Sarah Burke – Google

Beautiful Western locations; authentic 1883 costumes and wagons; believable suffering and death; period-appropriate tools and weapons; Sam Elliot and his perfect cookie duster; And in the midst of all this gritty realism is a tall blonde teenage fashion model on horse back, wearing only buckskin pants and a low cut, sleeveless colorful (Comanche?) vest. Our young protagonist/narrator is apparently impervious to the sun, wind, and cold that every other character is bundled up against, even the Comanche, Sioux, and Crow. Great Western pioneer saga becomes absurd teenage soap opera, focused on the exploits of the unbelievable daughter of a pioneer couple, played well by Faith Hill and Tim McGraw. The beautiful Montana scenery and Sam Elliot kept me watching to the end, but Isabel May's ridiculous and annoying Elsa character and her awful "Southern" accent (". . . I knew I was gon' dah.") kinda ruined it for me.

I have to wonder sometimes how terrible movies manage to get made. Some dick with money fancies himself a director or producer? Whatever, I really wish Netflix would do some critical filtering. I not talking about censorship, I'm talking about a basic level of quality to weed out movies poorly written, poorly directed, poorly filmed, poorly acted, in short, a wastes of time, except as studies in awfulness. I really like a good Western, and this is painfully far from it. I felt like I was watching something made by grade school kids, which might even be an insult to grade school kids, who might have a better idea of how people actually talk to each other. I only gave it one star because I don't know if zero stars would register. Three thumbs down.

I'm reviewing a "review" by an believer who sought "to clear a few things up," i.e., proselytize his silly beliefs. First of all, no, nothing in the founding documents of the US is based on Christian "principals." I believe you meant "principles." Those principles have been around in human civilization since long before Christianity was invented. This is a common fallacy Christians love to cling to, in spite of actual history, along with their sad belief that without the Bible, no one would know right from wrong. Second, O' Hair didn't "rebel against God," except in the childish fantasies of believers. She rebelled against religion, specifically Christianity, and its special treatment in a country that supposedly guarantees freedom of belief, which includes freedom not to believe. "Christianity neither is, nor ever was, a part of the common law." - Thomas Jefferson "The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion." - George Washington