they are small ones. Not only is Kevin Costner a brilliant actor, he is also a brilliant director. The script is top notch, with some of the most simplest and most powerful lines ever introduced on film. One of my favorite parts in the movie, is at the very end when an indian stands at the top of a cliff and shouts "can you not see that Dances With Wolves is my friend, and I am his". That is a line that made me stare at the screen in awe. The score is amazing! The music is incredible as it is short. It doesn't matter, because the score will possibly won't be noticed because of the beautiful scenery. The visuals are absolutely mind-blowing. The art direction and cinematogrophy are no doubt the best. The enviroments seem real, and the indian camps look like they were pulled out of a great John Wayne movie. The dead animals are amazing and disturbing to look at. The fatal wounds on the dead bodies look awesome. Dances With Wolves is for ages 15 and up. There many bloody battles and deaths. Characters are killed, including animals. A character commits suicide (off-screen). White people are cruel to the animals and usually shoot at them, kill them, and sometimes butcher them. There is some brief swearing, and some crude humor. There is some nudity and sexual (sometimes explicit) situations. The indians smoke a lot, and characters drink. Overall, Dances With Wolves is a fascinating and powerful motion picture event. The story is powerful as it is disturbing, Kevin Costner gives the performance of his career, Kevin Costner proves he is an amazing director, and the visuals are truly worthy of recognition. Dance to Best Buy and get this movie, because I give Dances With Wolves an A+. -criticat13

Now, why don't he write? - Dances With Wolves Reviews

Ninety percent of the work that Kevin Costner has done is not worth a darn. However, this movie solidified him as a true star. This is an Epic and is one of the finest movies of it's time.

Boring - Dances With Wolves Reviews

it goes on and on and ON... about theses indians who arent indians... way too long and repetative... the two lovers and continually separated and reunited...

Best movie ever - Dances With Wolves Reviews

I am watching this movie tonight for probably the 300th time since it first came out. It is still the best movie I ever saw 15 years later. I wish more movies like this could be made.

Not just any movie - Dances With Wolves Reviews

This movie, was one of the best movies I have ever seen..and it taught me alot too. I am part Navajo, and seeing this taught me alot about Native American culture and the West.

A must see movie - Dances With Wolves Reviews

I saw this one a while back but I remember myself loving it. IF you see it, like right now, you'll know what I mean. Kevin Costner was outstanding.

Great film about self discovery - Dances With Wolves Reviews

It's hard to tell a story about a man finding his soul and Dances with Wolves told it forcefully and beautifully. Unfortunately, This film has mediocre user reviews because many people feel unconfortable about the lack of value and soul of thier own ancessors. In fact, I suspect that most of them have commited similar cruelty and racism to hate this film for revealing the emptiness inside them. The movie doesn't feel long, even the extended 4 hours version which I recommend. The only thing I didn't care for is the love scene but I never liked any love scenes. The soundtrack is delicious. Costner isn't my favorite but a man only needs one such great film to his career. To me, this movies is about soul searching, love, dedication in a man's journey to find himself. This is a proces that many of us try to go through. I hope everyone who seeks will find the Sioux of thier own.

Dances with wolves - Dances With Wolves Reviews

This movie was beatifully written and acted in some gorgeous countryside. This was one of the few subtitiled movies thtat far surpassed the movies of its time. I recommend this movie to anyone interested in the last days of the frontier, with superb storyline and deeply moving characters.

Not bad, not bad at all - Dances With Wolves Reviews

I've never seen nsuch a great western that stands out from the rest.There is just something about it that says 'there is no western above me'. I think it is deffenatly Costner's best, and of course is an oscar magnit.

Unbelievable!! - Dances With Wolves Reviews

I had to stay in the theatre 5 minutes after the credits stopped rolling to dry my eyes. My wife couldn't believe it. Every aspect of this movie was exceptionally well done. The only part I really had a problem with was Costner's narration. Minor. EASILY my most favorite move of all time, and it's 14 years after it debuted. I could rant on and on. If you've never seen it get it. You won't be disappointed.

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One of the greatest american films - Dances With Wolves Reviews

It's hard to believe that it took so many years before a major film came out that portrayed something through the point of view of American Indians. The entire production, art direction, music, cinemetography, etc, were first rate.; even down to the detail of the use of Sioux language. I watched this for the first time with a Swiss girlfriend while living there and this seemed to be a large redemption for all the typical American formula garbage that comes out of Hollywood.

