Beautiful cinematography, but too many characters and we couldn't get hooked on any of them. Abruptly switching from one character to another in different places, it felt disjointed. We tried to like it, after all the hype it just"should have been better." $93 million. Wow. I read that it was a sweeping depiction of the old West. Nah, just swept all over the place and tried to do too much. You can't tell the whole story of the American West in a few hours. Kevin Costner aimed too high, and missed.