James Downey

Could have done with a little less over the top gore and blood. The actors were sufficiently entertaining and colorful. The unnecessary face shots and spurting gysers of blood distracted from the acting. The musical scores were unconventional yet entertaining. Very good acting. Excellent plot twist at the end.

Sharon Stone, Russell Crowe and Leonardo de Caprio turn in fine performances, but Hene Hackman steals the show. The plot is pretty simple and unoriginal; Bad guy vs Cowboy/girl with a grudge. But its not the plot, but the development of the interesting and complex characters that draws you in and holds you. A villain turned preacher who has his newfound faith severely challenged, a woman whose father was murdered many years ago with an axe to grind, a greedy, parasitic gunslinger who rules the town with an iron fist, and his son who longs for respect and his own moment in the spotlight; all drawn together by a quickdraw contest for a pile of cash going to the winner, and a grave plot for the rest.

Decently acted, but a horrible, cheap shot, open ending. We wait 2 hours to find out who the killer is, and they simply don't tell you. They don't leave any hints that could allow you to reach your own conclusion. Two hours of non-stop evidence pointing exclusively to one person, in a "who done it" movie, and then "nope, not him! THE END".. Seriously??

Michael Emerson is fabulous and the spiritual vs. scientific explanations for bizarre events is intriguing. But the further you get into it, the woke themes get thicker and thicker to the point of suffocation: white racism in the church, toxic masculinity, sexism in the church, racism in the police force, racism in the medical profession, gun control and an American flag being exhibited by white teens planning executions against women who snubbed them, horrible treatment of immigrents in the racist USA,.... and on, and on it goes, hitting one liberal theme after another after another.

I love strong female leads. Ripley in Alien. Sharon Stone in Quick & the Dead. But do ALL females in the show need to be stong alphas, and All males are simpering, emasculated (in instances, literally) weasels? This show is a full scale assault on the Y chromosome, and is clearly makung some sort of social statement. And if that is what you want to watch, this show is for you! It is, in fact, well acted. But if you bristle when being lectured to on social norms, may want to avoid.

Set aside for a moment your desire to witness realism, kick back, and allow yourself to be entertained. I mean, Star Wars and Beetlegeuse were not exactly realistic, but they were a lot of fun. Well so is this!! The stars shined in this silly but fun merging of the science fiction and Western genres.

All the woman have perfect hair, straight teeth, shaved legs, are perfectly coifed, and look like runway models. Really? In the 1600's? On pirate ships and islands? And mutineers challenging and insulting the captain in front of his crew. Now I'm no expert on pirates, but my understanding is that pirate captains were supremely bad a#@, and tolerated no dissent in the ranks, ruling and commanding by fear and sheer ruthlessness. But not on this show! They determine captainship by conducting an orderly democratic meeting and putting the matter up for a vote...And the acting: It appears like a bunch of B actors and actresses who took one semester of pirate class and are now giddily donning cute pirate costumes. Realism be darned, let's just throw in some pointless gratuitous sex to make it seem less like watching Hook with Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman and it will be all better. Arrrggh, matey!!

Extremely well acted and a beautifully and artfully crafted noir series. However... It moves along painfully slow, grinding away into an abyss of depression, culminating in an unatisfying finale. If you want to admire the artistry of moviemaking, this series is for you. If you are looking for light and satisfying entertainment, run the other way.

Excellent movie. Kelly Reilly was awesome. Lots of twists and turns, as one might expect from an Agatha Christie story. Beautifully filmed. Strongly recommend. I remain baffled by the poor reviews. Glad I did not listen to them.

Ploddingly slow, great classical music, great special effects, especially considering it was shot in 1968. Probably would be better if watched on acid listening to Innagodadavida by Iron Butterfly... The ending was a cop out. No explanation of the Titan mission or why Hal decided to try to murder the crew. No explanation of the monolith(s). Then, again with no explanation, Dave appears in a bedroom after an agonizingly long psychodelic color journey reminiscent of a 1970's discotheque, presumably traveling through a wormhole to come face to face with his aging self, just before seeing him as.. an embryo. Simply too 1960's cosmicly groovy for my taste.