For reality look somewhere else - Dances With Wolves Reviews

Like one of the reviewers previously alluded ? if you think this picture was anything like reality then you need to get a life. This was a plot that in no way represented either Whitemans? civilization or any American Indian tribe?s culture. This was an idyllic Victorian love romance plastered on some make believe unsuspecting Indian tribe. The story starts out with Kevin Costner as an Army officer coming out of the Civil War as a hero. This gives an indication that he is a stable well balanced solid individual who is anxious to see the big West. In a silly plot the Army places this officer alone out in the middle of nowhere with no support. He becomes mentally deranged and settles for the small world of an Indian tribe. This is a typical Hollywood character that starts out as one person and morphs to something else. But the writer brilliantly eases you into the situation. He gets you to empathize with Costner and draws you into the plot. He gets you to feel anger towards the stereotyped Whiteman. You know all those things you are not supposed to do to be politically correct. Well you are soon hating all the no good high ranking double crossing Army Calvary officers. All the Americans in the west were bad to the Indians. The whole country was bad to the Indians. The whole American culture from Columbus on was bad to the Indians. Oh, all except Custer for he was a hero ? not. Actually Custer was an opportunistic insubordinate braggart of the type depicted in this story. How did he ever become an American hero? The script was well written, the acting was superb, the directing was excellent, the movie was long but it was dumb. If you think this was reality go out and get a life, read some history, meet people, understand how civilization really works and by all means turn off the TV and especially The Donald show.

I really liked the first half - Dances With Wolves Reviews

SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS The second half is good also, but I enjoyed the first half more. My favorite parts of the movie were when Costner was trying to get the wolf to eat out of his hand. I loved those parts. !!SUPER SPOILER COMING UP!! As you read, my favorite parts were with the wolf. So I was burning inside when those Americans shot the wolf. I was so angry was grunting and gritting my teeth. It is however, an excellent movie.

This just might be the best movie of all time - Dances With Wolves Reviews

I loved this movie from start to finish. I think it might be the best movie I've ever seen. The acting was outstanding. The story was outstanding as well. There were some historical discrepencies with weapons and such, but they are minimal.

Classic - Dances With Wolves Reviews

Dances With Wolves not only won over critics and audiences worldwide but single handidly revived the western genre. Kevin Costner's epic tale has aged magnificently and deservedly won its 7 Oscars in 1990. A+ This is what great films are made of. :)

You will dance with the wolves too. - Dances With Wolves Reviews

This movie viewed the Lakota people as they were in life and in death. It reveals the indian people as they were never seen before as, actual people and not just the wild savages they were in early western movies.The view point of the movie is from the indian point of view and so,we finally see how they viewed matters concerning there people.Their lifestyle,politics,and the way they fought makes the movie come to life. You will feel like you are right beside dances with wolves and his new friends the Lakota as you watch the movie.

Awesome indians - Dances With Wolves Reviews

Rodney A. Grant is very handsome. Kevin Costner is great and the scenery is the best. Best picture for this movie!

No redeeming value found. - Dances With Wolves Reviews

Here si a guy who is trying to commit suicide who goes west and meets an Army officer who pees his pants and does commit suicide. Our hero then goes to a remote post where he becomes a deserter and is captured by the bad bad white guys who torture him. Please tell me where the redeeming value is for a white kid seeing this movie. Your choices are to either side with the bad bad, pants peeing, suicide committing white guys or you can make a hero of an attempted suicide post deserting piece of crap the Dunbar turned out to be. This movie ranks with Thelma and Louise as being thoughtless, useless piece of film ever created. Amen!

A rare movie full of love,thrills and adventure - Dances With Wolves Reviews

A rare movie that it seems they dont make any more.The acting's great and the direction is superb.You will love everything about this movie becouse the story is so emotional and real.

Overrated for me - Dances With Wolves Reviews

I watched this movie expecting an outstanding piece, given all of the awards and praise, but I was rather disappointed. I found myself almost uncomfortable at what I was watching more than once, and thought that altogether the whole thing was rather a drag. This was one of those movies where the director seemed too concerned with making us aware of how awful white Americans were to Native Americans. The characters that were not part of the tribe were made to seem harsh and corrupt, just carbon copies of a stereotype that whites were unmerciful to every native they met. The scenery however, was beautiful and the acting solid, though there were a few weak spots. I didn't enjoy the actual story line of the movie either, though it was a respectable script, just not what I was expecting from such a heralded film.

