Comanche Moon

[DonWorsham]

Val Kilmer, Steve Zahn, Rachel Griffiths, Karl Urban, Linda Cardellini, Elizabeth Banks and Wes Studi star in COMANCHE MOON, a new six-hour mini-series based on the book by Larry McMurtry, and the final chapter in the "Lonesome Dove" saga to be made into a movie, will air Sunday, January 13, Tuesday, January 15 and Wednesday, January 16 at 9pm et/pt. Academy Award and Golden Globe Award winners Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana are the executive producers and writers.

http://www.cbs.com/specials/comanche_moon/

I enjoyed the book, not sure what to expect from the mini-series. Hopefully, it will be as good as Lonesome Dove...

[kilopaparomeo]

I've not read the books but I do have the original Lonesome Dove series.

This one is turning out to be not too bad.  Val Kilmer does a pretty over the top redition of his character but he is still likeable...seems like he's closer to a Teddy Roosevelt than anyone else.  Gus and Woodrow...you can see the characters coming out of them but they don't have the charm of Robert DuVall (his character in this and in Open Range were just awesome) and Tommy Lee Jones.

[jaybet]

I've not read the books but I do have the original Lonesome Dove series.

This one is turning out to be not too bad.  Val Kilmer does a pretty over the top redition of his character but he is still likeable...seems like he's closer to a Teddy Roosevelt than anyone else.  Gus and Woodrow...you can see the characters coming out of them but they don't have the charm of Robert DuVall (his character in this and in Open Range were just awesome) and Tommy Lee Jones.

I agree...I watched about 20 minutes of it last night and just couldn't buy into it...the guy that plays Gus I've seen in comedys and I can't get that out of my head. Maybe I didn't give it enough chance, but it's no Lonesome Dove.

[DonWorsham]

It was bad enough, but the commercial interruptions made it terrible. I will not watch the remaining shows. Too bad, I prefer westerns to all other genre.

[Pathfinder]

I agree...I watched about 20 minutes of it last night and just couldn't buy into it...the guy that plays Gus I've seen in comedys and I can't get that out of my head. Maybe I didn't give it enough chance, but it's no Lonesome Dove.

Agreed, not a Lonesome Dove, but then most aren't. I have a rule I call the 98% rule - 98% of everything is crap, you have to work to find the 2% not crap. This is especially true in entertainment - movies, music, etc., less true elsewhere.

Anyhow, after the opening massacre, this movie dragged for a long time, finally got interesting for about the last 30-40 minutes as the Comanches (under Wes Studi, good actor) mobilized for war, Scull (Val Kilmer) is hunting for and then captured by Black Vaquero, and the two new Ranger Captains, Call and McCrae, organize their men to search for Scull. I'll give it a second chance.

And less you al think I'm a network whore, this is the first network show I have watched in 4 or 5 years. And only because it was McMurtry's sequel/prequel to Lonesome Dove.

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[Teresa Heilevang]

Well dang..You guys are making me sad..    I was all excited about this movie.
 I knew it wouldn't be a Lonesome Dove or a Dances With Wolves... ( I mean come on... it's hard to beat Kevin Costner and Robert  Duvall in anything..
but............ it can't be all that bad.. can it??

 I refuse to watch a 2-3 part sequel until I have all the shows together. I set the DVR timers and will watch them all after the last one is done.
Now I am wondering if I will even like it. 

 I am a bit different than most of you guys when it comes to westerns.
  If they are not correct in everything, I don't care.  I still like them. I watch movies to take my mind off of real life...... to forget about worries , and to kick back and be entertained.
 Marshal ..on the other hand.. does the same.. BUT~~~~~~~ he will mumble things like.. "they didn't make that caliber gun then. "
 or " That gun only holds ---- shots".. or "that Indian tribe never had anything to do with yada yada yada"...
sighhhhhhhhhh
Like ..who cares? I just want to watch the movie.. enjoy what is in front of me.. and eat my popcorn...

So?? Guess I will give you my "professional female review" after Wednesday.

((I know I know.. You can hardly wait. right?  ))

[jaybet]

So?? Guess I will give you my "professional female review" after Wednesday.

((I know I know.. You can hardly wait. right?  ))

A professional female review is worth waiting for, as long as we don't have to hear about Kevin Costner again. 

[Teresa Heilevang]

A professional female review is worth waiting for, as long as we don't have to hear about Kevin Costner again. 

Don't you be sayin' nothin' bad about K.C.... That there will be fightin' words.. 

 

[2HOW]

The gus character is not believable, and all the people have bright white teeth. Im no expert but its not period authentic either.