The best movie ever - Dances With Wolves Reviews

At first, i thought that this movie was going to be boring but it was interesting. it was a very good movie and kevin costner was great and handsome. everyone should watch this movie. It was the best!!

Grand scale western epic - Dances With Wolves Reviews

One of the greats! Kevin Kostner, Mary McDonnell and Graham Greene should all have gotten Oscars for this film. Very moving, seemingly realistic (I didn't live then) portrayals of the old west. It takes you away to a world that no longer exists. It is an epic western like "Little Big Man", but a lot more believable. It's realism comes close to "McCabe and Mrs. Miller". It's up there with my other favorite epic westerns like "Jeremia Johnson", "The Outlaw Jose Wales", "Quigley Down Under", "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" and a few others. I feel sorry for anyone who can't lose themselves inside this movie.

Boring zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz - Dances With Wolves Reviews

If you want to see a movie that is sympathetic to the American Indians and is entertaining at the same time, then go see "Little Big Man". Don't see "Dances With Wolves" unless you want to fall asleep. The only reason this picture won an Oscar was because the Hollywood voters felt guilty about all the Western movies that showed the Native Americans as evil savages. That is no reason to give a film this bad an Oscar. I think that Kevin Costner was smoking too much dope during the filming of this yawner.

Amazing drama - Dances With Wolves Reviews

I saw this movie when I was really young and only cared about visuals even then I still loved this movie. It has a great plot and acting and is very memorable.

An overrated actor - Dances With Wolves Reviews

Kevin Costner is the most overrated actor of the past 30 years, and this is his most overrated movie. The Native-American actors performed well, but the slow-spoken Costner lacks charisma. The opening part of the story made no sense. The part where the Englishman urinated in his pants was just the movie's director expressing his racist feelings toward English people. The rest of the story was cliche, boring and predictable. The visuals were not bad but could have been much better (it needed a Terrence Malick naturalist's touch).

One of the best movies ever - Dances With Wolves Reviews

Kevin Costner may be th emost underaited actor out there wright now, although there is Brad Pitt, anyway, Kevin Costner was once a big star, he was getting rolls in movies like A Perfect World, and Field of Dreams, and he won Oscars for Dances with Wolves, which is still his best. Dances with Wolves is one of the best and most powerful films ever, its great in every aspect.

The film to remember costner by - Dances With Wolves Reviews

It is a rare thing to have a movie running the length of 236 minutes without you realizing it?s been that long. Dances with Wolves, Kevin Costner?s directorial debut, is the only four-hour movie I?ve sat through in one sitting. The photography, the acting, the script, all of it is beguiling and engages you. The movie opens with a bang in the middle of the Civil War. Kevin Costner is Lt. John Dunbar, who was injured in the battlefield and is about to have his leg sawn off by a doctor (to prevent gangrene). Refusing to accept this, he rides into the field of battle to commit suicide and ends up becoming a hero. He is given a choice as to where he wants to go next and chooses an outpost on the frontier. Upon arrival, he ascertains that traitors have abandoned the fort; so Dunbar decides to clean up the place and await further orders. Meanwhile, the Sioux Indian tribe learns about him and decides that maybe they can make commerce. They are successful, and soon Dunbar learns to esteem those he once feared and analyzes their ways. He eventually falls in love with Stands With A Fist (Mary McDonnell), and learns the Lakota language. Of course he must make contact with the army again in the thrilling conclusion to the movie. Costner knew from the moment he read Michael Blake?s novel he had something. The movie is rich with locales, (primarily South Dakota), action, and dialogue. It spends quite awhile with Dunbar by himself in the fort, scenes that could easily be boring. However, Dunbar keeps a journal, which allows him to be constantly narrating in a way that works. They are his thoughts that others will read, not just thoughts we here. The movie also contains many thrilling scenes, most particularly the hunt of the buffalo. The sequence features everything, including 3,500 real buffalo, 50 extras, 7 cameras, and 25 fake buffalo. The scene is intense and, at the same time, really sad because it looks so real. It looks like Costner went out with his crew and released 3,500 buffalo, then rode by them and killed them (that is not what happened, however). The dialogue is captivating instead of dull. There is a scene in which Dunbar communicates with Kicking Bird (Graham Greene) through Stands With A Fist, an American who grew up with the Sioux. Her English is rusty, yet the things Costner and Kicking Bird say to each other are wonderfully entertaining. The movie is not without it flaws, sadly. The story surrounding Stands With A Fist was not satisfactory, as it only showed Natives massacring her parents and friends when she was a child. She ran away, and somehow befriended the Sioux tribe. Yet, wouldn?t this experience make her fear and hate the Natives? I know most other characters would vow revenge, yet this one seems to hate the American people (the Sioux have a pretty easy life). I also question how the film received it?s PG-13 rating. It seems the rating system has intensified in the last 15 years. This movie features extremely realistic blood, plus a gory scene in which buffalo are seen skinned and dead on the prairie. The movie features all the elements that would have gotten it an R, had it been released now. But, all that aside, Dances with Wolves is an epic Western, and the film that Kevin Costner will be remembered for the rest of his life. He will probably never make a movie as good as this, and there is no need to try. Everyone should see this (except small children).

An incredible film!!! - Dances With Wolves Reviews

Dances with Wolves is a visually stunning film that made to perfection by Kevin Costner. The film's 3 hours plus of running time is of no concern because everything in this movie moves so fluidly and fast that you get lost in the moving story. One of Costner's best films and one of the greatest of all time.

Dancing with success. - Dances With Wolves Reviews

Dances With Wolves is a movie made in the classic Epic style. Stunning visuals that capture the beauty and power of a people native to the expansive west. This movie tells of the tale of a Union officer in the Civil War. During a failed suicide attempt that gives his men a edge over the enemy, he is hailed as a hero and offered the choice of any military outpost in the country. John choices a remort post on the western fringe of what passes as civilization. Upon his arrival, he finds that his post is deserted. not having any clues at first to what has happened, he set out to repair the outpost and as a result, draws the attention of a nearby tribe of native Americans. What follows is his attempt to interact with members of the nearby tribe and stumble over the cultural differences that each have. As time goes on, John Dunbar learns that not all of the native tribesmen are as the people back home portray. And the native Americans learn that not all of the white and pale skinned people are to be shunned and feared. =My Review= This movie by Kevin Costner is in my opinon one of the best he has made. One of the main reasons for this is the fact that Mr. Costner uses the talents of authentic Native Americans as actors and extras. Secondly, the location shots and the SFX for this film were all first rate. At over three hours long, it might be assumed that this movie would drag - However I was pleased that it kept my interest easily and was very entertaining. =Other Movies You might Enjoy= If you liked this movie, you might also like these other films by or starring Kevin Costner: THE POSTMAN BODYGUARD TIN CUP

A captivating movie - Dances With Wolves Reviews

Anyone wanting to explore the old west before it was too late can watch this movie and are immediately taken back to a more simple time. A time when things ran wild on the plains and when people were more cautious about strangers. But really this movie is about a friendship between a white soldier and the Sioux nation that accepted him as one of their own. That relationship has never been recreated on film since this movie showed back in 1990. Friends,family,love.Its all here. This movie is truly one to watch with family or someone close to you. It will bring you closer with that person than you have ever felt before. I can also say that anyone with emotions will cry at the end of this movie. I did.

Well worth your time - Dances With Wolves Reviews

"Dances with Wolves" is by no means a short movie. You might get bogged down with it, but if you can just keep watching, you will discover just how beautiful the film is. "Dances with Wolves" is about a Union officer who befriends the Lakota and adopts their culture. It portrays the Lakota people in a very non-biased way. Usually, you only see Native Americans in Westerns as being savages and whooping idiots. Now, you see them as being a group of dignified humans. The film is very touching and very powerful. I recommend it to anyone who likes dramas.

Dances with wolves & goodfellas the best of 1990. - Dances With Wolves Reviews

Kevin Costner became the first actor to direct himself in a movie that went on to win the Best Picture & Best Director Academy Awards. Five years later that accolade will be achieved by Mel Gibson for Braveheart. In 1948 Sir Laurence Olivier directed Hamlet, which won the Best Picture, but not the Best Director award, he although went on to win the Best Actor Academy Award. The west had never been so beautifully filmed as in Dances With Wolves. One of the greatest pieces of cinematography, the running of the buffalos, meticulously orchestratded to be one of the greatest scene in Motion Picture history.